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John,

My name is Fred Wellman. I served in the Army for 22 years and am now the
host of the On Democracy podcast on the MeidasTouch Network. I’m excited
to share some big news: I’m running for Congress in one of the most
competitive swing districts in the nation.

This isn’t the email I thought I’d be sending you today. But with the
government shutdown and Ann Wagner doing nothing to fix it, we need
leaders who will stand up and do whatever it takes to fix it. I’m done
waiting.

[ [link removed] ]If you’re ready to join my campaign, can you split a donation of amount
today between my campaign and Blue Amp Action to become one of our first
2,000 Founding Donors? If you want to learn more, please keep reading
this.

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A Missouri native, I graduated from Kirkwood High School and then attended
West Point. In the Army, I served as an aviator and later as a public
affairs officer. For much of my career I led soldiers in combat, flew
helicopters in Desert Storm and Iraq, and served as a spokesman for
generals leading America’s toughest and most important fights.

After retiring from the Army, I kept looking for ways to serve, founding a
public affairs firm to advocate for veterans and military families,
volunteering at a field hospital in New York at the height of COVID, and
working with the Lincoln Project in 2020 to help beat Trump. My oath to
serve our country and uphold our Constitution is sacred and endures for
life.

I returned home to Missouri four years ago and once again rolled up my
sleeves to help organize the thousands of donations for refugees coming to
St. Louis from Afghanistan as Kabul fell.

Now, I host the On Democracy with FPWellman podcast on the MeidasTouch
Network, having key conversations about how to address rising
authoritarianism, inequality, and Trump’s assault on our democracy.

[ [link removed] ]Fred Wellman On Democracy with FPWellman podcast

Meanwhile, my MAGA Congresswoman—Ann Wagner—is content to let Trump rule
as a dictator. She has spent her entire career selling us out, ignoring
her constituents, and getting richer. She hasn’t even bothered holding an
open town hall in thirteen years. In one of the most critical swing
districts in the country, here in my home state of Missouri, this cannot
continue.

That’s why I’m running.

Because working Americans are getting priced out of the American Dream.
Because our kids deserve the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities we
had.
Because the time for sitting on the sidelines is over.

After two decades in uniform, I know what it looks like to fight for this
country. I watched brave men and women give everything to defend our
freedoms, including two of my own soldiers in Desert Storm. Their
sacrifice reminds me every day that democracy is worth fighting for.

Now Trump wants to crown himself America’s first king and Ann Wagner is
helping him get there. They have taken healthcare away from millions,
destroyed the economy, gutted the VA, politicized our national defense,
and are ripping apart our democratic institutions piece by piece.

I won’t stand by while they sell out working families. I’m a fighter – and
I’m ready to take this fight to Washington. I know you are ready to fight
too.

[ [link removed] ]That’s why I’ll ask one more time, can you split a donation between my
campaign and Blue Amp Action?

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I’ve got one tattoo. It says “I’m not done yet.” It was the theme of my
Army retirement speech. Whenever I hit hard times and thought I was all
but finished I remembered that line. I dusted myself off and got back in
the fight.

I’m not done yet.
You’re not done yet.
Missouri is not done yet.
America is not done yet.

Join me.

—Fred Wellman
Democratic Candidate for MO-2




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