John,

We just endorsed State Rep. Justin J. Pearson for Congress in Tennessee — and the first 24 hours have been incredible.

People across Memphis, Tennessee, and the rest of the country are fed up with the Democratic Party’s failure to stand up for the working class and fight back against billionaires like Trump and Musk.

The first days of a campaign are mission-critical, John. If we don’t raise the early resources Justin needs now, then we won’t be able to take on Rep. Steve Cohen — a deeply entrenched incumbent with millions of his own personal wealth who’s coasted in this seat for nearly two decades — and win in next August’s Democratic primary.

Can you split a donation of whatever you can today to keep up the momentum for Justin’s people-powered campaign?

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This race isn’t simply about one Democrat versus another: it’s about our movement to give power back to the working class and stop our nation’s rapid slide into fascism.

We’re talking about a working-class champion running to represent the working-class community he was born and raised in, going up against a status quo career politician who has far less energy and far less focus on the people of District 9.

It embodies the struggles everyday people are facing across this country right now, as billionaires like Donald Trump and Elon Musk stage a corporate coup, robbing everyday people of their right to live in a clean environment, their jobs and fair wages, their personal data, their earned benefits like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and their most fundamental rights — all to lower taxes for their billionaire friends and line their own pockets.

Cohen is an out-of-touch, absentee politician who believes he doesn’t have to engage his community because this seat belongs to him, not the everyday people whose struggles he’s ignored for decades. Musk and Trump are on the same side of this fight, using their money to stay in power at the expense of the communities they’re tasked to represent. To fight back against this administration’s fascism, we need fighters for the working class in Washington — not more of the 1% in Congress.

Justin is running to be that fearless voice for the working class. He knows that this moment demands new, progressive leaders with lived experience who will fight with the boldness and urgency our crises deserve — not more do-nothing Democrats who stay silent while Trump and the billionaires run rampant.

If we’re going to win the biggest fights, we need the biggest coalition possible in Congress. Justin would join our progressive bloc of proven champions as another critical voice and vote on the most pressing issues of our time.

John, what happens next is so important. We can either help Justin get his campaign rolling to defeat the out-of-touch career politician in this seat, or we can sit by and miss this opportunity to change the game for our movement.

Justin is ready to fight for the people, so we the people need to fight for Justin! Split $5 or more today to become a founding donor of this campaign and send a new Justice Democrat to Congress.

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In solidarity,

Justice Democrats