John,

When Emerge alum Congresswoman LaMonica McIver said those words, she wasn’t speaking hypothetically.

Trump’s Justice Department is trying to send a sitting member of Congress to prison for doing her job.

Congresswoman McIver was conducting oversight at a New Jersey detention facility when federal agents tried to arrest her. Now she’s facing 17 years behind bars for standing up to power.

Congresswoman McIver is right: They are going to keep targeting people who hold them accountable.

Emerge exists so women like Congresswoman McIver don’t stand alone when they take on power.

Now, we’re training the next class of Democratic women who will lead with the same courage and conviction, even when the risks are high.

Can you chip in $25 today to help us train and support more women like Congresswoman McIver, who will fight back when democracy is under attack?

— Team Emerge