Friend,

Saturday was an interesting day in Virginia's 7th district.

Republicans in VA-07 gathered (in person, in the middle of a pandemic) to decide which right-wing extremist to nominate for the House of Representatives. They ended up nominating Delegate Nick Freitas, who has made a career of sitting deep in the pockets of conservative mega-donors and standing with alt-right groups. We need to keep him out of Washington. Please chip in what you can to help us win in VA-07 -- every dollar counts.

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For those of you who missed the action on Saturday, here's a brief recap of what went down:
- Rand Paul (a staunch Nick Freitas supporter) and his PAC gave away an AR-15 in a raffle -- a raffle that meant more to some of the attendees than actually voting for their nominee.
- As a result, it took Nick Frietas three (!!!) ballots to get a majority of the vote -- in the midst of the backroom deals being made by candidates, the race was decided by fewer than 2,500 people.
- Over two dozen people reportedly passed out from heatstroke at the event, which was held outside in the middle of the hot Virginia summer. You have to wonder why the local GOP committee didn't have "chill out" tents for folks to go hydrate and cool off.

Donate now to stop Freitas from turning VA-07 red again -- and stop the spread of right-wing extremism.

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Even before Saturday, Freitas had put people in the 7th district at risk of COVID-19 infection by holding in-person campaign events without masks or social distancing. It seems clear that he is willing to put his political campaign over the health and safety of the people he wants to represent.

Freitas's "legislative accomplishments" and anti-choice, pro-NRA, hyper-partisan, right-wing conspiracy theories stand in stark contrast to what the people of the 7th want -- and what Virginia has come to stand for in the South and nationally. We don't need Nick Freitas, we don't want Nick Freitas, and we certainly can't allow him to represent us in Washington.

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Nick Scott,
Digital Director & 7th Congressional District Voter



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