This is Jane Fonda. Detroit has been let down by its leaders for far too long.
Career politicians and millionaires who show up every election cycle, make promises, then disappear to Washington and do nothing while families in Detroit struggle with pollution and corporate greed.
But Donavan McKinney refuses to let his home be sacrificed for corporate profits.
Donavan isn't pretending to understand what Detroit needs.
He’s lived through the same struggles as his neighbors. He grew up breathing air poisoned by smokestacks and watching DTE rake in record profits while his community struggled to afford their utility bills.
His grandmother has an asthmatic cough. His mother has it. His brother has it. Donavan has it, too – the one that's far too common for anyone who grew up in the shadow of Detroit's factories. And he's done watching another generation inherit it.
When Donavan got to the state legislature, he didn't waste time. He secured $600 million to replace lead pipes. Passed legislation protecting the Great Lakes. Sponsored a Ratepayer Bill of Rights to hold DTE accountable for gouging families. Even fought to ban utility monopolies from buying politicians with campaign cash.
Now he's ready to bring that fight to Congress – to pass the Green New Deal, hold fossil fuel companies accountable, and stand up to corporate polluters who've treated Detroit like a sacrifice zone for generations.
And the stakes couldn’t be higher. This November, voters will decide whether we flip the House blue and finally put a check on Trump's authoritarian agenda – or whether he gets two more years to gut environmental protections and hand more power to his fossil fuel cronies.
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In solidarity,
– Jane Fonda
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