John,

Moments ago, Louisiana’s Secretary of State declared a “state of emergency” giving MAGA Governor Jeff Landry the authority to suspend the upcoming May 16th elections.

MAGA is now using a legally dubious and unprecedented “emergency” (a scenario typically reserved for Hurricanes, flooding, and civil unrest) to cancel an election that is already underway. Votes have already been cast. Ballots are already printed. 

All of it will now be thrown out—just to force through a new gerrymandered map that erases majority-Black congressional districts before the 2026 midterms:

Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act handed MAGA a nuclear weapon that is now being dropped on Louisianans. 

But this is not just about Louisiana. What is happening here is just a test run. If they can cancel an election here to erase Black representation, they will do it in Georgia. In North Carolina. In Michigan. In every state where a majority-Black district stands between MAGA and total one-party control of Congress. They will declare an emergency to stop the midterms. 

Louisiana is ground zero. We have to stop them here:

Please John, will you rush a donation of $50, $25, or whatever you can spare to help Louisiana Democrats fight back? Every dollar you give today goes directly to fighting this unprecedented power grab before MAGA can successfully deploy it in other states.

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The real emergency is what MAGA is doing to Black voters in Louisiana right now. Democrats everywhere must fight back.

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