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Friend,
I've been thinking about why these end-of-month moments really matter, and
I don't just mean that in a fundraising sense. I mean it in a bigger way.
There's a version of political engagement that comes in waves. People show
up when things feel urgent, when there's a candidate they believe in, when
the stakes feel obvious. And then the wave passes. Things quiet down. The
energy dissipates.
What I've always believed – and what I've seen proven out, over and over –
is that the work that actually changes things happens in between those
waves. It's the candidate in a district no one's paying attention to who
keeps knocking doors anyway. It's the supporter who stays engaged even
when there's no election on the calendar. It's the steady, unglamorous
accumulation of effort that doesn't make the news but shapes what's
possible when the moment comes.
End-of-month deadlines are a small version of that test. Not because the
accounting matters more than the mission – it doesn't – but because it's a
chance to ask: are we still in this? Is the commitment that showed up in
the energy of a rally or a town hall still there when it's a quiet Tuesday
in April and no one's watching?
I think it is. I've seen it in people who give $23 because they’ve worked
out the exact amount they can offer from their family budget in order to
help make a difference. I've seen it in the candidates running in places
everyone told them not to bother. I’ve seen it in people showing up to a
No Kings rally in communities like mine in Michigan. That's the kind of
politics worth sustaining.
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Thank you,
Pete
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Pete Buttigieg is a husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner.
He formerly served as the 19th US Secretary of Transportation and Mayor of
South Bend. Now, he’s committed to supporting emerging leaders, showing up
in communities we too often ignore, and helping win more elections.
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