Democracy is fragile. More fragile than any of us imagined before 2016.
Trump has hacked away at the architecture of our democracy. He has seized powers the Constitution reserves to Congress, openly used his office to enrich himself and his billionaire friends, deployed our military against peaceful protesters exercising their Constitutional right to free speech — and so much more. All without a whisper from Republican members of Congress.
We are facing a clear and present danger. As President Obama told us Wednesday night, we can't let them take our power and our democracy away. The stakes are, plain and simple, defend democracy or continue a slow descent into authoritarianism. In some instances, the Courts have been holding back the Trump power grab — but McConnell and Senate Republicans are working hard to change that.
We need to pull out all the stops over the next 72 days. If we don’t, our country could be forever changed, and future Americans could lose their fundamental right to self-government. Rush a donation here to help decisively defeat Donald Trump and everything he stands for and take back the Senate for the American people!
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This is the fight of our lives. We need to win in a way that leaves no doubt about the direction of this country going forward.
Onward,
Chris
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