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Good morning, John,
We have two pieces of good news to share: 1. Jess was featured in Jacobin this week, and 2. we’ve already raised over $1,100 in 16 hours, bringing us much closer to our pre-primary filing goal! |
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“We need more leaders who are actually focused on solving the root causes of suffering in people’s lives and creating a society where every single person can thrive,” Jess told Jacobin, “Right now, this is a moment where we can push forward and make progress in our country. The last thing that I wanted to do was look back in five or ten years and realize that I had an opportunity to make a difference here and didn’t take advantage of it. That is one of the things that inspired me to get in the race.”
This campaign is not focused on harm reduction or philanthropy. We’re focused on building a movement. We need bold leaders like Jess who will stand up for working people. We need elected officials who are unafraid to not only call out our country’s crises of health care, housing, climate change and leadership, but to propose a better way. |
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As Jess said, “We are in a place where we can’t afford to not take transformative action. We have an opportunity to not only avert climate catastrophe, but also create millions of jobs, protect workers, and build a new economy.”
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Jess knows that after the coronavirus pandemic, we can’t focus on returning to normalcy:
“I think what we have to really resist is this idea of getting back to normal because normal was failing millions of people. Normal was creating climate catastrophe and housing instability and people who are held in wage slavery.
An opportunity here has presented itself to people who maybe weren’t experiencing those things who have now had the curtain pulled back a little bit.” |
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With gratitude,
Team Jess |
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