A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.

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PFAW Member --

The bad news first: we fell short of our $5K goal to help Qasim fight back
against the despicable bigoted attacks being hurled his way by the Trump
Republican he's running to unseat.

But now the good news: We're less than $900 away and have extended our
deadline to 2pm TODAY. So there's still time for you to [ [link removed] ]chip in and
fight back!

We need to show Republicans that their racist, Islamophobic,
immigrant-bashing campaign playbook won't work! Not this year, and not in
2020.

[ [link removed] ]Chip in to elect progressive champion Qasim Rashid!

First: PFAW-endorsed Virginia state Senate candidate Qasim Rashid, who is
Muslim, faced an Islamophobic smear campaign by his Democratic primary
opponent – PFAW members, both in Virginia and across the country, spoke
out and chipped in to help Qasim overcome those bigoted attacks and he won
the primary election.

Then: The right-wing Republican incumbent in the seat Qasim is running
for, state Sen. Richard Stuart, pledged to run a positive and clean
issues-based campaign.

But NOW: Stuart is running Islamophobic, race-baiting online ads that try
to tie Qasim to “Islamic terrorism,” with a series of ads
accusing Qasim of being “radical” and one of the ads stating,
“Qasim Rashid doesn’t believe Islamic terrorism exists.”

And now we need to step up AGAIN to make sure Virginia voters reject
racism and religious bigotry in this campaign!

We're trying to raise $5,000 IMMEDIATELY from PFAW members and activists
like you to help Qasim fight back, but we're off to a slow start. We
estimate that we need over 300 more PFAW members to step right away --
before midnight -- with a donation to Qasim's campaign.

[ [link removed] ]Will you rush an emergency donation to Qasim right now via ActBlue to
help him fight back?

[ [link removed] ]CHIP IN NOW →

100% of your donation will go to Qasim Rashid's campaign for state Senate.

We only need to flip TWO SEATS to change majority control of the Virginia
state Senate from Republican to Democrat.

So if we can join together and make Republican Richard Stuart’s racist and
dishonest smear tactics backfire with a surge of grassroots support
to Qasim’s campaign, we can FLIP this Republican Senate seat from red to
blue and FLIP the Virginia Senate!

Republican Richard Stuart has voted to expand access to guns and to
restrict funding for abortions and family planning services. He also voted
against ratifying the ERA, against raising the minimum wage to $15 an
hour, and against expanding Medicaid.

But our candidate, human rights lawyer Qasim Rashid, is a progressive
fighter who is running to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, expand
health care access for Virginians, and improve worker protections and
strengthen unions. He is a champion for voting rights, supports ratifying
the Equal Rights Amendment, and is ready to fight for common-sense reforms
to address gun violence. 

Qasim is also rejecting campaign contributions from corporations and the
state’s largest electric utilities to focus on small dollar donations from
individuals – including hundreds of PFAW members. 

Qasim's grassroots campaign has already raised more money from small
donors than any other state Senate candidate in Virginia, according to
Virginia Public Access Project, with 65% of his campaign contributions
coming from donors who’ve contributed $100 or less. 

But Republican Richard Stuart, who is attacking Qasim with racist,
Islamophobic ads, has a massive Big Money advantage, with nearly half of
his campaign contributions from Big Business in 2019, including Dominion
Energy, Appalachian Power, Verizon, Altria and Capital One... So we need
to fight back with even more grassroots support!

[ [link removed] ]Can you rush an emergency donation to Qasim's campaign now to help him
beat back the racist smears, flip this Republican-held seat, and ensure a
progressive future for Virginia?

Thank you so much for stepping up, and for all you do.

-- Lizet Ocampo, Political Director

[ [link removed] ]DONATE NOW TO ELECT QASIM →


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