Dear MoveOn member,
There are only 26 days left in the 2020 race, and Donald Trump and the GOP
are absolutely scrambling.
Trump's poll numbers nationally and in key swing states are tanking, and
now it seems that his increasingly erratic behavior and lies may just be
the final straw that takes the GOP-controlled Senate down with him.^1,2
We cannot let this golden opportunity to secure a Democratic Senate at the
same time that we defeat Trump slip through our fingers, and with so
little time left in the race, this is the moment to go big or go home.
Which is why MoveOn has just announced that we are investing $2 million in
a massive ad blitz across three key Senate states to defeat Martha McSally
in Arizona, Susan Collins in Maine, and Lindsey Graham in South Carolina.
This campaign is funded entirely by small dollar donations from MoveOn
members, and our ability to keep the ads up, run them during primetime,
and make sure that the right voters see them is entirely up to members
like you. Will you chip in $3 a week to help power MoveOn's closing
argument in Arizona, Maine, and South Carolina?
[ [link removed] ]Count me in.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
Winning these three Senate races is the key to ending Mitch McConnell's
despicable reign in the Senate, and although the numbers look good, don't
fool yourself into thinking that our work is done in these races.
In Arizona, Democrat Mark Kelly—former astronaut and the husband of former
congresswoman and gun control activist Gabby Giffords—is fighting to
defeat Martha McSally, a Trump loyalist who lost her last race for Senate
in 2018, only to be appointed to the Senate weeks later by the state's
Republican governor. Kelly is leading McSally in the polls, but that is no
guarantee in this traditionally Republican-leaning state, and you can rest
assured the GOP and their billionaire backers are pouring millions in to
prop up McSally.^3
Our ads in Arizona are aimed at motivating the state's large population of
young Latinx voters to vote for Joe Biden and Mark Kelly to build a safer,
more equitable future for the people of Arizona and all of us across the
country.
In Maine, Sara Gideon is deadlocked with Susan Collins in one of the most
highly anticipated races of the year. Until recently, Collins was thought
to be untouchable in Maine—having won her last race for re-election by
more than 30 points—but her despicable decision to confirm Brett Kavanaugh
to the Supreme Court showed the truth: Her "moderate" identity is a
facade, and she has turned her back on the voters in Maine.^4 Gideon has
been leading Collins, but the most recent poll shows her lead shrinking as
Collins pulls out all the stops to save her political life, which means we
cannot afford to give an inch in these final days.^5
Our ads in Maine will remind voters that Collins has voted with Trump 95%
of the time, and a vote to keep her in office is a vote to continue Mitch
McConnell's obstruction in the Senate.
And then there is South Carolina. Earlier this week, the nonpartisan Cook
Political Report moved the Senate race between Jaime Harrison and Lindsey
Graham to the "toss up" category, a change that would have been nearly
unthinkable just a few months ago.^6 South Carolina has not elected a
Democrat to the Senate since 1998, but Jaime Harrison now looks poised to
defeat Trump's number one lap dog. But this race will come down to the
wire, as Republican megadonors have dumped millions into the state in a
last-minute effort to save Graham's seat as he works simultaneously to
confirm far-right Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.^7
Our ads in South Carolina are aimed at reminding the state's Black voters
that Lindsey Graham's effort to ram through Amy Coney Barrett aims to
install her on the bench in time to hear a court case that could end the
Affordable Care Act and rip health care away from millions of Americans in
the middle of the biggest pandemic in 100 years.^8
We want these messages to reach as many voters as possible and to keep
them on the air and online through Election Day. Can you help make that
happen by starting a weekly $3 donation now?
[ [link removed] ]Count me in.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
On Tuesday, in the midst of a nonstop and incoherent tweet storm, Donald
Trump abruptly announced that he would no longer negotiate a deal to pass
any coronavirus relief for families struggling to get by until after the
election was over, and he demanded instead that Senate Republicans focus
solely on confirming Amy Coney Barrett—even though at least three
Republican senators are currently sick with COVID-19.^9
In the days since, he has flip-flopped over and over again on that
decision, but with so few days left until the election and Mitch
McConnell's hold on power slipping, it is clear that installing an
illegitimate candidate to the Supreme Court is the only thing that matters
to the GOP—not protecting families from eviction, ensuring that everyone
has access to free testing for the coronavirus, or providing desperately
needed funding for cities and states hit hard by the pandemic.^10
It is a disgusting act of a party that has given up even attempting to
pretend that they care about the American people.
Under no circumstances can McConnell remain in charge of the Senate. Our
ads will help motivate the voters we need to finally close this shameful
chapter in our nation's history, but we need your help to make this
closing argument to the people of Arizona, Maine, and South Carolina.
Please dig deep and chip in $3 a week.
[ [link removed] ]Count me in.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
Thanks for all you do.
–Dan, Mary, David, Mohammad, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "2020 Election Forecast," FiveThirtyEight, accessed October 8, 2020
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2. "2020 Senate Election Forecast," FiveThirtyEight, accessed October 8,
2020
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3. "Arizona U.S. Senate Polls," FiveThirtyEight, accessed October 8, 2020
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4. "Electoral history of Susan Collins," Wikipedia, accessed October 8,
2020
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5. "Sara Gideon and Susan Collins within 1 point in new BDN polls of Maine
Senate race," Bangor Daily News, October 6, 2020
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6. "South Carolina Senate Race Moves to Toss Up," The Cook Political
Report, October 7, 2020
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7. Ibid.
8. "Fear for Obamacare if Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to supreme court,"
The Guardian, October 2, 2020
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9. "Trump's back-and-forth injects chaos into Covid relief effort,"
Politico, October 7, 2020
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10. Ibid.
Want to support our work? As Robert Reich says, "No organization in
America has a better track record of success in developing cutting-edge
strategies to get out the vote and win elections than MoveOn." But it will
take each of us doing our part to defeat Trump and flip the Senate!
Will you chip in $3 a week to help MoveOn combat right-wing lies, make
sure every vote is counted, and win this election?
[ [link removed] ]Count me in.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
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