We have a real problem, friends: Just a few minutes ago, I left a Zoom meeting with my campaign team to discuss our fundraising efforts – and I'm worried about the numbers they showed me.

The election is mere weeks away, and with President Trump pouring considerable efforts into Florida – we cannot be in this position. As of right now, we’re $6,320 short of our mid-month fundraising goal, and if we fall short, it will put our ability to protect our House majority in serious jeopardy.

We absolutely must close this fundraising gap, so if you’re with me in defending our only firewall against President Trump, can I count on you to make a donation now? Your gift will be doubled by a group of concerned donors – but only until midnight tonight.

I understand this is a difficult time for families across the country. Many folks are out of work and stressing about whether they’ll have enough to make ends meet.

But those difficulties – those crises that have been forced upon American families due to President Trump and the GOP’s failed leadership – have put us at a crossroads, a crossroads where we must decide: Will we come out of these difficult times even stronger than before? Or will we sit on the sidelines when the going was tough for so many?

For me, the answer is clear. We must act now, or President Trump will continue to take us down the wrong path again and again.

That’s why I’m counting on this team – counting on you – to ensure we have what it takes to fight a winning campaign. Because there’s so much that we can accomplish when we see that our challenges – whether that’s race, health, climate, jobs – are interconnected, not separate.

To make that progress though, to come out even stronger than before, we must safeguard our greatest firewall against President Trump’s corruption: Our Democratic House majority. But with President Trump directly targeting me and the GOP’s special interest groups dumping MILLIONS of dollars into Florida to turn this seat red, I need your immediate grassroots support.

So please, give $5 or more now – and have every dollar doubled – so we can win in Florida, keep the House blue and build a brighter future for all Americans.

We can do this together! 

Congresswoman Val Demings