Dear John,
The election is now just 3 days away, and that means we could be 3 days away from the greatest constitutional crisis we've faced in over 100 years.
Donald Trump has been saying for months that he will try to steal any election he doesn't win fair and square.
In fact, he's already told us how he'll do it:
- First, he will claim mail-in voter fraud and ask the Supreme Court to throw out as many ballots as it takes to tip the election in his favor.
- If that doesn't work, Trump will ask Republican governors in states that Biden won to ignore the voters and appoint pro-Trump electors anyway.
- Finally, a contested electoral college would force the election into the House of Representatives. According to the Constitution, each state's Congressional delegation would get one vote — and since there are so many rural, lightly populated red states, Trump would have the advantage unless we win even more House seats on Tuesday.
These nightmare scenarios are suddenly staring us in the face, and there is only one way to stop them: Joe Biden must defeat Donald Trump by such a large margin that no one — not even Mitch McConnell or Brett Kavanaugh — would dare challenge the result.
Please chip in whatever you can. This is our last chance to prevent the worst from happening.
With your help, we're flooding social media with viral videos educating voters on how to make sure their ballots are counted. We're going toe to toe with Trump on YouTube, which has been called his "secret weapon" because he has so many more followers than the Biden campaign. We're also setting the record straight on Trump's awful record on COVID and the economy.
But with just three days to go, we're making our final programming decisions by the end of the day today. That's why this is the very last time I will ask you for a donation this election.
John, please donate as much as you are able. Every dollar counts. Let's wake up the day after the election knowing we did all we could.
Thanks for helping us protect our democracy from Trump,
Robert Reich
Inequality Media Civic Action
*Contributions to IMCA are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.
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