A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.
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People For Member,
Today, the final outcome of the presidential election remains undecided
but one thing is certain: we will not have a valid result until every
lawfully cast ballot is counted.
And we are winning.
Joe Biden looks like he will hold all of the states that Hillary won in
2016, he has already flipped Arizona and Nebraska, and Georgia and North
Carolina are still too close to call. Joe is winning the popular vote by
more than 2 million votes (which will also grow) AND there are huge
buckets of votes still to be counted in Philly, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee,
Detroit, and Atlanta.
So Be Hopeful! Be Optimistic! Be Vigilant!
Donald Trump has done what he said he would do and falsely declared
victory before the results are in. He said he will seek to stop the count
of millions of votes outstanding, including in Pennsylvania where some
counties only began counting mail-in ballots today.
But let me be clear. We were prepared for this. And as Trump and his
allies do everything they can to sow doubt and create chaos, we are
resolute in our commitment to STOP any effort to steal this election.
With our partners, we’re organizing a massive grassroots show of support
to attain and protect the honest results of the election … we’re ramping
up pressure on social media companies to stop disinformation in its tracks
… we’re aggressively countering the lies and tactics of the Radical Right
… we’re mobilizing our broad networks of religious and community leaders
to demand justice.
I remain hopeful that when all the votes are counted, we will have a new
president-elect. And I urge you to find patience and calm as we weather
the storm together in these next days.
We’ve suffered great losses in 2020. We lost my friend John Lewis. We lost
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We’ve, so far, lost more than 230,000
American lives to Trump’s mismanagement of this pandemic.
We will not lose democracy itself. Not on our watch.
Things are moving fast, and we’ll have more updates as the situation
continues to unfold, but know that we’re still fighting on your behalf and
on behalf of our democracy.
There will be a lot of work to do in the coming days. Regardless of the
ultimate outcome of the race, there will be a lot to unpack and incredibly
high-stakes fights on the horizon.
We’re so grateful for you and the fact that you’re with us.
Stay tuned. More to come.
-- Ben Jealous, President
P.S. For more on the need to stay calm in the chaos and continue to fight
against voter suppression, [ [link removed] ]please read my op-ed in today's USA Today>>
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