John,

Just yesterday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer stood up for anti-choice Democrats — insisting that they had a place in our party, despite our collective fight for women’s rights:

He’s wrong. And his lack of conviction is giving cover to anti-choice politicians like Dan Lipinski, who have actively fought the progression of equal rights, access to women’s health care, and much more.

And because Steny Hoyer refuses to call out the anti-choice cowards in our caucus, our job gets that much harder. But we’re no strangers to a fight, and we’re not afraid of one either.

That’s why Justice Democrats is working to primary Dan Lipinski, and other anti-progressive politicians across the country. We operate solely on small-dollar donations from people just like you. Will you chip in $3 to power our organizing right now?

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These comments came just a day after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Marie Newman’s primary challenge to Dan Lipinski — clearly displaying that Democratic Leaders will defend even some of the worst of their incumbents over fresh, new progressive leaders.

But this isn’t a surprise to us. The DCCC has always stood by Dan Lipinski, even after he voted against the Affordable Care Act, refused to endorse Obama in 2012, and became the sole Democratic co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life caucus.

This struggle is the embodiment of the “any blue will do” mentality — and the DCCC is more than happy to wield their power to harm progressive challengers, scare away staffers, and stop progress in its tracks. They have no qualms about tipping the scales of Democratic primaries.

Help us counteract their influence, recruit new progressive leaders, and stop the DCCC from destroying progressive campaigns by donating $3 today. They have massive wealthy donors, but we have hardened progressives like you on our side.

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Here’s the reality: the Democratic Party of the future looks like Alexandria, Ilhan, Ayanna, Rashida, Jessica, and Jamaal — not Dan Lipinski, Henry Cuellar, or Steny Hoyer.

If they’re going to spend their time fighting for the Democrats of the past, that means we have to fight even harder to elect the Democrats of the future.

In solidarity,

Justice Democrats