John, we just launched candidate recruitment efforts to find the next slate of progressive primary challengers for Congress. But Nancy Pelosi and the DCCC are looking for corporate Democrats to run too.
We know what kind of candidates Nancy Pelosi and the DCCC are recruiting: People with connections to big donors and corporate interests. They probably won’t support Medicare for All or a Green New Deal. They most likely won’t fight for us.
We need to recruit strong progressive candidates for 2022 right away, so we can help them build strong campaigns before Nancy Pelosi and the DCCC get ahead of us for the next primaries.
Democratic primaries can be won early if Pelosi’s DCCC finds a corporate Democrat who can raise unlimited sums of money. It can scare off the kinds of candidates we really need in Congress. Progressives who will fight for us. Activists. Community leaders.
It’s critical that we get our 2022 recruitment program started in a huge way. It’s our only chance to overcome Wall Street, Big Pharma, the fossil fuel industry, and other special interests ready to line up behind Nancy Pelosi’s hand-selected candidates. We set a goal to raise $100,000 in the first 72 hours of our launch, and exclusively grassroots donations put us at $45,113 from 1,814 supporters so far. We can only hit our goal and move closer to a progressive Democratic party with your help.
In solidarity,
Justice Democrats
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