John,

The short answer: primary challengers like Jamaal Bowman who amplified voices in the district and exposed how incumbent Democrats were slow walking the process of stopping Donald Trump.

That’s why primary challengers are so powerful, and why they’re so vital for the Democratic Party. But there’s a slew of other progressive priorities and ideals that Congressmen like Eliot Engel aren’t leading on as we speak.

Force his hand, embolden a progressive campaign, and donate $3 to help Jamaal Bowman campaign for progressive priorities like Medicare for All, ending foreign wars, and forgiving student loan debt right now:

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Here’s the more complicated answer: for months, the DCCC’s Cheri Bustos and Democratic leadership has been ignoring the voices of our base, progressive leaders, and everyone who supported holding Trump accountable for his brazen sabotage of our democracy. Why?

To try and protect a handful of “front-line” Democrats who’ve been too scared to….well, act like Democrats. Not impeaching was good for that group, but it wasn’t so good for the rest of the Democratic Party.

But times have changed. Democrats are not just entitled to their seats anymore. So when establishment members of Congress stopped listening to their constituents, primary challengers like Jamaal Bowman stepped up to demand some answers.

And thus, when we found out that Trump tried to pressure the Ukrainian President into giving up dirt on his political opponent just one day after Mueller testified in Congress, the dam broke — those middle of the road Democrats knew that they had to stand with their voters, because otherwise they might get primaried.

That’s the power of showing members of Congress that they work for us, not the other way around. And we need to make sure things don’t go back to how they were when Medicare for all, a Green New Deal, ending foreign wars, or the criminal justice reform comes back into Congress.

So will you help support a front-line progressive primary challenger, and send a message to every establishment Democrat that you’re watching them with a $3 donation right now?

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If Jamaal wins, we’re not just sending a powerful message to corporate incumbents — we’re making sure that Ilhan, Rashida, Ayanna, and Alexandria have yet another ally in Congress to fight for the progressive future we all deserve.

In solidarity,

Justice Democrats