Team,

The past few days, your inbox has probably been flooded with emails from campaigns asking you to donate before the FEC end-of-quarter deadline on March 31. And in a moment, we’re going to ask you to make a donation, too — but first, let us explain why your grassroots contribution is so important.

You might be thinking, “Why give now?” After all, our next election is more than a year away. Plus, Democrats won the House, the Senate, and the presidency.

But here’s the thing: We set goals each quarter to ensure that our campaign has the resources to keep up our critical organizing work and fight back against any attacks on our movement — from the many hateful smears from Trump Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene to potential challengers for Ilhan’s seat in Congress.

And like we saw in our last election, corporate, GOP donors are hell-bent on stopping our progress and will spend millions to try to weaken our movement.

So it’s crucial that we stay on track in our fundraising efforts to defend our bold vision of a country that guarantees healthcare, housing, and fair wages for all.

But right now, we’re falling way short of our make-or-break $200,000 goal.

Will you make your first donation of $5 or more to help meet our end-of-quarter goal and ensure we have the resources to continue our progress?

Thank you for all you do.

Team Ilhan