A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.

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PFAW Member, did you see this message? Trump's racism continues to get
more blatant by the day -- if the thought of a second Trump term terrifies
you, then you need to read this (and act).

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PFAW Member,

Just when you thought he couldn’t go any lower, Trump reveals himself to
be no better than the racist mobs who shouted at and spat on civil rights
activists and the Black school children who were part of the first wave of
school integration after Brown v. Board of Education.

As you’ve probably seen by now, over the weekend the president of the
United States hurled a familiar and shameful racial taunt at four famous
freshmen members of Congress – all women of color – telling them to “go
back” to their “totally broken and crime infested” countries.

Only one of the congresswomen, Rep. Ilhan Omar, was born outside of the
United States, but she is every bit as American as Donald Trump (many
would say more so). The other women were Reps. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
(born in New York), Ayanna Pressley (born in Ohio), and Rashida Tlaib
(born in Michigan).

These women of color are just the latest targets of a racist trope that
many people of color – and non-Christians – have dealt with their whole
lives: having their “Americanness” challenged. And it’s something that
flies directly in the face of our national ideals and core values.

Is this the president you want? Is this the America you want?

If you’re answer is no, or even more likely, HELL NO, then you’ll want to
make sure you’re doing everything you can to defeat this racist monster,
end his corrupt administration, and kick his Republican enablers out of
office.

PFAW’s electoral programs are geared towards turning out the progressive
vote from every angle – from television ads tailored to Latino voters in
key swing states to supporting young progressive candidates for school
board and city council, we’re leaving no stone unturned in our efforts to
reach the voters we need to build a winning coalition – and a repeat blue
wave – in 2020.

But this is not work that will happen down the road. It’s happening now
and, by necessity, needs to be sustained every day from now through
November 2020 with grassroots funding from members like you.

That’s why I’m asking, and hoping that you’ll accept, that you become a
Defender of Democracy sustaining member with a monthly donation to achieve
our shared goal of ENDING the Trump presidency.

[We've set an ambitious goal of 150 new sustaining members to help respond to
Trump's escalating racism.]

Will you chip in $15 a month – or whatever you can – to know you’re doing
your part to defeat Trump? We’re starting now to win up and down the
ballot in 2020.

Your monthly donation will be matched x 3 for an entire year, tripling the
impact of your support.

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Sadly, but not surprisingly, Republican officeholders have been
conspicuously silent in calling out Trump’s racism. The Senate Majority
Leader’s response? “No comment.”

Nancy Pelosi tweeted in response that Trump’s words lay bare that “his
plan to 'Make America Great Again' has always been about making America
white again,” adding, “Our diversity is our strength and our unity is our
power.”

We agree and that’s what we’re fighting for.

The story of America has been one of progress – a long march towards more
justice, more equity, and more inclusion.

However, those who want to move our country backwards now hold power, and
they’ll do anything to keep it … from extreme voter suppression to
spreading lies with expensive online propaganda campaigns to, apparently,
accepting help from foreign adversaries.

And Trump just showed us that a central GOP strategy will be trying to
draw battle lines to pit us against each other based on race, religion,
and our families’ countries of origin – divisions that are certainly part
of America’s history but that are the opposite of the American ideal for
which we strive.

Now is the time to dig deep and FIGHT for the America we want and the
America we believe in, because Trump is showing us the alternative. And if
he wins another four years, you can imagine the damage he and his allies
will be able to do…

Can you chip in $15 a month or whatever you can afford? Become a Defender
of Democracy today and your monthly support will be triple-matched for an
entire year!

[ [link removed] ]Yes! Sign me up as a Defender of Democracy with a convenient recurring
monthly gift>>

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Thank you so much for all of your amazing support for everything you do in
the fight for the real American Way.

-- Ben Betz, Digital Advocacy Director

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