Friend -- The Recall race is heating up, and our free and fair
vote is at stake. We need to make sure everyone knows how dangerous this
effort is to California's democracy. [ [link removed] ]Will you help spread the word?

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Friend,

The Republican recall of the governor of California is heating up, and new
polling shows that there's a risk the governor losing.

A statewide poll has shown that 44% of Latinx voters are planning to vote
in favor of recalling the governor, while only 41% are voting against
it.(1)

These numbers are part of a dangerous trend of Democrats taking Latinx
voters for granted. Donald Trump performed better than expected among
Latinx voters in California and in other states where it was clear that
Democrats didn't invest in listening to and communicating with these
diverse communities. We can’t let Republicans outplay us again.

Courage California is planning to run Spanish-language ads explaining just
how damaging a recall would be for working families, and we need your help
to make these ads happen.

[ [link removed] ]Will you donate to Courage California and help fund our Say No to the
Recall campaign?

The recall election is already turning into a media circus. Billionaire
Tom Steyer ran a poll about the recall with himself as a possible
candidate.(2) Several Republicans have already announced their
candidacies. We can expect multiple people, from politicians to
celebrities to businesspeople, to jump into the ring -- in the 2003
recall, a whopping 135 candidates tried for the office.(3)

What we know now is that there are no sure-thing votes. The newest polling
comes alongside a Washington Post report that shows that Trump gained
Latinx voters, especially men, in part because his messaging resonated
more strongly with them than the Democrats' messaging did.(4)

And the Recall campaign is filled with veterans of the Trump era. Trump
backers are funding the Recall effort by the millions, and they'll be
using the same playbook to try to win more of the Latinx vote.(5)

For generations, Democrats have assumed that Latinx communities are on
their side and they could count on the Latinx vote. But the latest polling
shows that Latinx voters feel unheard, and their communities were ravaged
by the pandemic.(6)

A Republican governor of California is not the answer. The answer is a
government focused on solving the housing crisis, strengthening workers'
rights, and providing health care. Courage California is working with our
partners to make sure that is the message that rises above the rest of the
noise.

[ [link removed] ]Will you donate to Courage California and help defeat the recall?

Yours in the fight for our democracy,

Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Caitlin, Deepthi, Jay, Lindsay,
LisaMarie, Molly, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team)

Donations go to support all of Courage California's work for a more
progressive California and country. Follow us now on [ [link removed] ]Facebook or
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