Dear MoveOn member,

In an interview over the weekend, Mitch McConnell said that blocking
President Obama from appointing Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court and
opening the door for Donald Trump to pack the court with
ultra-conservative justices was "the single most consequential thing I've
done in my time as majority leader of the Senate."^1 And he said that he
will do it again—if he becomes the majority leader before the 2024
election.^2

There are truly no words to describe how despicably hypocritical McConnell
is—proudly proclaiming he would block President Biden from appointing a
Supreme Court justice if given the chance, when just months ago he forced
through the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett after voting in the 2020
election was already underway.

We cannot, under any circumstances, allow this man to take back control of
the Senate next year and put his plans into motion. The very hard reality,
however, is that it is a big uphill battle to stop McConnell and the GOP
from regaining control of the Senate next year. Which is why we need your
help, John.



Will you chip in $5 a month to kickstart MoveOn's all-out
2022 midterm elections campaign and ensure we have the consistent funds we
need to get out the vote and keep Mitch McConnell out of power?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.



McConnell has been at the root of Republican obstruction and corrupt
behavior since 2008, when he announced that his singular goal after
President Obama was elected was to stop every single piece of legislation
President Obama supported in its tracks. He even gleefully calls himself
the "grim reaper" of the Senate, happily killing legislation that would
help working families and doing whatever it takes to further marginalize
people of color, while pushing through bills that give handouts to his
billionaire backers.^3

And his behavior has only gotten worse. He helped push through the worst
of Trump's agenda, and even without the power that comes from being
majority leader, he is once again blocking every single piece of
legislation President Biden supports—including using the filibuster to
stop the bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly white supremacist
insurrection at the Capitol on January 6.

Imagine how bad things could get if McConnell becomes majority leader in
2022. He and the Republicans could hold open Supreme Court seats for
years. They could stop any appointment to the Cabinet or federal courts.
And they could finish what they tried to start after the 2020 election and
overturn the results of the presidential election in 2024, ending our
democracy as we know it.

If that sounds outlandish to you, it shouldn't. Today's Republican Party
is unhinged, and we need to be clear-eyed about it.

We cannot let McConnell regain control of the Senate, but the truth is
that we are facing an uphill battle. The party of the president nearly
always loses seats during the first midterms after a presidential
election, and Democrats are currently holding on to the Senate majority by
the skin of their teeth. We need to go bigger, get more creative, and turn
out even more voters than ever to hold and expand our majorities next
year, and MoveOn is already hard at work to make that happen.

Over the next few months, we will be testing out brand-new tactics to
organize and turn out voters, building the infrastructure for a massive
get-out-the-vote volunteer campaign, endorsing and supporting strong
progressive candidates up and down the ballot, and much, much more.

But we can do it only with your help. Donations to progressive groups like
MoveOn have plummeted since January, while the GOP has been raising
millions for their war chest. We need to catch up, or they could build an
insurmountable advantage.



Will you chip in $5 a month to stop Mitch McConnell from
regaining control of the Senate in 2022?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.



Thanks for all you do.

–Chris, Nita, Kelly, Cheryl, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. Tweet by Manu Raju, June 14, 2021
[link removed]

2. "McConnell signals GOP would block Biden Supreme Court pick in '24,"
The Hill, June 14, 2021
[link removed]

3. "Senate GOP leader relishes role as 'Grim Reaper,'" Associated Press,
June 28, 2019
[link removed]

 



Want to support MoveOn's work? The GOP is launching an all-out campaign to
take down the Democratic majority in Congress and reinstall Mitch
McConnell as Senate majority leader in 2022. To defeat the GOP, MoveOn is
going all-in with TV ads, a nationwide grassroots organizing campaign, and
more.

Will you chip in to power our effort to defeat McConnell and the GOP in
2022?



[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.





--------------------------------------------------------------------------

PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION,
[ [link removed] ][link removed]?. Not authorized by any candidate or
candidate's committee.



You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time:
[link removed]