Dear MoveOn member,
Top GOP leaders have just launched a conspiracy-fueled summer speaking
tour, and we need to fight back against the outrageous and downright
dangerous lies they are planning to spread across the country.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Louie Gohmert, and Donald Trump
himself are all taking the Big Lie on the road, holding rallies around the
country claiming once again that Trump really won the election, spreading
disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines, showing support
for the violent extremists who attempted a coup on January 6, and spewing
racist bile—all to rally their base and expand their power within the
Republican Party.
At one of the most recent rallies, sponsored by a QAnon-supporting group,
Michael Flynn—a retired lieutenant general in the United States
Army—suggested that a Myanmar-style coup should take place in the United
States to overthrow President Biden and install Trump in the White
House.^1 Really.
We cannot let these disgusting, violent lies go unanswered. Which is why
MoveOn is springing into action.
We are hiring planes to fly over Michael Flynn's events carrying banners
reading "Sedition is un-American #TraitorFlynn," and we want to expand our
campaign to include more aerial banners and billboards near other GOP-led
rallies this summer and beyond, including at Trump's own speeches.
Will you chip in $5 a month to help us pay for these banners
and billboards and keep them up for as long as it takes?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Take a look at this video of one of the banners we created with our
partners at Vets for the People flying over Flynn's speech in Birmingham,
AL, last week!
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The lies and conspiracy theories these Trump-obsessed Republicans are
spreading may seem ridiculous, but don't be fooled: They have become the
dominant ideology of the Republican Party, and if we do not stay vigilant,
people like Greene and Flynn will be able to expand their power and push
their radical agenda even further.
Recent polling shows that 1 in 4 Republicans now believe in at least one
of the central tenets of the QAnon conspiracy, 63% of Republicans believe
the absurd lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump, and
extremists like Greene have been raking in donations in the millions—far
outpacing Democrats and progressives.^2,3
We cannot afford to wait a single second to fight back. We need to stop
Trump in his tracks NOW and prevent other GOP extremists like Greene and
Flynn from expanding their reach.
Will you chip in $5 a month to help us fly banners over
these events, put up billboards, run ads, and do whatever else we can for
as long as it takes to counter these conspiracy-fueled rallies and quash
support for these seditionists in the lead-up to the 2022 midterm
elections?
[ [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.
–David, Chloe, Mohammad, Liia, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Michael Flynn suggested at a QAnon-affiliated event that a coup should
happen in the U.S.," The New York Times, June 1, 2021
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2. Ibid.
3. "Republicans see record fundraising in months after Capitol breach,"
The Hill, April 14, 2021
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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.
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