Dear MoveOn member,
Republicans need to gain just five seats to take control of the U.S. House
of Representatives.
And a new analysis from the data firm TargetSmart finds that Republicans
could flip the five seats they need through partisan gerrymandering in
just in one state: Florida.^1
But that's just the beginning. Republicans could pick up another eight
seats through gerrymandering in Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia—states
with sizable populations of voters of color whose voices the GOP wants to
silence.
That means Republicans could lose the popular vote for Congress by
millions and STILL gain a majority of the seats, making Kevin McCarthy—the
man who went to Mar-a-Lago just days after the January 6 white supremacist
insurrection to pledge loyalty to Donald Trump—speaker of the House.^2
It doesn't have to be this way. H.R.1, the For the People Act, would ban
partisan gerrymandering. But the clock is ticking. The redistricting
process is already starting. In order to prevent Republicans from stealing
Congress through gerrymandering in 2022, Democrats in the Senate need to
act right now to pass legislation protecting the freedom to vote.
We're launching a major digital ad campaign featuring the Texas Democratic
state legislators who left the state to block GOP voter suppression
legislation, and if we can raise $200,000, we'll be able to launch a major
ad buy in Arizona, West Virginia, and all the key states where we need to
pressure Senate Democrats.
[ [link removed] ]Will you rush a $3 donation right now?
As state legislatures update congressional lines following the 2020
census, Republicans will be able to draw 187 congressional districts
compared to just 75 for Democrats.^3
That's an enormous advantage. It means that Democrats will need the
equivalent of a huge Blue Wave just to keep their slim majority.
That's not democracy. But Democrats have the power to prevent all of this
from happening by passing H.R.1, the For the People Act.
A revised version of H.R.1 that would ban partisan gerrymandering is set
to be introduced this week by none other than Senator Joe Manchin, one of
the key Senate holdouts who has stood in the way of federal voting rights
legislation so far.^4
This could be our last best chance to not just keep the House blue but to
ensure a free and fair presidential election in 2024—because we've already
seen that a majority of House Republicans will not vote to certify an
election that Democrats win.
As the CEO of TargetSmart said, "Absent the passage of H.R.1, the GOP is
poised to gerrymander their way to a House majority."^5
That's why Democrats in the Texas state legislature left the state and
went to Washington, D.C., to push for federal voting rights legislation.
But with time running out, we need to lift up their voices and turn up the
heat.
MoveOn has collected videos from the Texas Democrats, and if we can raise
$200,000, we will launch digital ads in West Virginia and Arizona to
pressure Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to end the filibuster and stop
Republicans from using voter suppression and gerrymandering to take
control of Congress.
[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in $3 right now to help pass H.R.1 and
stop Republicans from gerrymandering their way to control of Congress?
Thanks for all you do.
–Emma, Amy, Allison, Mana, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "GOP Could Retake the House in 2022 Just by Gerrymandering Four
Southern States," Mother Jones, July 29, 2021
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2. "GOP House leader McCarthy meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss
2022 strategy," ABC 7, January 29, 2021
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3. "GOP Could Retake the House in 2022 Just by Gerrymandering Four
Southern States," Mother Jones, July 29, 2021
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4. "Democrats craft revised voting rights bill, seeking to keep hopes
alive in the Senate," The Washington Post, July 28, 2021
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5. "GOP Could Retake the House in 2022 Just by Gerrymandering Four
Southern States," Mother Jones, July 29, 2021
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