Friend,

I want to share a passage from an email my team sent to you in May:

The 2022 election is still more than a year away, yet the NRCC is already hurling desperate attacks our way. Here's the latest:

Folks, it's August. We are closer to the 2020 election than we are to the 2022 election. But since the NRCC isn't waiting to launch its angry, pessimistic attacks, we can't wait to fight back. Hard. Let's show them that hope is greater than fear.

So today, I'm personally asking: Will you contribute to our official NRCC Defense Fund before our August 16 deadline? We've set a goal of raising $10,000 from grassroots donors like you as we launch the fund.

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I don’t take a dime from PACs, lobbyists, or other members of Congress. The NRCC does. It’s how they’ll afford to plaster Minnesotans’ TVs with divisive, bad-faith ads between now and Election Day 2022.

But together, we're setting an example for a different kind of politics. One that's funded by real people, not dark money. One where folks all over the political spectrum are free to talk to one another, rather than criticizing from afar.

Together, we’ve overcome the NRCC’s divisive playbook in two elections already. I have no doubt that we can do it again if we keep bringing our resources, time, and talents to the table. But to do it, I need your help to strengthen our NRCC Defense Fund right as we launch it.

Thanks for whatever you can give to this movement -- and for your continued optimism and faith in me.

With gratitude,

Dean