John --

First, I want to assure you this is NOT a fundraising email.  Today, I'd like to inspire you to action.

I thought of our movement, and folks like you who bring it to life, when I read a fascinating yet distressing piece in the Washington Post yesterday about a new poll that shows just how gravely ill the country we love has become.  I instantly knew I had to share it with you (it's short and worth your time).

Here are a few of the stats:

• More than 80 percent of Biden and Trump voters agree that elected officials of the other party “present a clear and present danger to American democracy.”
• More than 70 percent of both sets of voters believe that some extreme media voices on the other side should be censored “despite the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.”
• More than 75 percent of Biden and Trump voters believe that Americans who strongly support the opposite party also threaten the American way of life.
• More than 60 percent of Biden voters and roughly 80 percent of Trump voters believe things like “true citizen[s]” should “help eliminate the evil that poisons our country from within” and America “needs a powerful leader to destroy the radical and immoral currents prevailing in society today.”
• 45 percent of Biden and Trump voters say America would be better off if the president could take “needed actions without being constrained by the Congress or the courts.”  In other words, a dictator.

Poll results like these are a warning -- if we continue down this path, we're headed for trouble.  And we shouldn't presume it could only come from one party.

But the column also has some good news: When we've found ourselves toxically polarized before (which has happened many times, all the way back to the early days of the republic), a movement has almost always risen up to lower the temperature and marginalize the extreme elements in both parties.

That's where the Country First movement comes in, made up of reasonable people of goodwill from across the country and political spectrum. I'm excited for the good work we'll do, and hopeful that, together, we can be the difference. 

That's where we're headed; that's how we'll heal this sickness; that's how we'll save our country.

Country First,

Adam

PS: Please consider sharing this with any friends, colleagues, and family members who you feel would find it valuable. Spreading the word about Country First makes all the difference!