I’ll be honest, John, I don’t expect you to read every single email you get from my team and me. It can take up a lot of energy to keep up with every twist and turn in the race, and that’s not energy that every single person should be expected to give up.

But I want to make sure that everyone knows the real stakes of this campaign -- because PA-08 flipping red would have huge implications.

Not only is this seat the GOP’s number two target to take back the House, but the opponent they’ve given me is a far-right January 6th rioter.

Teddy Daniels said on his own Twitter account last week that he is “fighting hard to audit Pennsylvania, stop the mask and vaccine mandates, fire woke General Milley, impeach Joe Biden, deport the illegals and close down our border, and flip the House of Representatives.” These are textbook tactics of the far-right, and they’re distractions from the critical work at hand like fighting the pandemic and building an economy that works for everyone.

This is not someone we can trust to represent us in Congress. If you could spare even $5, $10, or $25 to make sure we hold House majority and keep my extremist opponent out of office, it would make a difference. Every bit helps us fight back against disinformation.

I answer to the people of PA-08, not to Trump and his enablers. Thank you for supporting me so I can keep fighting for working families.

Matt Cartwright