People For Supporter,
Yesterday’s election results need to be a massive wake-up call to our movement and to Democrats at the national level.
We’ll have more analysis about what this means for 2022 coming soon, but make no mistake – Republicans’ victory in Virginia and the unexpectedly close (still-undecided) race for New Jersey governor were in large part a result of Democrats in Washington not delivering on what they were elected to do. That goes for Build Back Better but it also goes for voting rights and securing the basic foundations of our democracy.
We still have a chance to turn things around, but it requires the Senate actually getting stuff done – especially to protect our fundamental rights – and getting it done NOW.
Our series of escalating civil disobedience actions – aimed at ramping up pressure on the Senate and on President Biden to put the awesome power of his office to work in the fight to fix or nix the filibuster and pass voting rights – is getting the attention of both the Senate and the president.
We are on our way to the White House TODAY, for our latest direct action – this one featuring youth activists, including Martin Luther King, Jr.’s granddaughter and my own daughter, both of whom are risking arrest – and we’ll be back next week … and the week after that…
But we need your help!
And, when you give, please consider making your gift monthly, because the fight to protect the right to vote is ongoing and will remain a huge part of our work into the New Year.
If Democrats can’t deliver and protect voting rights, and the result is a far-right wave in 2022 and a possible second Trump presidency in 2024, then you can bet that the party of the Big Lie and the Jan. 6 insurrection WILL deliver … and that should concern anyone who cares about our democracy.
Thank you for standing with us in this historic movement to protect the vote save democracy, and for everything you do.
-- Ben Jealous, President
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