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Dear MoveOn member,
In bombshell news, the congressional committee investigating the January 6
insurrection has obtained a 38-page plan—circulated inside the Trump White
House on January 5—for Trump to declare a "National Security Emergency,"
invalidate electronic voting in all states, and seize ballots in an effort
to install himself for a second, illegal term.^1
Thanks to safeguards in our electoral process that Trump allies are
aggressively dismantling, Trump's coup failed. We might not be so lucky
next time.
Right now, Trump and his allies are methodically enacting a plan to place
some of Trump's most ardent supporters in key offices, including
secretaries of state, tasked with overseeing elections at the state level.
In most states, secretaries of state oversee the counting of the votes,
have the power to certify—or decertify—election results, and declare the
winners and losers of elections.
As The Atlantic reports, "If Trump's plot succeeds, the ballots cast by
American voters will not decide the presidency in 2024. Thousands of votes
will be thrown away, or millions, to produce the required effect. The
winner will be declared the loser. The loser will be certified
president-elect."^2
That's right, the voters will not decide the outcome of the 2024 election.
It may have been outlandish before Trump, but it's a sober analysis today.
Once described as "apolitical," secretaries of state may now be the most
crucial officials standing between democracy and authoritarianism.^3
Which is why MoveOn is doing something we've never done in our 23-year
history: We're launching a powerful, multimillion-dollar effort to defeat
Trump-backed secretaries of state across the country and elect individuals
who will count every vote and ensure fair elections.
But we can do this only with your support. Will you start a
$5 monthly donation today to launch and sustain our new
campaign to defeat Trump-backed secretaries of state and stop a Trump
coup?
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John, before this year, Trump had never once endorsed any
candidate for secretary of state.
It's no coincidence that as he masterminds a plot to steal the presidency
in 2024, Trump has already endorsed several secretary of state candidates
in key states—and these candidates are nothing short of terrifying.^4
Indeed, several Republican candidates for secretary of state deny that
Biden won the 2020 election.^5
But the lies don't stop there.
In Georgia, U.S. Representative Jody Hice, Trump's pick to be secretary of
state, voted to overturn the results of Georgia's election and proudly
proclaimed the January 6 insurrection to be "our 1776 moment."^6
And a number of other Republican secretary of state candidates say that
once in office, they would fight to restrict voting by mail.^7 This comes
on top of Republican lawmakers' efforts to make it harder for
Democratic-leaning voters, including people of color and low-income
people, to cast ballots.
The esteemed journalist Barton Gellman writes, "The prospect of this
democratic collapse is not remote. People with the motive to make it
happen are manufacturing the means. Given the opportunity, they will act.
They are acting already."^8
Who will protect democracy? It will be us, the American people.
Will you chip in $5 a month to take down Trump's plot to
install his lackeys as elections officials and to safeguard our
constitutional democracy?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
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Thanks for all you do.
–Chris, Brieanna, Gabi, Sandra, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Nothing is more important than Team Trump's January PowerPoint urging
a full-blown coup," The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 12, 2021
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2. "Trump's next coup has already begun," The Atlantic, December 6, 2021
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3. "Secretary of State races become fundraising cash magnet," Axios,
December 14, 2021
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4. Ibid.
5. "How Trump-backed secretary of state candidates would change elections
in the United States," The Washington Post, December 1, 2021
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6. "Trump endorses challenger to Ga. Secretary of State Raffensperger,"
NBC News, March 22, 2021
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7. "How Trump-backed secretary of state candidates would change elections
in the United States," The Washington Post, December 1, 2021
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8. "Trump's next coup has already begun," The Atlantic, December 6, 2021
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