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We are in the most important year in People For's existence — and perhaps for the very survival of American democracy.
So I'm writing today to ask you to renew your support of People For with a 2022 contribution. Let me explain why.
Last weekend, Donald Trump used the Martin Luther King Day holiday weekend to hold a rally and deliver a lie-filled speech in Arizona that was bursting at the seams with naked appeals to white grievance, like claiming that white people are being denied access to health care based on their race. The rally featured other far-right extremists like Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar, who has served as the unofficial congressional patron of at least one white supremacist group.[1]
Even the location of the rally was no mistake. Arizona was the very last state in the nation to formally recognize the MLK Day holiday. It was a move that echoed the famous racist dog whistle of Ronald Reagan announcing his presidential campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi – the place where Freedom Riders James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were murdered in 1964.
These astonishingly racist tactics forecast a 2022 Republican electoral strategy that appeals to the very worst undercurrents in American politics.
What’s just as dangerous is the growing movement on the Far Right to replace election officials in key battleground states with Trump loyalists – who have bought into the “Big Lie” about the 2020 election, and will be expected to deliver victory to Trump and the Far Right no matter what the voters decide.
In a video address to Pennsylvania Republicans last week, Trump even went so far as to say "Sometimes the vote counter is more important than the candidate” – and we know exactly what he means by that.
And as of now, according to the Washington Post, “at least 163 Republicans who have embraced Trump's false claims are running for statewide positions that would give them authority over the administration of elections."[2]
It’s increasingly clear that the Far Right’s lies, racism and efforts to subvert the popular vote of the American people are now a clear and present danger to our democracy and long-held norms of self-governance. The extremists and conspiracy theorists that formerly represented a fringe element of the Republican base are now in near-total control.
People For has always worked to expose and disrupt the Far Right, and stand up to the forces of division and hate – and we plan to keep doing so. But as a grassroots-funded nonprofit organization, we can’t do that without your ongoing support.
☑ Yes! Renew for 2022 now with a donation of $7 or more>>
We're scaling up the work that you know and support – and that has had real impact – like pushing for confirmation of President Biden’s judicial nominees to rebalance America’s courts after the rightward swing of the Trumpian era, and reimagining public safety in cities nationwide with a network of progressive mayors committed to building communities that reflect the values of freedom, fairness, and opportunity for all.
We're investing significantly in holding and expanding Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate this year. We will continue to press for holding the January 6 coup plotters accountable. We will work to elect Senators who will vote for legislation like the Build Back Better Act and continue confirming the president’s nominees.
We need your help.
Please renew for 2022 with your donation of $7 or more!>>
Thank you for everything you do!
-- Will and the 'People For' Digital team
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Sources:
1. "Paul Gosar spoke to a white nationalist conference, and they chanted his name," Arizona Mirror, 3/1/2021
2. "How Republicans became the party of Trump's election lie after Jan 6," Washington Post, 1/5/2022
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