Dear MoveOn member,
For months, election experts have been warning about Donald Trump's
efforts to install proponents of his "Big Lie" to oversee elections in key
battleground states.^1
Now we've learned that several of these candidates have direct connections
to QAnon, the dangerous pro-Trump conspiracy theory movement, and that
these QAnon candidates have joined forces to "control the election
system."^2
These are not just a handful of fringe also-rans with no chance of
winning. In fact, a total of 21 candidates who deny that President Joe
Biden won the 2020 election are running for various secretary of state
offices around the country.^3 Meanwhile, Trump's political action
committees have raised a stunning $122 million that he can use to help
them win.^4
If any of these candidates are successful, they would be in position to
help execute Trump's plot to rig the elections in 2024 and install him in
the White House for a second term.
That's why MoveOn is doing something we've never done in our 23-year
history: We're launching a multimillion-dollar effort to defeat
Trump-backed QAnon candidates for secretary of state across the country
and defend our free and fair elections.
Will you donate $5 a month to power and sustain the effort
to stop the Trump-backed conspiracy theorists from taking over our
elections?
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So far, at least six of the 21 "Big Lie" candidates running for secretary
of state offices around the country have been linked to QAnon.^5
These candidates include a former Nevada state legislator who publicly
bragged at a QAnon convention that he and others were directly recruited
to run by QAnon proponents.^6
Another QAnon-linked candidate is January 6 insurrectionist and Arizona
state legislator Mark Finchem, who has appeared on a QAnon web show and
claimed that elected officials are "involved in a pedophile network in the
distribution of children," a key tenet of the QAnon delusion.^7,8 Finchem
has raised $660,000 for the race so far, which is more than the two
leading Democrats combined.^9
Meanwhile, QAnon message boards are lighting up with activity to help
these candidates win.
If you think that fringe white supremacist extremists like this could
never get elected, think again. Many of them have already been elected to
state offices, and there are already at least two known QAnon believers in
Congress—Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert.
Especially after January 6, we cannot underestimate the threat posed by
radical right-wing extremists. That's precisely why MoveOn is going big in
secretary of state races across the country to defeat these pro-Trump
conspiracy theory candidates. Will you donate $5 a month to
power these efforts from now until Election Day?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Our democracy is on a knife's edge, and secretaries of state who will
count every vote and ensure free and fair elections may be the only thing
standing between democracy and authoritarianism.
That's why—for the first time in our 23-year history—MoveOn is dedicating
millions of dollars to help elect secretaries of state who will put our
democracy first and stand up to QAnon.
Please, if you are able, will you join us by chipping in $5
a month—or whatever you can—to take down the QAnon plot to put Trump
loyalists in charge of overseeing elections?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Chris, Corinne, Justin, David, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Campaigning to Oversee Elections, While Denying the Last One," The New
York Times, January 30, 2022
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2. "Trump-Backed QAnon Candidates Launch Group to 'Control the Election
System,'" Vice, October 27, 2021
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3. "Campaigning to Oversee Elections, While Denying the Last One," The New
York Times, January 30, 2022
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4. "Trump began 2022 with a war chest of $122 million," The Washington
Post, January 31, 2022
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5. "Multiple people seeking to run state elections are connected to
QAnon," Media Matters, August 16, 2021
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6. Tweet by Alex Kaplan, October 25, 2021
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7. Tweet by Alex Kaplan, May 10, 2021
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8. "These locally elected officials posted or openly supported QAnon
conspiracy theories. Here's what happened after they took office," CNN,
June 3, 2021
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9. "Trump followers zero in on secretary of state campaigns," Politico,
January 24, 2022
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Want to support MoveOn's work? Donald Trump's preparations for being able
to steal the presidency in 2024 are well underway and include working to
replace top election officials in battleground states with his own
loyalists. 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.
Will you chip in monthly to power our campaign to defeat Trump and protect
our elections in 2022?
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[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
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