Dear MoveOn member,

If you watched any of the first few days of the impeachment hearings
against Donald Trump, you may have noticed a new "star" featured in the
Republicans' reality TV-style scheme to interrupt the hearings:
Representative Elise Stefanik of New York.

Rep. Stefanik has taken center stage in the hearings, using every
opportunity to attempt to undermine the rules, enter false and pointless
content into the official record, and malign Democrats and House
Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff—she even used the entirety of
one of her question periods to read out the titles of news articles
smearing Chairman Schiff. Trump called her "a new Republican star" because
of her performance.^1

Rep. Stefanik has made it clear that instead of advocating for our
democracy and her constituents in New York's 21st Congressional District,
one of the most critical swing districts in the country, she will blindly
support Trump's criminality and corruption. We need to hold her
accountable, John.

The good news is that Rep. Stefanik's Democratic opponent, Tedra Cobb, is
a dedicated public servant who is ready to serve the people of her
district in northern New York and stand up to wannabe-tyrants like Trump.
MoveOn members endorsed Cobb when she ran in 2018, and since the district
now only leans Republican by four points, we CAN win this seat in 2020.

Here's where it gets even more exciting: In the first couple days after
Rep. Stefanik's shameless display during the impeachment proceedings,
Cobb's campaign raised more than $1 dollars from tens of thousands of
grassroots donors. But let's not stop there.

[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in $3 directly to Tedra Cobb and help her
campaign raise $2 million by the end of the week?

With your help, we will send a clear message to Rep. Stefanik that her
time in Washington is up—and show other Republicans that blind loyalty to
Trump in spite of his crimes and corruption will carry political
consequences next November.

Rep. Stefanik may have only received national attention recently with her
performance in the impeachment hearings, but her career in Congress has
long been one of claiming moderation while blindly supporting far-right
policies and efforts to take rights away from her constituents.

* She voted against bipartisan background check legislation to curb gun
violence.^2
* She voted against the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women
Act.^3
* She voted against legislation to protect our elections from foreign
interference.^4
* She voted against raising the minimum wage.^5
* She voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill that would make
sure women receive equal pay for equal work.^6
* And she voted to rip health care away from millions of Americans,
again, and again, and again.^7

In contrast, Cobb has spent her career advocating for the expansion of
health care. She started a health clinic to provide care to rural
communities and has served on HIV/AIDS outreach committees providing
testing and education.

Cobb is dedicated to protecting health care for all Americans, addressing
the gun violence epidemic, fighting climate change, and reforming the
criminal justice system.

Unlike Rep. Elise Stefanik, Tedra Cobb will help push our country forward.

[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in $3 to help her campaign raise over $2
million this week?

The first few days of the impeachment inquiry have shown just how far some
Republicans are willing to go to deny reality in an effort to protect
Trump.

In the face of damning testimony, Rep. Stefanik and others would do
nothing else but deflect, lie, and attempt to turn the hearings into a
circus.

Antics like that do not belong in Washington, and anyone so willing to
continue to defend Trump's actions while hearing these facts should lose
their job as a result. By supporting Cobb now, we not only can bring
critical resources to a key district, but also send a message to
Republicans across the country that there will be political consequences
for enabling Trump's crimes.

[ [link removed] ]MoveOn members can help elect a real leader by supporting Tedra Cobb
and send Rep. Elise Stefanik packing. Will you chip in $3
directly to Cobb's campaign right now?

Thanks for all you do.

–Dan, David, Kelly, Allison, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Trump labels Stefanik a 'new Republican Star,'" The Hill, November 17,
2019
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2. "Elise Stefanik's Voting Record," Vote Smart, accessed November 18,
2019
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3. Ibid.

4. Ibid.

5. Ibid.

6. Ibid.

7. Ibid.



Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day
by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage,
defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's
pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must
never give up on. And to do it we need your support, now more than ever.
Will you stand with us?



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