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A shocking set of new emails obtained by the congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection shows a top lawyer for Donald Trump urged Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania to "retabulate the state's popular vote—and throw out tens of thousands of absentee ballots—in order to show Donald Trump with a lead."1
After pressuring Republican lawmakers to throw out mail-in ballots, Trump's lawyer writes: "Having done that math, you'd be left with a significant Trump lead that would bolster the argument for the Legislature adopting a slate of Trump electors."2
This is a smoking gun. An outright, naked authoritarian attempt to throw out tens of thousands of votes and install Trump to a second term.
Trump's coup attempt in 2020 didn't work. But Trump isn't giving up.
As you read this, Trump is enacting a plot to install his lackeys to key offices across the country that oversee the counting of ballots and will be responsible for certifying the results of the 2024 presidential election.3
To fight back, MoveOn has made the unprecedented decision to invest millions of dollars in a campaign to defeat Trump's candidates for these positions and elect people who will protect our rights and count every vote.
This is crucial, democracy-saving work. Can you chip in $5 a month to help defeat the Trump-backed candidates for secretary of state and ensure that every vote is counted?
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Steve Bannon said it outright: "We're taking over all the elections."4
Their plan is to take over the machinery of our democracy from the ground up by electing Trump loyalists as the top election officials in battleground states in this fall's midterms—so that in the 2024 presidential election, only Trump loyalists will be certifying elections in the states that will decide who wins.
The MAGA Republican Party is attempting to strip voting rights from voters of color and plunge our nation into the depths of authoritarianism. We cannot let them get away with it.
And that is why MoveOn made the decision, for the first time in its 23-year history, to invest millions in state races for secretary of state, in an effort to defeat Trump's chosen candidates.
MoveOn members have stepped up to support this democracy-saving work, and we need you to continue to do so until the last election is called this November.
Can you start a $5 monthly donation to help defeat Trump-backed candidates and protect our elections?
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Thanks for all you do.
–Chris, Heather, Amy, Ankur, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "'Provide some cover': New Eastman emails shed light on his push to overturn Biden's win," Politico, May 11, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/162327?t=7&akid=323269%2E40999114%2EhGeQZz
2. Ibid.
3. "Trump-Backed Secretaries of State Could Flip the 2024 Election," New York, February 17, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/162166?t=9&akid=323269%2E40999114%2EhGeQZz
4. "Meanwhile, Steve Bannon Is Reminding Everyone That the Right Is Very Much Trying to Destroy Democracy," Rolling Stone, November 12, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/162328?t=11&akid=323269%2E40999114%2EhGeQZz
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.
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