[1]Charles Booker
Content Warning: This email and the video below contain graphic references
to lynching and racial violence.
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Earlier today, I posted a video about the family members I’ve lost to
lynching. I spoke about the hate and division holding us back as a
country, and why replacing Rand Paul is so critical in our fight for
healing, humanity, and a brighter future.
Some people told me this video would be controversial. Too jarring.
And honestly, this video was one of the hardest things I have done, but
after a lot of prayer and reflection, I knew this video was an important
message in confronting the trauma of our history.
You see, I’ve had ancestors who were enslaved in Kentucky. Family members
who fought for desegregation in Kentucky. Three of my uncles were lynched
in Kentucky. And I know I’m not alone: there are millions of families in
Kentucky and throughout the South who share this story.
So when Rand Paul single-handedly voted to block the Emmett Till Anti-
Lynching Act two years ago this week — legislation that would finally make
lynching a federal hate crime — I took that personally. This is also the
man who said he would have voted against the Civil Rights Act – the man
that compared expanded health care to slavery.
I know this video will be challenging to watch. I understand the
sensitivity of this issue, and realize the visual will expose some wounds
that have not healed up in our society.
My hope is that by watching this video, folks will understand just how
important this campaign is in our broader mission to realize true freedom,
peace, justice, and democracy.
I hope it will challenge all of us to mobilize and come together in the
work to uproot hate, which includes defeating Rand Paul this year.
You can [ [link removed] ]click here to watch the video:
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With love,
Charles
P.S. Thank you for all of your support. You’ve already helped us
make history by making me the first Black Kentuckian to receive the
Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Together, I know we can continue
moving mountains.
If you’re finished watching the video and want to show your support for
our movement, [ [link removed] ]will you chip in $5 or anything you can to
our grassroots funded campaign? It’s going to take all of us working
together to end Rand’s corporate-funded, failed campaign and usher in a
new era of people-first leadership to Kentucky.
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