Yesterday was a critical moment for our campaign. We released our new ad, and people across the country took notice.
Together, we’re already making history in Kentucky and if we keep up this momentum we can replace Rand Paul.
In case you missed Charles’ email last night about why he made this video, we’re forwarding it below.
When you’re done reading, will you chip in $5 or anything you can to support our grassroots funded campaign? We’re relying on donations from emails like this to make sure our bold, progressive message reaches every corner of Kentucky.
Together,
Team Booker
from: Charles Booker <[email protected]>
reply-to: [email protected]
date: Jun 1, 2022, 9:33 AM
subject: To be honest, I wasn’t sure I was going to make this
Content Warning: This email and the video below contain graphic references to lynching and racial violence.
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 click here to watch the video:
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, 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.
