Will you split a donation between Admiral Mike Franken's campaign and CommonGood today and do your part to flip Iowa from red to blue and protect our Democratic Senate majority? [[link removed]]
John,
As bombs began raining down on Ukrainian cities, Donald Trump called into Fox News to blame – you guessed it – Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.
As Russian tanks began pouring over the Ukrainian border, Fox News host Laura Ingraham had the gall to call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “pathetic.”
And if you tune into Tucker Carlson these days, you’ll see a show that might as well have been written and produced by Russian state media. Fox News showcases the chasm between traditional GOP normative behavior and the fringe-right cabal now headed by Donald J. Trump.
As the commander of military forces in East Africa, I asked the American Forces Network to replace Fox News during meal hours for troops. Why? Because they were harmful to America's outreach overseas. They put our troops in jeopardy and made my job harder.
Without Fox News, Trump would have only ever been a bungling celebrity who foolishly and laughably ran for president.
Real-time reckoning of lies needs real-time litigation. There is such a thing as gross distortions of fact and purveyors of such must pay a debilitating price. My answer to Fox when I was an admiral in the U.S. Navy? I pulled the plug.
When I defeat Chuck Grassley and turn Iowa blue this November, I will be the most senior military person ever elected to the United States Senate. And I think it’s about time we had more people in leadership who understand the true costs of war and media manipulation of facts, commonly called disinformation.
The polls show we can win. The pundits say we must win. And with your help today, we can fight back against McConnell’s Super PAC lies and protect our Democratic majority in the Senate.
We’ve set a goal of raising another $100,000 before midnight, but right now, we’re still short. If we’re going to defeat Chuck Grassley and turn Iowa blue, I’m counting on grassroots donors like you to give now:
Please, will you split a donation of $27 or more right now between my campaign and CommonGood – whatever you can afford before midnight tonight – to help me defeat Chuck Grassley, turn Iowa blue, and protect our Democratic Senate majority? [[link removed]]
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Fox News’ propaganda cannot go unanswered. But it takes significant funding to run a full-scale campaign and take on all of Grassley’s and McConnell’s lies.
I’m not taking a dime of corporate PAC money, so whatever you can give today will go a long way.
I am so thankful to have you on the team,
Mike Franken, U.S. Navy (ret.)
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VICE ADMIRAL FRANKEN (RET) IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE U.S. NAVY. USE OF HIS MILITARY RANK, JOB TITLES, AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN UNIFORM DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
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