Dear fellow MoveOn member,
The explosive hearings on the January 6 insurrection show in no uncertain terms that Donald Trump led a massive, coordinated, and violent attempt to overthrow the duly elected government of the United States.
From the deadly violence on January 6 to covert attempts to influence and intimidate local elections officials, these hearings confirm what we've long suspected: Trump led a criminal conspiracy with the intention of overthrowing our government.
And right now, before our very eyes, Trump is putting in place the pieces necessary to attempt a second coup in 2024. Trump's plan centers around installing his lackeys into offices that oversee elections.1
Trump wants to install his cronies as governors and secretaries of state in critical battleground states. Together, these officials oversee voter registration, certify the winners and losers of elections, and are even empowered to throw out ballots.
When the 2024 presidential election comes, these loyalists will ensure Trump is declared the winner—no matter the true will of the voters.
Steve Bannon said it outright: "We're taking over all the elections."2
To stop Trump's coup attempt, MoveOn is running a multimillion-dollar campaign to elect governors and secretaries of state who will safeguard our democracy.
MoveOn will be unveiling the details of their campaign in the coming days. But I've gotten a sneak peek, and it's unlike any campaign I've seen before. MoveOn has decades of experience in running cutting-edge grassroots campaigns, and this time, the organization is going bigger than ever before to protect our democracy.
Will you start a monthly $5 donation today to MoveOn's campaign to stop the Trump coup and protect democracy?
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
John, you and I both know that Trump and the MAGA movement planned and attempted to execute a coup. And we know that our democracy is on a knife's edge.
But Fox News, Trump's mouthpiece, refused to even cover the first hearing.3
Instead, Fox News aired its regularly scheduled programming: "Tucker Carlson Tonight."
That's right: As the nation witnesses perhaps its most important and high-profile congressional hearings since 9/11, Fox News is turning a blind eye.
That means that as the rest of the country learns about the facts of the white supremacist insurrection, Fox News viewers are being spoonfed lies.
And here's why that's dangerous: Those very same Fox News viewers will be voting—in droves—during the 2022 election for candidates who promote and/or believe in the Big Lie.
Which means that it's going to be up to us to drive up turnout among Democrats and progressives in order to win the midterm elections and save our democracy.
Luckily, that's exactly what MoveOn's $30 million election campaign is designed to do. Will you donate a $5 a month to stop the next Trump-MAGA coup and count every vote?
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Robert Reich
Sources:
1. "Trump backers unbowed in push to overtake state election offices," Politico, June 13, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163378?t=6&akid=325824%2E40999114%2EIjq6k7
2. "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=8&akid=325824%2E40999114%2EIjq6k7
3. "Only one major cable news channel did not carry the Jan. 6 hearing live: Fox News," NPR, June 11, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163379?t=10&akid=325824%2E40999114%2EIjq6k7
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.
Will you chip in monthly to power our campaign to defeat Trump and protect our elections in 2022?
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
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