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| John, My name is Alek Skarlatos and I'm asking for just a couple moments of your time today as I work to re-introduce myself to conservatives around the nation. This is my story. I had just finished serving our great nation in Afghanistan when I decided to take a vacation with my two childhood friends in Europe during 2015. We were traveling on a Paris-bound train when an Islamic terrorist armed with a gun, a jar of gasoline, and 270 rounds of ammunition attempted to take over our train and kill us all. As a soldier, I was trained to take out a terrorist threat - as an American, I was taught to stand up for freedom no matter where I was in the world. Which is why along with my friends and other brave travelers took the action needed to stop the terrorist that day. In 2020 I ran for Congress because, like a lot of you reading this email, my congressman lost touch with reality a long ago. My life changed the day my friends and I took on Islamic terrorism, and since then I've made a habit of standing up and speaking out when I know there is a need. Last May I launched my second campaign for Congress and today I’m asking if you’ll consider supporting me with a financial contribution to my U.S. House campaign. Will you please consider a gift of $5, $10, $25, or even $250 today to help me ensure my campaign is adequately funded? Right now, we simply do not have the cash to compete against Pelosi’s handpicked candidate.  In 2020, Nancy Pelosi and her super PAC spent nearly $6 million to save the DEM incumbent and smear my good name. Pelosi won that battle as I narrowly lost my race. But I’m here to tell you today: I’m going to win the war. But it won’t be easy. While my 2020 opponent opted to retire instead of facing a rematch against me, my new Bernie Sanders-style-opponent has already begun to lie about me and what I stand for. I received an email last week that frankly was just chalked full of claims that my opponent (who has never met me) couldn’t possibly know to be true. She calls me a “union-buster,” a “climate-change-denier,” and a “Big-Lie-believer.” My opponent knows that I’m a threat and she’s looking to paint me as an extreme out-of-touch puppet being controlled by party heads in D.C. That couldn’t be further from the truth. I’ve been telling you that this day would come for some time now – and now that day has finally arrived. I have seen the dangers of this world, and I have stood up for freedom in the face of terrorism. I know the strength it takes to stand up and fight for what is right – which is why I want to take on the anti-American, radical-Left in Washington. Will you lend your support to my fight by chipping in $10, $25, $50 or another amount today? My life’s mission has always been to represent the America I know and love – the world’s bastion of freedom and economic prosperity. I am taking that mission and putting it into action by running for Congress, by fighting for my neighbors and their wellbeing in Washington. Thank you,  Alek Skarlatos Republican for Congress |
 | Alek is a former Oregon National Guardsman, completing a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan. Alek, along with four others, stopped an armed terrorist on a Paris-bound train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris in August 2015. His heroism earned him several awards and medals around the world. To support Alek’s campaign chip in $5 or more today! |
