Dear Friend,

The January 6 commission is laying out in stark relief how deep the Big
Lie of election fraud goes. Witness after witness has proven that there is
just no evidence of votes stolen from Donald Trump -- and he and his team
knew that from the very beginning.

It doesn’t matter to the GOP.

Republican legislatures are leaning into the Big Lie to strangle voting
rights for millions of Americans, and Republican candidates are
campaigning on the same lie, promising to hand the 2024 election to Trump
if they win in November.

This election misconduct could spell the collapse of democracy as we know
it, and that’s why Courage California is fighting for voting rights
protections and to deplatform Fox “News” while using our tools -- like our
Voter Guide -- to combat disinformation. But competing with the GOP
campaign takes significant resources.

[ [link removed] ]Will you give $5 to Courage California and help protect
our elections from Trump’s Big Lie? Your donation will be DOUBLED by a
generous donor.

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Since Trump started championing the Big Lie in January 2021, a staggering
19 states enacted voter restrictions based on election fraud that doesn’t
actually exist.(1)

All of these laws have made voting harder, from removing early voting days
to imposing voter ID requirements to limiting mail-in ballot access.(2)

Perhaps even worse, the constant ballyhooing of the Big Lie has chipped
away at voters’ faith in the system at-large. More than 40% of people
believe that Joe Biden did not legitimately win the election.(3) The more
people believe that widespread election fraud exists, the less they will
participate in the system.

Or worse, they will support candidates who bypass the system altogether,
like Doug Mastriano, candidate for Pennsylvania governor, who has promised
to give Donald Trump the state’s electoral votes in the next election no
matter what the results are.(4)

Our democracy depends on us standing up for voter rights and beating back
the Big Lie disinformation. Courage California is fighting for voting
rights in Congress. We’re ramping up our campaign to deplatform Fox
“News.” And we’re getting our Voter Guide into as many hands as possible.
But we cannot do any of it without your help.

[ [link removed] ]There are only three days left to have your donation matched 100%. Will
you chip in right now?

Yours in the fight for a more progressive nation,

Irene, along with Amber, Angela, Annie, Isidra, Jay, Lindsay, LisaMarie,
Mai, Mai, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team)

PS: The best way to support Courage California and our work for equity and
justice is to become a recurring monthly donor so we'll have the ongoing
support we need over the long haul. [ [link removed] ]Click here to chip in $5, $10, or
$20 a month, or whatever you can afford.

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