Friends -
One of the reasons I wanted to run an ad in Florida on Independence Day is because we cannot allow Ron DeSantis and the Republican Party to own the word “freedom” in the political debate.
We’re going to fight to reclaim that word.
Because true freedom means you can afford to go to a doctor without going bankrupt.
True freedom means you can spend time with your newborn child instead of being rushed back to work days later.
True freedom means you can go to a movie, a parade, a church or an elementary school without fear of getting shot.
True freedom is a woman and her doctor making the health care decisions she needs.
True freedom means being able to love the person you love without fear of discrimination.
True freedom means you don’t have to choose between the cost of putting food on the table and the medicine you need to live.
True freedom means being able to go into a library and not wonder which books have been banned recently.
True freedom means graduating college and being able to pursue a career of your choice without the burden of a life’s worth of debt.
True freedom means living life without the fear that large portions of the planet will be uninhabitable for future generations.
The DeSantis vision of freedom is a fraud. It’s a vision where people were free to get COVID and give it to whoever they want; it’s a vision where people are free to carry guns everywhere and everyone has to live in fear of getting shot; it’s a vision where the wealthy and powerful have the freedom to dictate their terms to everyone else.
So no, we are not going to let them own the word freedom going forward. We’re taking it back.
That’s why we ran that ad.
All my best,
Gavin
Gavin Newsom is up for re-election this November and needs your help. Please make a contribution — of any amount you can afford — to help him win and keep California Blue in 2022. It all adds up when we’re all chipping in. Thank you. This means a lot.
