Hi John, it's Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley.
Today, I'm writing to you to talk about my good friend and sister-in-service, Rep. Cori Bush. Over the weekend, I was honored to join Cori in St. Louis to celebrate her birthday and help get out the vote ahead of her primary election!
Cori's primary is only 7 days away — and she needs our support because she is up against four corporate-backed challengers.
I told Cori that the A-Team and I would help her hit her $200,000 grassroots fundraising goal before Election Day, to ensure her campaign has the resources to organize across the district, keep their ads on the airwaves, and win on Election Day. Grassroots supporters are already stepping up, but Cori needs all of our support to hit this ambitious goal.
Cori and I have a lot in common. We both defeated entrenched, establishment Democrats to win our seats in Congress. We both know what it's like being a Black woman in Congress, pushing back against the forces of white supremacy and systems that perpetuate racial, social, and economic injustice. And we are both working to advance bold, progressive change that meets this moment. Cori is an inspiration to so many, and I couldn't be more proud to work alongside her in Congress.
Cori is exactly the kind of leader we need in Congress. As a nurse, activist, pastor, and single mom of two kids, she is deeply connected to her community. And after the murder of Michael Brown Jr. in 2014 just minutes from where she lived, Cori stepped up to serve her neighbors as a medic and clergy on the front lines of the movement — protesting in defense of Black lives for 400 days.
We cannot afford to lose a single progressive voice in the U.S. House. But Cori's establishment opponents are on TV attacking her, and corporate PACs are working to defeat our movement. We need to have Cori's back.
I need your help today to collect the resources Cori needs to fight back against these attacks and win her primary. Will you chip in $5 today to keep Cori in Congress and help reach her team's $200,000 goal by Election Day?
In Congress, Cori and I have worked together to end qualified immunity, abolish the death penalty, and save and support Black lives. We've traveled to Minnesota to protest the Line 3 pipeline with our sister Rep. Ilhan Omar, and slept outside the Capitol to demand an extension on the Federal eviction moratorium and keep people housed.
Conservative Democrats and Republicans will try to stop us, but we won't stop pushing for progress. Cori won't stop pushing.
John, Cori needs all of our support to win this race. Will you contribute $5 or more to re-elect Cori today?
Thank you,
Rep. Ayanna Pressley
