Dear fellow MoveOn member,
I want to tell you about a dark-money group you may not have heard of
before but absolutely must know about: the America First Secretary of
State Coalition.
The coalition was formed by radical MAGA candidates who are running for
secretary of state in key battleground states. In most states, the
secretary of state oversees elections—including determining who is
eligible to vote and with the power to kick voters off the rolls, throw
out votes, and declare the winners of elections.
The goal of the America First Secretary of State Coalition is to elect
Trump marionettes to the top elections administration in critical swing
states so that when the 2024 election comes, they will have the power to
declare Trump the winner—no matter the true will of the voters.
John, this is an existential threat to our democracy. But
thankfully, my good friends at MoveOn are doing something they've never
done in their history: MoveOn is running a multimillion-dollar campaign to
defeat MAGA candidates for secretary of state and elect honest Democrats
who will protect our democracy and count every vote.
I've seen the plan, and I'm very excited about their campaign. But in
order to pull it off, MoveOn needs your help.
That is why I have a personal request: Will you join me and chip in
$5 a month to power MoveOn's democracy-saving campaign?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Steve Bannon, who is closely tied to the America First Secretary of State
Coalition, said it outright: "We're taking over all the elections."^1
"We're going to take this back village by village … precinct by precinct,"
Bannon said.^2
In Arizona, the leading Republican candidate is Trump-endorsed Mark
Finchem, a member of the white supremacist group the Oath Keepers, who
tried to decertify President Joe Biden's win in the state and attended the
January 6 insurrection.^3
In Nevada, the Republican candidate is insurrectionist Jim Marchant, a
member of Nevada's fake slate of pro-Trump electors seeking to overturn
President Biden's victory in 2020.^4
In Michigan, Trump has endorsed Kristina Karamo, a far-right conspiracy
theorist who claims that demonic possession can be sexually transmitted.
Karamo to this day continues to spread the absurd lie that Trump is the
true president of the U.S.^5
The scariest part about these candidates is that secretary of state races
tend to fly under the radar, which means the chance that a voter chooses
one of these candidates without knowing their true intentions is high.
That's where MoveOn comes in. They are running a multimillion-dollar
campaign, the most they have ever spent in a midterm election, to help
raise the name recognition of the secretary of state candidates running
against these MAGA extremists, educate voters about how important these
elections are, and ensure that everyone knows what could happen if
Trump-loving election deniers take over battleground states in advance of
2024.
They are preparing to run television and digital ads, host phone and text
banks, mobilize thousands of MoveOn members to volunteer, and do whatever
else is needed to stop these extremist candidates who are hell-bent on
destroying our democracy.
But MoveOn's resources come from us, MoveOn members. So MoveOn can power
its work only with our support.
Will you join us and chip in $5 a month to power MoveOn's
democracy campaign to victory and stop Trump's slow-motion coup?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Robert Reich
Sources:
1. "Trump allies are angling for election jobs up and down the ballot.
That could have consequences in 2024," CNN, December 6, 2021
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2. "The Bannon Strategy," The Atlantic, July 14, 2022
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3. "'This should terrify the nation': the Trump ally seeking to run
Arizona's elections," The Guardian, February 21, 2022
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4. "Jim Marchant, a Trump loyalist, is G.O.P. voters' choice to be
Nevada's top election official." The New York Times, June 15, 2022
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5. "Who Is Kristina Karamo? GOP Candidate for Michigan Secretary of
State," Newsweek, July 4, 2022
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loyalists. Which is why MoveOn is doing something we've never done in our
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