Team —
Late last night, the news broke that Arizona Republicans have nominated Mark Finchem as their candidate for secretary of state.
That result is a disaster for democracy — and it could get so, so much worse.
Finchem is a self-proclaimed member of the Oath Keepers militia and a hand-picked “America First” candidate whose entire platform is hinged on Trump’s Big Lie. If he is put in charge of elections in Arizona, he says he wants to give the state legislature the right to overturn election results. He’d also ban early voting and severely restrict mail-in ballots (because they blame the ballots for Trump’s loss, not the voters who chose Biden).
Trump is still not over the fact he lost Arizona — that’s why he called the secretary of state election there “the most important race in the United States.”
It’s a race that we must make sure they lose. The American SOS Project has a plan to do exactly that — and we want to go all in. Will you rush in a donation right now to help ramp up our AZ efforts and help make sure Finchem is defeated?
Here’s the scariest part of a Finchem nomination. He told a crowd of supporters this summer that, if he loses in November: “Ain’t gonna be no concession speech coming from this guy.”
This is coming from a guy who was caught on camera near the steps of the Capitol on January 6th. As someone who’s served this country, I'll tell you that people like Finchem and Trump make me sick. They wrap themselves in the flag, spit out phrases like “America First,” but they have zero understanding or respect for the core tenants that make our country great in the first place. The part that makes America so unique on the world stage and throughout history is that we figured out a way to make democracy work. A key part of that is, when you lose an election, you step aside and make room for the person who won. Until now.
Trump and Finchem want to break our democracy and make elections work only for them. That should alarm every single one of us, because they only need to succeed once for the whole system to fall apart.
That’s why I refuse to let them win — not in Arizona, not in Michigan, not in Nevada, not anywhere these anti-democracy candidates rear their heads. If you’re with me, chip in right now and let’s make sure they lose.
Thank you,
Amy
