Dear MoveOn member,
Alerts on too many of our phones on Wednesday morning looked like this:
"Mark Finchem, an adamant election denier and conspiracy theory promoter,
won the GOP primary for Arizona's top election post."^1
"Trump backed Blake Masters is projected to win the Arizona GOP primary to
face Sen. Mark Kelly."^2
"Trump backed Tudor Dixon is projected to win the Republican primary to
face Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) in November."^3
"Rep Peter Meijer, a Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump,
conceded to John Gibbs, a Trump-endorsed far-right challenger."^4
"Kris Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state, won the GOP race. He's
made a career out of promoting false election claims."^5
Slowly but surely, state by state, Donald Trump is lining up his lackeys
across the country to ensure he has the pawns to rig the presidential
election in 2024.
That's why MoveOn made the unprecedented decision to invest $30 million
into the midterms this fall. We knew early on that this year was going to
be like no other, and we have been preparing for months to confront it
head-on. To turn out exactly the voters who will turn the tide on the
primary results of a MAGA Republican Party.
The general elections are next, and we can defeat Trump, just as we did in
2020—but only if we come together.
That's why we need your help. In order to execute our unprecedented plan
(see below) we must have the resources to stop Trump and his acolytes. As
his hand-picked marionettes win Republican primary after Republican
primary, MoveOn has the plan to stop him. Will you chip
in $5 a month to make it all possible?
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Let's be clear: There's reason for hope, even amid this litany of dark
updates from Republican primaries. More and more polls are giving
Democrats hope of holding off a red wave.^6 Republican obstruction and
overreach is backfiring: In Kansas, a state Trump won by 15 points, voters
roundly defeated an amendment to the state constitution to deny people
bodily autonomy and self-determination and ban abortion, showing the power
of abortion access as a motivating issue for voters.
Democrats in key races are showing strong grassroots fundraising. And
Trump's "MAGA" mentality is alienating swing voters.
Our job is to seize these opportunities, make the most of those glimmers
of hope, and execute a plan that can mobilize voters to elect progressive
champions who will fight for our democracy and defeat Trump's cult-like
adherents.
Our plan, the largest investment in our 23-year history, is being executed
in four phases:
1. Organize on the ground to build our activist base (ongoing since the
beginning of 2022).
2. Use innovative digital strategies to define our opponents early and
rally Democrats and progressives (started months ago).
3. Blanket carefully targeted states and districts with ads with
strategic messaging (testing has begun).
4. Get our target voters to the polls to defeat Trump's election deniers,
insurrectionists, and fake electors (October 1-November 8).
Every facet of MoveOn is focused on executing this plan—from our staff
members to our state-by-state activists to our millions of members—because
we know we need to go all-out to stop Steve Bannon and his dark-money
PACs.
But we also know that our shared vision of America, where progressive
values—that hold up Black and brown voices, that celebrate the humanity of
LGBTQ+ youth and people of all ages, that see trans families and disabled
people as our strength—will always prevail.
All we need to make sure our plan is executed, and Trump is stopped, are
the resources. And that's where you, John, come in. Please,
can you chip in $5 a month to show that you support
stopping this Trump momentum?
[ [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.
–Chris, Seth, Kelly, Emily, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. Breaking News, The New York Times, August 3, 2022
2. Political News Alerts, The Washington Post, August 3, 2022
3. Ibid.
4. Breaking News, The New York Times, August 3, 2022
5. Ibid.
6. "Democrats are slightly favored to win the Senate," FiveThirtyEight,
Accessed August 4, 2022
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