Dear People For supporter,
Trump and his allies like Sen. Lindsey Graham are whipping up the far-right MAGA base with lies, conspiracy theories, and threats about “riots in the street” and other violence should the Department of Justice prosecute Trump.
From calls to defund the FBI to comparing the DOJ to the Gestapo – and now these threats of “riots” – we see that the strategy is working with the base. Trump even received a 10-point boost from GOP primary voters over his closest potential competitor for the 2024 nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, following the FBI’s search at Mar-a-Lago to collect top-secret and classified documents Trump was illegally storing there. But, the Far Right’s extremism is proving a tougher sell with the rest of the electorate.
Their 2022 election platform is shocking. The three main planks seem to be:
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Take away Americans’ fundamental rights – abortion, marriage equality, freedom from discrimination, and more...
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Destroy Social Security and the social safety net – first, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, a member of the GOP Senate leadership, offered up a plan to “sunset” Social Security and Medicare should Republicans take control of Congress... now Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masterson says Social Security should be privatized, and Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin is saying that Congress should have to vote to renew Social Security every year, forcing countless seniors to have to beg annually for their means of living (so much for “security”) ...
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End democracy and the rule of law – specifically, make sure that Donald Trump is above the law and that the will of the people in elections doesn’t matter anymore (it’s about who “counts” the votes)....
With an agenda as extreme as this, what could possibly go wrong?
Well, far-right candidates are seeing exactly what could go wrong right now, as they wake up to the reality that the far-right MAGA base does not represent America.
The Guardian reports that “Americans are starting to get it,” noting: “Republicans have put all their chips on extremism. But voters are sending more and more signals that they’re fed up with it.”
We’re seeing a real path to stopping the extreme MAGA takeover of Congress and the key state offices, especially governors and secretaries of state, that control the administration of elections.
Our chances of expanding a pro-democracy Senate majority, stopping election deniers from winning control of key presidential battleground states, and keeping Trump loyalists like Kevin McCarthy out of the House majority are increasing. But, as we enter the fall and the final phase of the midterms, we have just weeks to reach hundreds of thousands of voters in these critical races.
Our last funding deadline before Labor Day and the final push of the 2022 cycle is TOMORROW and we have a lot of ground to make up. Energy in our movement has been growing in recent weeks, but this year got off to a shaky start. While the reasons for that are understandable, now that voters are showing that they’re really starting to grasp what’s at stake, we have major funding gaps to close in order to fully fund our voter mobilization work.
Make no mistake: the Far Right is getting nervous. While they circle the wagons around Trump and twist themselves into knots to excuse his lawlessness in order to please their base, they also see that their extremist issue agenda is alienating more and more Americans.
Paul Waldman at the Post writes, "The great Republican abortion backtrack has begun," with candidates who embraced the most extreme positions on abortion possible during their primaries now scrubbing their websites of the issue altogether, abandoning tag lines like “100% pro-life,” and trying to hide their support for fetal “personhood” legislation.
These signs that the landscape is shifting in our favor are encouraging but they won’t amount to much unless we do the work, drive home the truth about the Far Right’s agenda, and reach the voters we need to reach.
Mountains of far-right, corporate cash are still pouring in to support far-right MAGA candidates. Lies, conspiracy theories, and hate are still being used by the Far Right to drive massive turnout among their base.
We have our work cut out for us. By choosing to stand with us now, in the final weeks of this pivotal election, you can make all the difference.
Please donate whatever you can right away >>
Thank you for being such a valued partner in our shared fight to save democracy and defend Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
– Ben Jealous, President
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Sources:
"Mar-a-Lago raid gave Trump a 10-point boost over DeSantis with Republican primary voters, poll shows," Business Insider, 08/14/22
"Opinion: Lindsey Graham’s prediction of riots reads more like a threat," Washington Post, 08/29/22
"Opinion: Lindsey Graham’s vile ‘riots’ threat gives away Trump’s game," Washington Post, 08/29/22
"Opinion: Trump again summons the mob," Washington Post, 08/29/22
"Senator Rick Scott wants to "sunset" Social Security and Medicare," WAMC Northeast Public Radio, 04/15/22
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