| Dear Friend, Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail, pushing his MAGA candidates with his Big Lie. At a Pennsylvania rally, Trump repeated the lie that he didn’t lose the 2020 election, demonized the FBI for the search of his Mar-a-Lago residence, and called the Justice Department “monsters controlled by radical-left scoundrels.”(1) The rally also was standing room only, filling the venue to capacity.(2) Trump’s endorsed candidates across the country are repeating his lies over and over again, and they’re instigating unprecedented political violence and attacks.(3) The only way we can stop Trump’s lies is by putting the truth about him and the January 6 insurrection in front of as many eyes as possible. We’ve driven more than 100,000 letters to Congress, demanding that the remaining January 6 committee hearings be aired in prime time, and we’re working to double that number. Then we’re going to ramp up our call with a social media campaign to pressure the major networks and cable news channels to air the hearings in their entirety.
Trump is not only pushing his lies -- he’s encouraging his endorsed candidates to undermine our democracy. In a rally for Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl, Trump said that Diehl would “rule your state with an iron fist” -- the same "praise" he had for the autocratic leader of China, Xi Jinping.(4) And across the country, MAGA candidates for state legislature and secretary of state are promising to swing elections for Trump in 2024 -- no matter who actually wins the vote.(5) Trump and his cronies must be laid bare to the public as who they are: traitors to the country. The next hearings will likely include Ginni Thomas -- wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas -- who encouraged the overturning of the 2020 election, and Newt Gingrich, who has promoted claims that the election was stolen.(6) Their testimony will show how the effort to undermine our electoral process has reached into every branch of our government. People MUST witness this testimony and understand the danger our democracy is in from MAGA candidates. With your donation, we can ensure that thousands more people see our petition, and we can spread our message far and wide so that the networks can’t ignore our call to air the hearings. Can we count on you? Thanks for taking action to save democracy. –Irene, along with Amber, Angela, Annie, Isidra, Jay, Lindsay, LisaMarie, Mai, Mai, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team)
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