‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Hello People of the World,
It’s me – Al Franken! – interrupting your inbox to hit you up for a donation to help elect Senator Franken.
Just to be clear: I’m not running for Senate (not right now anyway).
No. I’m emailing you about Admiral Mike Franken, the Democrat running for Senate in Iowa against the spineless fossil known as Chuck Grassley.
As far as we can tell, Mike and I are not related. But we’ve got a whole lot else in common.
He’s a retired three-star Admiral who commanded destroyers, fought pirates, and oversaw covert ops in the U.S. Navy.
Okay. I did none of that.
But I’m a comedy writer who wrote books about Republicans who don’t tell the truth. And I remember back in 2009, after we Democrats in the Senate had introduced the Affordable Care Act, Chuck Grassley flat out lied about it. He said, referring to the so-called “death panels” that the ACA would determine “when you pulled the plug on grandma.”
Grassley had to walk that back. But then he voted against the ACA. And did so repeatedly, year after year. But finally, after learning that Americans and Iowans overwhelmingly like the health care coverage they get under the Affordable Care Act, Grassley has pledged NOT to vote to change it!
Mike Franken is a man of integrity. And he’s got a real shot at defeating Chuck. But this race could be as close as my first one was. And that other spineless fossil, Mitch McConnell, and his Super PAC buddies are going to drop millions to try to win it.
If Mike Franken is going to follow in my footsteps and become the next Senator Franken , he needs people like you to chip in to his campaign today:
I’m personally asking you to split $25 now (or whatever amount your heart desires) between Mike’s campaign and CommonGood to help him defeat Chuck Grassley this November and protect Democrats’ majority in the Senate [[link removed]]
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Control of the Senate is at stake – and our democracy is on the ballot.
On behalf of the entire Franken clan, thank you.
Al
VICE ADMIRAL FRANKEN (RET) IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE U.S. NAVY. USE OF HIS MILITARY RANK, JOB TITLES, AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN UNIFORM DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
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