Dear MoveOn member,
I was thrilled to watch President Biden sign the most sweeping climate bill in the history of the United States into law. And it could not have come at a more critical moment in the fight against catastrophic climate change—with heat waves, superstorms, flooding, and more causing mass devastation and death across the globe. Our survival depends on our willingness to take action to fight climate change.
That is why it frightens me that a climate change denier is inches from winning a seat in the United States Senate. In 2022.
His name is Ted Budd, and he is running to fill the open Senate seat in North Carolina.
Budd is not just a climate action skeptic; he has earned himself top honors as a member of the League of Conservation Voters' "Dirty Dozen" list, with a whopping 0% score on their 2021 National Environmental Scorecard, thanks to his atrocious voting record in the House of Representatives.1
Budd has gotten massive donations from oil and gas companies and repeatedly voted to allow polluters to continue contaminating our air and water. Heck, he has even voted against protecting people and the environment from toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.2,3
Unlike Budd, Cheri Beasley knows that climate change is real and that its consequences are already being felt by the people of North Carolina. The state has been devastated by multiple hurricanes in recent years, has hundreds of miles of coastline at risk of being lost to sea-level rise, and has at least 300,000 residents who are particularly vulnerable to the extreme heat becoming more and more common across the state.
Cheri Beasley is ready to fight not just for North Carolinians' futures, but for the futures of all Americans—and she needs our help to get it done.
Will you help me send Cheri to the Senate? Chip in $3 right now. 100% of your donation will go directly to her campaign.
John, if Ted Budd's stance on climate change isn't enough to convince you to give, here's what else you need to know about him.
He voted against certifying the 2020 election, remains a proponent of Donald Trump's Big Lie to this day, and called the deadly January 6 insurrection "just patriots standing up."4
He has voted against the mildest of gun safety legislation.5
He even voted against providing free COVID-19 testing and emergency aid to families during the pandemic.6
That is not the type of leadership the American people deserve.
Thanks for all you do.
–Al Gore
Sources:
1. "Ted Budd: 2022 Dirty Dozen," LCV Victory Fund, accessed October 3, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/168688?t=5&akid=333939%2E40999114%2EUqtwK_
2. "Ted Budd took oil company donation one day before voting against gas price-gouging ban," The American Independent, July 18, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/168689?t=7&akid=333939%2E40999114%2EUqtwK_
3. "National Environmental Scorecard: Representative Ted Budd, 2021" League of Conservation Voters, accessed October 3, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/168690?t=9&akid=333939%2E40999114%2EUqtwK_
4. "Trump's 'Dirty Dozen' — 12 Republican candidates to keep an eye on," The Hill, September 4, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/168691?t=11&akid=333939%2E40999114%2EUqtwK_
5. "Congressman Ted Budd Has 99 Problems … And We Can't Choose Just One!" CheriBeasley.com, August 1, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/168692?t=13&akid=333939%2E40999114%2EUqtwK_
6. Ibid.
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