Friend: I'm about to ask you to donate to my campaign (here's the link!) – but first, let me tell you a few things my opponent doesn't want you to know:

1. Marco Rubio celebrated the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and cosponsored a national abortion ban in the Senate last month.

2. He went back on his word after telling Florida students that he'd take action to protect them after the horrific Parkland shooting, only to be a lap dog for the gun lobby and refusing to work with Parkland survivors. 

3. He defended Ron DeSantis' decision to send Venezuelan refugees from Texas to Massachusetts without food, shelter or any plan – and didn't condemn how DeSantis used families in a political stunt to rally extremist supporters. 

Florida deserves better, and so does our country, but the GOP is rushing Rubio's campaign with donations and running attack ads to defeat me. That's because they know that this race will determine which party wins Senate control. 

To push ahead and win, I need to reach my $150,000 goal before my midnight deadline. But I'm still coming up $43,125 short – and donations have slowed WAY down. 

Please, will you chip in $5 – or whatever you can right now – to help me send Marco Rubio packing?

Thanks for supporting our movement to flip Florida blue,

Val Demings