Dear MoveOn member,

In the race that's the best opportunity in the country for Democrats to flip a red Senate seat blue, Republicans have sunk to a new low.

In the race for Senate in Pennsylvania, Republicans are attacking Democrat John Fetterman—who had a stroke in May—for using closed-captioning technology during a recent interview.¹ The technology transcribed a reporter's questions and displayed them on a screen for Fetterman to read to help him with auditory processing, as he recovers from the stroke.²

His Republican opponent, Mehmet Oz, has made attacking Fetterman's recovery "a cornerstone of his campaign," particularly his use of closed captioning.³ And the right-wing media has been piling on.

That's right: Republicans are trying to exploit Fetterman's disability in order to win the race.

Sadly, John, the despicable right-wing attacks are working, and Oz is closing in on Fetterman, who had been leading in the polls for months.⁴And now, Karl Rove's PAC is flooding the race with $4.1 million in attack ads.⁵

Will you join MoveOn and help get Fetterman's back by rushing a $3 donation right now to his campaign? 100% of your donation will go directly to the Fetterman campaign.

John, the unvarnished truth is that Democrats are being outspent in the midterm elections—badly.

Astonishingly, Super PACs, dark-money groups, and other special interests have spent over $1 billion on the 2022 midterm elections, making this the most expensive midterm campaign season in American history.⁶

In a dire development, conservative outside groups are currently outspending progressive ones 2-to-1. You read that correctly: The far right is spending TWICE as much on these elections as progressives.⁷

Karl Rove's Super PAC alone has spent nearly $40 million in Pennsylvania to take down John Fetterman and install Trump lackey Dr. Oz.⁸

Nevertheless, John Fetterman has a slight lead in the polls. His campaign is a powerful testament to the fact that while the far right will sink as low as possible with corporate money on their side, we have people who see humanity in others and people power on our side.

Please, do not allow Steve Bannon, Karl Rove, and Dr. Oz to spend their way to victory and take this Senate seat away from us.

John Fetterman is on the verge of winning. We now need to do our part to make sure he has enough money to get out the vote in these final 19 days of the election.

And that's where you come in. Will you chip in $3 today? Your contribution will go directly to the Fetterman campaign to fund television ads, digital marketing, and critical get-out-the-vote efforts to help him win.

Thanks for all you do.

–Chris, Erik, Allison, Corinne, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Why That John Fetterman Interview Caused a Furor," The New York Times, October 13, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/169011?t=4&akid=336196%2E40999114%2Eg9ZgEZ

2. "Fetterman Calls Controversy Over NBC Interview 'Surreal,' 'Bizarre,'" Rolling Stone, October 13, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/169012?t=6&akid=336196%2E40999114%2Eg9ZgEZ

3. Ibid.

4. "The Pa. Senate race is tight as Oz closes on Fetterman," The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/169013?t=8&akid=336196%2E40999114%2Eg9ZgEZ

5. "GOP super PAC ups investment in Pennsylvania Senate race," NBC News, October 12, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/169014?t=10&akid=336196%2E40999114%2Eg9ZgEZ

6. "Outside spending on federal 2022 midterm elections tops $1 billion," Open Secrets, October 4, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/169015?t=12&akid=336196%2E40999114%2Eg9ZgEZ

7. Ibid.

8. "GOP super PAC ups investment in Pennsylvania Senate race," NBC News, October 12, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/169014?t=14&akid=336196%2E40999114%2Eg9ZgEZ

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