Dear MoveOn member,

This is Congressman Adam Schiff.

At this moment, I truly believe that we are at even greater risk of losing
our democracy than we were on January 6. And that's not hyperbole.

You see, on January 6, violent insurrectionists attacked the Capitol from
outside. But the next time America chooses a president in 2024, the people
trying to overturn our democracy may be on the inside. And wreacking
absolute havoc.

Republican election deniers who have openly said they will use voter
suppression and fake electors—and who may use violence if necessary to
overturn election results—are running for secretary of state in several of
the key battleground states that will decide the 2024 presidential
election.^1

What worries me most is that voting has already begun in some states, and
these races have gotten so little media coverage that many voters will
have no idea when they go to vote which candidates are committed to
upholding the results of the 2024 election and which are not.

That's why I'm writing to you today to ask you to make a donation to the
campaigns of Adrian Fontes and Cisco Aguilar, the pro-democracy secretary
of state candidates running in the critical battleground states of Arizona
and Nevada.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to make a $3 donation to the pro-democracy
secretary of state candidates running to defeat the Big Lie election
deniers and voter suppression candidates trying to take over our
democracy.

In 2020, Donald Trump was the primary purveyor of the Big Lie that the
election was stolen. But now, that Big Lie has proliferated. And
Republicans are preparing to succeed where they failed before by
installing Trump cronies who will "find" the 11,780 votes that don't exist
and overturn the results of the next election.

That's why it's so critical that we help these pro-democracy candidates
get their message out and defend our democracy:

In Arizona, Democrat Adrian Fontes is running for secretary of state
against Mark Finchem, a member of the Oath Keepers who attended the
January 6 insurrection and claims that "the real insurrection" was how
Democratic officials in Arizona had rigged the election with "tens of
thousands of fraudulent votes."^2,3

And in Nevada, Democrat Cisco Aguilar is running for secretary of state
against Jim Marchant, a conspiracy theorist who claims that the winner of
every single election in Nevada since 2006 has been selected by a "deep
state cabal" and openly admits that he will use fake electors if necessary
to overturn a Democratic victory in the 2024 election.^4

These are the races that could determine whether our democracy survives
the current crisis posed by Donald Trump and his insurrectionist
followers. And they need your help.

But part of the challenge is that candidates running for down-ballot races
like secretary of state have a much harder time raising money to get their
message out. That's why I'm asking you, as a MoveOn member who understands
what's at stake, to make a donation right now to the pro-democracy
candidates running for secretary of state in the crucial battleground
states of Arizona and Nevada.

John, the Big Lie lives on. The only way to defeat it once and
for all is to win at the ballot box. And that means electing these two
Democrats as secretaries of state.

[ [link removed] ]For the sake of our democracy, please make a $3 donation
today. Your donation will be split evenly between the campaigns of Adrian
Fontes and Cisco Aguilar, the pro-democracy secretary of state candidates
in Arizona and Nevada.

Thanks for all you do.

–Congressman Adam Schiff

Sources:

1. "At least 11 Republican nominees for state elections chief have
disputed the legitimacy of the 2020 election," CNN, August 19, 2022
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2. "Mark Finchem was much closer to the Jan. 6 insurrection than he
claimed," AZ Mirror, June 21, 2021
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3. Tweet by Mark Finchem, January 6, 2022
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4. "On Nevada radio, Jim Marchant has been unleashing bizarre and unhinged
conspiracy theories about the "cabal," Media Matters for America, July 20,
2022
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