John --

It’s no secret — Congress is full of out-of-touch incumbents who stand in the way of our progress. Just look at how Nancy Pelosi gave in to a bunch of conservative Democrats to revolt and pass a $4.6 billion blank check to the Trump Administration for their border concentration camps.

They don’t deserve to keep their seats. If they’re not willing to stand up when Trump is putting children in inhumane conditions, depriving them of supplies, and letting them die on his watch, where else could the line possibly be?

Here’s the good news: voters are taking notice. We’re hearing from a surge of new, diverse, working-class people who are sick and tired of their conservative Democratic incumbents, and they want to run for office.

But here’s the bad news: the DCCC blacklist is still in place, which means too many of these potential challengers can’t find vendors or staffers to help them run a campaign — which means they have to rely on us to make those connections and fill the gaps.

Right now, we’re stretched incredibly thin between combating establishment forces and helping powerful progressives launch. For weeks, our own fundraising was on the backburner. Can you donate $3, if you can afford it, to help us close the gap?

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The Democratic Party should be embracing these young, new leaders from diverse backgrounds — but instead, organizations like the DCCC have decided they’d rather stick with Henry Cuellar and Dan Lipinski instead of new leaders like Jessica Cisneros and Jamaal Bowman.

But together, we can win that fight for the soul of the Democratic Party. Each and every day, our insurgent progressive campaigns get stronger and stronger as people realize that, even in safe Democratic districts, they have a choice for real representation.

In solidarity,

Alexandra Rojas,
Justice Democrats