Content warning: white supremacist violence.
Content warning: white supremacist violence
John,
We've emailed you before about the volume of threats and racist messages directed at Cori every day, and on the heels of violence against Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband and countless others due to white supremacy, I believe it's important to keep talking about.
Ignoring the danger of messages like this fuels our opponents, so today we want to show you a few examples of the messages our office receives every day:
I know these messages are jarring to read. But this is what Cori — and many other progressive women of color in Congress face — and Black, brown, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, and disabled communities face every day.
We know that when Fox News propagates violence against Cori on their programs, saying things like "Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush...could never have a job in the real world because she's not smart enough for a real job," our office receives an increase in threats. The same is true when Fox News and far-right leaders advocate violence against marginalized communities.
We can draw a clear line from Fox News' propaganda and the hateful statements made by white supremacist leaders to the violence carried out at the recent Club Q shooting, Buffalo Tops supermarket shooting earlier this year, and the 2019 Walmart shooting in El Paso.
It's dangerous to ignore this pattern. Fox News profits off of misinformation, conspiracy theories, fear-mongering, and racism, so they will continue to sell — and spread — this hateful speech far and wide, inciting others to make threats and carry out violence.
Cori's not backing down from her work, and we're determined to show everyone that we will not be intimidated by these attacks. We will not slow down in our mission to pass policies to dismantle systemic racism in America, lift ALL of our communities up, and address this violence.
Will you chip in $5 to help power Cori’s work in Congress as she leads the fight to save Black lives and dismantle systemic racism in our country? Your donation sends a loud message to white supremacists that this movement isn’t slowing down.
Chip in $5
In solidarity,
Adrastos Da Silva
Campaign Manager, Team Cori
