John, it’s Summer Lee here.
I ran for Congress to represent the people of PA-12 and won. In less than one month, I will be making history as the first Black woman ever elected to Congress from Pennsylvania. I didn’t do it alone; Justice Democrats was by my side from day one of my campaign.
Together, we built a people-powered movement from the ground up. We brought people from every corner of the district into our campaign for racial, economic, and environmental justice. We listened. We mobilized. And we made history.
Justice Democrats is the real deal. We all know that taking on the establishment is an uphill battle, but they know what it takes to win. In a field corrupted by corporate money and special interests, JD fights back by investing in working-class progressive challengers early and heavily.
Politics is not pretty. As a working class, progressive Black woman who didn’t take corporate PAC contributions, a lot of powerful people in the establishment wanted to keep me out of office.
AIPAC poured millions of dollars into our race, running smear campaigns and attacking me for being a “bad Democrat” — and then supported my Republican opponent.
But we did something different — we ran a 100% grassroots campaign with integrity, putting the people above politics. Without JD’s support, I wouldn’t be headed to Congress to join the Squad and fight for you.
Because of Justice Democrats, we were able to focus our efforts on organizing our people, spreading our message, and outsmarting the establishment. I know firsthand the difference that JD’s support can make in a race, and just how much money it takes to pull off a victory on this scale.
That’s why it’s so critical that Justice Democrats has the resources they need to find, recruit, support, and elect new progressives just like me — who will fight for the future we all deserve.
Solidarity forever,
Summer Lee
