Big news out of D.C., team:

After failing 14 consecutive times over 4 embarrassingly-long days to gather the votes necessary, Kevin McCarthy has been elected Speaker of the House.

This means the new Republican Congress can now begin to conduct normal business, call votes, staff committees — in short, get to work.

McCarthy has spent months attacking Ilhan, and has already renewed his promises to kick her off the Foreign Affairs Committee — attempting to silence her voice and reverse the incredible progress she's made for human rights around the world.

We don't know exactly how fast the GOP will act, but we need to be ready to fight back when they do.

Unlike McCarthy and his right-wing allies, Ilhan doesn't take a cent from corporate PACs or the billionaires who fund them. Our movement is funded by small-dollar, grassroots donations — and that's why we need to ask:

Can you make a contribution — of $3 or anything you can — to stand with Ilhan and help fight back against Kevin McCarthy and the new Republican Congress? Today's an important day to show our movement's strength.

If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

If we're going to stand up against the far-right and continue building on the progress we've made together over these last few years, it's going to take all of us.

Thanks for all that you do.

In solidarity,

Team Ilhan