[ [link removed] ]Summer Lee for Congress



I’m going to get real with you.

I recently spoke with USA Today about how while Black women voters have
the greatest impact on elections, we still haven't had a corresponding
investment in removing barriers for Black women candidates. 

Everyone has the right to run for office, but a right doesn’t equate to
access. It is up to us to create our own path in the political system
where there never was one before. [ [link removed] ]That's why I rely on grassroots
donations to keep me in the fight, and why I’m asking if you can
contribute $5 today.



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Right now, only 23 states have ever elected a Black woman to Congress.
Less than 50% of the nation.

If Democrats want to be the party that champions a reflective democracy,
then we need to take active steps to break down systemic barriers that
stop Black women from running for political office.

One of the greatest hurdles Black women, people of color, and
working-class people face is the millions of dollars of corporate money in
politics.

Remember this?

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| [ [link removed] ]Headline from The Nation: Why is AIPAC so desperate to defeat |
| Summer Lee? The group tried to defeat the Pennsylvania progressive in |
| her primary by saying she was a bad Democrat. Now it's spending |
| heavily to help a Republican beat her. |
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My experience isn’t unique, other Black women who ran last cycle also
struggled with name recognition, endorsements, and funding support from
our own party. Black women are the backbone of the Democratic voting bloc,
and we need to be in rooms where decisions are being made about our
communities.

As long as we have limitless spending in politics from dark money and
corporate PACs that can always come in and outspend us, we will struggle
to elect more Black women and people from working-class communities to
positions of power. 

That's why I refuse to take money from corporate super PACs. I'm not here
to play politics, I’m here to get work done with the urgency our crises —
the crises of Black communities, working-class families, and marginalized
groups — demand. 

[ [link removed] ]If you’re ready to continue supporting Black women in politics and
changing the face of our party, will you contribute $5 or
whatever you can today so we can show the world that Black women aren’t
going anywhere?

— Summer

P.S. You can read the entire USA Today story [ [link removed] ]here.




 


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