Ted Lieu for Congress · [email protected]

December 22, 2019 at 4:15 PM

Why I voted to impeach Donald Trump

NationBuilder Friend,On December 18, 2019, the House of Representatives passed two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. I voted yes on each article. I believe that impeachment is one of the gravest powers of Congress, second onl…

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December 19, 2019 at 11:02 PM

Sharing some exciting news

NationBuilder Friend,I know there’s a lot happening in the news right now, but I’ve got some news of my own that I’m proud to share with you: I’ve just been endorsed by Brady, one of the nation’s foremost gun safety organizations, for the upcoming 2020 elections.Brady: United Agai…

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December 16, 2019 at 10:30 PM

Add Your Name >> Demand Stephen Miller's resignation

NationBuilder Friend,In the weeks since emails published online by the Southern Poverty Law Center showed White House senior advisor Stephen Miller to be an avowed White Nationalist, nearly 40 Senators, 100+ members of the House of Representatives, and 50+ civil rights organizatio…

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December 11, 2019 at 3:15 AM

Enter to WIN >> Support Rep. Jayapal today!

NationBuilder Friend,I’ve had the honor of working closely with my friend and colleague, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, on the House Judiciary Committee, the House Progressive Caucus, and the House Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Caucus, so believe me when I say -- Pramila is a rocks…

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December 6, 2019 at 9:15 PM

Rep. Devin Nunes must be removed from the House Intelligence Committee

NationBuilder Friend,After weeks of testimony from national security officials, foreign policy experts, and witnesses with direct knowledge of Trump’s quid-pro-quo involving Ukraine, the House Intelligence Committee has concluded that Donald Trump solicited foreign interference to…

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December 3, 2019 at 5:45 PM

Stay away from charities like the Trump Foundation

NationBuilder Friend,There are so many causes to support this Giving Tuesday that it can be hard to decide how we donate our time or our resources to make the world a better place. But however you’re able to give today, you should probably stay away from charities like the Trump F…

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  Katie Porter · [email protected]

November 25, 2019 at 7:30 PM

Keeping “Reagan Country” Blue!

NationBuilder Friend,As anyone living in Southern California can tell you, our communities have long been referred to as “Reagan Country.” But last November, we changed that -- thanks in large part to the work of Blue Momentum. Can you chip in $200, $100, or $50 today so that Democr…

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  Ted Lieu for Congress · [email protected]

November 22, 2019 at 5:30 PM

Stephen Miller must resign. Now.

NationBuilder Friend,Over the last three years, the Trump Administration has attracted some truly terrible people. But hardly anyone in Trump’s inner orbit is as dangerous as Stephen Miller, and today, I’m asking you to sign this petition calling on Trump’s extremist, anti-immigra…

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November 20, 2019 at 6:00 PM

It’s California vs. Trump

NationBuilder Friend,Since Day One of his presidency, Donald Trump has had it out for California. Maybe it’s because his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is always defaced or because his unpopularity was enough to turn “Reagan Country” completely blue, but Donald Trump keeps pic…

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November 18, 2019 at 5:30 PM

California's cars are driving Trump nuts

NationBuilder Friend,It wasn’t enough for Donald Trump to appoint oil and gas lobbyists to his cabinet or to pull out of the most consequential climate agreement in our lifetime -- he had to erase the hard-won progress we’ve earned at the state level, too.Here in California, we’re…

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November 16, 2019 at 6:30 PM

Mitch hates this, so you know it's good for democracy

NationBuilder Friend,Mitch McConnell has called the push for Washington, D.C. statehood “full-bore socialism,” saying “yeah, as long as I’m the majority leader of the Senate, none of that stuff is going anywhere.”When Mitch McConnell doesn’t like something, that’s how you know it’…

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November 14, 2019 at 2:49 AM

I want to hear your thoughts on impeachment

NationBuilder Friend,Today, the House Intelligence Committee held the first public hearing of the impeachment investigation into President Trump. Congress heard testimony from William Taylor, the nation’s top diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, a State Department official who ov…

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November 11, 2019 at 5:30 PM

Honoring Our Veterans

NationBuilder Friend,To all of my fellow veterans, I’d like to express my deepest gratitude for your service, your bravery, and your sacrifice. Whether you’re a veteran or a member of a military family, your country is eternally grateful for your commitment to safeguarding our sha…

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November 9, 2019 at 12:15 AM

700,000 Americans have no voice in Congress

NationBuilder Friend,When Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison negotiated the establishment of our nation's capital -- yes, like that scene from Hamilton -- they never could have imagined that a remote area on the Potomac would be home to 700,000 Americans. More…

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November 4, 2019 at 8:15 PM

Someone needs to tell Mitch that Halloween's over

NationBuilder Friend,Someone needs to tell Mitch McConnell that Halloween's over. Since last Thursday, he's been walking around the Hill dressed in his Halloween costume: The Grim Reaper, presiding over his very own Legislative Graveyard where all the progressive legislation we’ve…

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November 1, 2019 at 8:01 PM

Our update on the Getty fire

NationBuilder Friend,I hope this email finds you, your loved ones, and your communities safe. You’ve no doubt been tracking the Getty fire and fires across California closely, and I’m writing to you today to give an update on what my office is doing to secure federal aid for the a…

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October 28, 2019 at 10:49 PM

It’s been two years since Las Vegas. What’s changed?

NationBuilder Friend,Two years ago this month, a gunman in Las Vegas opened fire on a crowd of concert-goers. He killed 58 people, wounded 422 others, and destroyed countless lives in ways we could never begin to quantify. To this day, it’s still the deadliest mass shooting in the…

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October 23, 2019 at 7:30 PM

Thanks, Mick Mulvaney!

NationBuilder Friend,I’m going to keep this short and let acting Trump Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, do the talking for me.In an exchange with ABC News White House correspondent Jonathan Karl at a press conference last week, Mulvaney admitted that Trump was engaged in a quid-pro-…

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October 21, 2019 at 9:30 PM

A quick reminder!

NationBuilder Friend,A couple of weeks ago, I sent around an invitation for an event we're having on Sunday, October 27th in Los Angeles -- and we've received a ton of RSVPs! Since we're only a few days out, I just wanted to send around a quick reminder for the event and let you a…

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October 18, 2019 at 7:00 PM

Quid-pro-Donald

NationBuilder Friend,For someone who doesn’t understand what a quid-pro-quo is, Donald Trump sure finds himself wrapped up in a lot of them. And I’m not just talking about Ukraine. A few weeks ago, The New York Times reported that the NRA offered Donald Trump financial support tow…

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October 16, 2019 at 8:45 PM

What's AG Barr been up to? Take this quiz to find out!

NationBuilder Friend,William Barr is a busy guy -- busy doing everything except his job. Instead of acting as the head of the Justice Department, he’s acting as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer.Don’t believe me? Just take this short quiz: Which of the following do you think Trump’s …

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October 15, 2019 at 12:00 AM

Critical Election Coming Soon

NationBuilder Friend,If you’re proud to be a part of the work that we do at Blue Momentum -- after flipping seats from red to blue across the country, who wouldn’t be! -- then you’re going to want to support my colleague, Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia, in her fight to flip the Virgi…

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  Team Lieu · [email protected]

October 7, 2019 at 11:00 PM

Keep the momentum going -- join us 10/27!

NationBuilder Friend, Now that we’ve entered our final fundraising quarter of the year -- thank you to everyone who helped us finish our third quarter strong! -- we’re diving right back in with an event on Sunday, October 27th, in Los Angeles. You all helped make this one of our m…

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October 4, 2019 at 5:00 PM

Join these impressive women (and me) on 10/12!

NationBuilder Friend I don’t need to tell you how impressive my freshman colleagues are -- but these women are the best of the best. You know them as former veterans, intelligence agents, and national security officials who’ve translated their decades of national security service …

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October 3, 2019 at 5:01 PM

Donald Trump wouldn’t know election security if it...

NationBuilder Friend,The 2020 election cycle is ramping up, but we’re still completely unprepared to defend against the foreign interference that undermined our elections in 2016. I know that because the F.B.I., C.I.A., N.S.A., and five other U.S. intelligence groups say so. And b…

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  Genelle Buchert · [email protected]

October 1, 2019 at 1:01 AM

FWD: Sinking deeper into the swamp

NationBuilder FriendI just wanted to make sure that you saw Ted’s note from this morning.At midnight tonight, we’ll be closing the books on our third fundraising quarter of the year, and it’s a major deadline! But with just a few hours left, we’re still $965 dollars shy of where w…

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  Ted Lieu for Congress · [email protected]

September 30, 2019 at 1:15 PM

Sinking deeper into the swamp

NationBuilder Friend,Donald Trump is up to his neck in the swamp that he promised to drain -- and his top officials are sinking right alongside him. He’s already lost or fired too many members of his inner circle to count, and something tells me we haven’t seen the end of it. Will…

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September 28, 2019 at 6:30 PM

We’re in uncharted waters

NationBuilder Friend,After almost three years of nonstop corruption, it’s hard to believe that anything about the Trump presidency can still shock us. But the way these past few weeks have unfolded, I think it’s safe to say that we’re in uncharted waters.We need steady, experience…

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September 27, 2019 at 8:56 PM

Impeachment

NationBuilder Dear Friend,Impeachment is one of the two gravest powers of Congress. The other is the power to Declare War. Impeaching the President of the United States should never be our first option, it must always be our last option.I was one of the earliest Members of Congres…

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September 23, 2019 at 10:30 PM

REMINDER: Join us this Sunday!

NationBuilder Friend,Around this time last year, Democrats across the country were building an army to take back the House, and it’s thanks to you that I now get to fight alongside the most diverse and talented caucus of Representatives in history. There was an urgency to mobilize…

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September 19, 2019 at 7:00 PM

#MoscowMitch

NationBuilder Friend,Apparently, Mitch McConnell really hates it when people call him “Moscow Mitch.” He thinks it’s “over the top.” But do you want to know what’s really over the top? Mitch McConnell’s decision to block two Senate bills meant to safeguard our elections from forei…

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September 16, 2019 at 10:00 PM

A fight we can win!

NationBuilder Friend,Last week, I returned to Washington D.C. and found that not much has changed since I was last there in July. Donald Trump is still breaking the law, Mitch McConnell is still working hard to ensure that no laws get passed, and my Democratic colleagues and I are…

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September 13, 2019 at 7:15 PM

John Bolted

NationBuilder Friend,Earlier this week, Donald Trump informed us through Twitter (how else?) that National Security Advisor John Bolton would be bolting the Administration. I don’t think there’s a single reasonable person in Washington who isn’t glad to see him go. At the same tim…

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September 11, 2019 at 12:00 AM

GOP, your vacation is over

NationBuilder Friend,Yesterday, my colleagues and I all returned to Washington after a month spent meeting with constituents in our home districts. At least, that’s how Democrats spent their August Recess. I’m not sure what Republicans were doing, since by and large they refused t…

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September 6, 2019 at 11:30 PM

A civics pop-quiz for Trump

NationBuilder Friend,Well, it’s that time of year again -- it’s back-to-school season! And when Betty and I sent our boys off to school last week, it got me thinking back to my time in school. My favorite classes were Government and Civics, and these days I think we could all use …

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September 3, 2019 at 2:40 AM

Don't take our progress for granted

NationBuilder Friend, If you’ve ever had a job, it’s hard to imagine life without weekends -- or without laws that prohibit young children from working, mandate safe working conditions, and ensure that every worker gets paid a minimum wage. So much of what we take for granted in t…

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August 31, 2019 at 11:00 PM

Read this, then get back to your long weekend

NationBuilder Friend,I know that summer never ends in Southern California, but since it’s the “unofficial” end of summer, I’ll get right to the point so you can get right back to enjoying your long weekend: Our fundraising deadline ends at midnight tonight, so will you rush a dona…

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August 31, 2019 at 4:41 PM

Important Election on September 10th!

NationBuilder Friend, There’s an election coming up on September 10th, and we’ve got to focus our energy on helping Dan McCready win. Dan’s running in a Special Election for North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District -- yes, the one where GOP candidate Mark Harris rigged by com…

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August 30, 2019 at 11:36 PM

There's no place like home

NationBuilder Friend,Every year, Congress breaks for the month of August. And every year, August flies by way too fast. It felt great coming home to my constituents in California, but soon I’ll be back in Washington, where I’ll need to be ready to stand up to Trump and his enabler…

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  Lieu Crew · [email protected]

August 29, 2019 at 6:00 PM

Don’t be like Ted

NationBuilder Friend,It’s no secret that Rep. Lieu gets along with some of his Republican colleagues better than others. But there’s one GOP Senator whom he really can’t stand -- and unfortunately, they share the same name. Don’t be like Ted Cruz: Instead, help defend our democrac…

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August 27, 2019 at 11:02 PM

Donald, that's not what a "Bomb Cyclone" is

NationBuilder Friend,It’s hurricane season for our friends on the East Coast, and over the weekend Donald Trump gave us one more reason to be grateful that a major storm system hasn’t made landfall yet this summer. That’s because sources say that Trump “has suggested multiple time…

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August 24, 2019 at 6:00 PM

Never think about Donald Trump again

NationBuilder Friend,Let’s face it: You don’t really want to hear about each and every bit of news coming out of Washington. Your in-laws are in town, or maybe you’ve got a vacation to plan, or a big upcoming presentation at work you’d rather be focusing on. But instead, you’re glue…

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August 22, 2019 at 9:30 PM

Most. Corrupt. Cabinet. Ever.

NationBuilder Friend,Last month, former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta became the 9th cabinet member to resign or be fired from the Trump Administration. Considering there are only 15 cabinet posts that’s pretty bad. But the explanation is simple: Right now, we’re dealing with the Mo…

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  Ted Lieu · [email protected]

August 21, 2019 at 11:00 PM

Senator Graham “promises” to take away your healthcare

NationBuilder Friend,If Republicans win in 2020, they’re going to take away our healthcare. But don’t take my word for it -- here’s Lindsey Graham last week: "If we can get the House back and keep our majority in the Senate, and President Trump wins reelection, I can promise you we …

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  Ted Lieu for Congress · [email protected]

August 19, 2019 at 7:15 PM

We won the battle. Now let’s win the war.

NationBuilder Friend,We may have won the citizenship question battle, but we haven’t won the war. We won the battle when two federal judges upheld the Supreme Court’s decision to prevent Trump from including a citizenship question on the 2020 census. But if Trump’s made one thing …

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August 15, 2019 at 7:00 PM

The bald eagle needs our help

NationBuilder Friend,Imagine you’re the President of the United States, and over half the country disapproves of the job you’re doing. So in order to win back voters, you decide to gut a piece of legislation that’s enjoyed overwhelming bipartisan support for nearly 50 years, with …

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August 13, 2019 at 3:01 PM

Trump dishonors our troops, again

NationBuilder Friend,Over the past few years, Donald Trump has found countless ways to dishonor our troops. From offending Gold Star families to banning transgender Americans from serving in the military, it’s clear that no one, not even our troops, are safe from his attacks. But …

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August 5, 2019 at 11:32 PM

Tell Mitch McConnell enough is enough!

NationBuilder Friend, Over the weekend, 31 people were murdered and dozens more were injured in a domestic terrorist attack in El Paso, Texas, and a massacre in Dayton, Ohio. The hopelessness and sadness that weekends like this cause are uniquely American, and I know you would giv…

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August 1, 2019 at 9:15 PM

This is worth fighting for

NationBuilder Friend,We’ve been fighting Trump on so many different fronts that it can be hard to stay focused on every dangerous threat, policy, and tweet all at once -- I know. But right now, there’s a lawsuit making its way through the fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals being …

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July 30, 2019 at 12:45 AM

Trump attacks MORE minorities

NationBuilder Friend,I don’t know what’s left to be said.Once again, Donald Trump has launched another hateful attack against a prominent leader of color. Over the weekend, he tweeted out vile, abhorrent lies about the city of Baltimore and about my colleague and friend, Congressm…

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