Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

February 19, 2021 at 2:44 AM

We must block every avenue Republicans have to stand in the way of progress

  Hello, The recent Senate trial has made one thing clearer than ever: Republicans cannot be trusted with our democracy. Now that Mitch McConnell and Republicans are in the minority, they’re desperate to cling to any tool that affords them power and advantage over Democrats — including…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

February 16, 2021 at 11:44 PM

Vote every corrupt Republican out in 2022

  Friend,  Once again, Republicans have chosen political gain over their promise to protect our democracy. They've chosen to align themselves with white supremacy, conspiracy theories, violent insurrectionists, and the man who incited it all. Though they think they’ve gotten away with …

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

February 14, 2021 at 8:01 PM

Roses are red, we have a request:

  Hello — Happy Valentine's Day! We’ll keep this short: Roses are red — and this is true, too: Barbara is working hard in Congress for you — On climate protections and $2,000 COVID-relief, But we have an ask and we’ll make it brief: Will you make a $10 contribution to our campaign befo…

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

February 13, 2021 at 12:04 AM

Here’s why we need your help today:

  Hi friend — we know the weekend is approaching, but we really need your help: Will you chip in $10 to help us reach our $10,000 mid-month goal before Sunday? Here’s why your donation will make a huge difference: Barbara is working hard in Congress to ensure COVID-19 relief legislatio…

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

February 9, 2021 at 12:14 AM

The Senate must hold the most extensive threat to our democracy accountable.

  Hello, Tomorrow, the Senate will begin it’s second impeachment trial for Donald Trump. For the good of our nation, Democrats and Republicans must unite around holding the most dangerous threat to our democracy accountable. If you agree, add your name to our petition before midnight t…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

February 5, 2021 at 11:47 PM

Will you add your name in support of my seat on the House Budget Committee?

  Hello friend, Last week, I rejoined the House Budget Committee. Our country’s budget is the road map that depicts our spending priorities. My prime concern as a member is to ensure our budget reflects our nations most pressing matters and ushers our country toward a just and sustaina…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

February 4, 2021 at 10:25 PM

It’s time for Marjorie Taylor Greene to go

  Hello John, Today, I will vote in favor of the House resolution to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments in Congress. If you haven’t already heard of Marjorie Taylor Greene, let me explain why she’s such a dangerous threat to our democracy. Rep. Greene is a Hou…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

February 3, 2021 at 12:22 AM

It’s time for the federal government to catch up

  Friend — California was among the first states to pass legislation that would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. In 2021, we’re nearly there at $13. Yet, the federal minimum wage is still lagging behind at a dehumanizing rate of $7.25 an hour — an amount that hasn’t bud…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

February 1, 2021 at 10:05 PM

Thanks to you

  John — I wanted to take time to personally thank you. My campaign — this movement — couldn’t have made it this far without your support and dedication to making this country just and equitable for all. The past ten months have been far from easy. Every deterring moment — from the pan…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 31, 2021 at 9:00 PM

need one second of your time

  Hello friend, Our end-of-month deadline is just a few hours away and we’re still $6,800 behind on our goal. Will you please make one, last-minute donation to my campaign to help us make up lost ground before midnight? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, you…

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  Sudip from Barbara Lee for Congress · [email protected]

January 30, 2021 at 1:03 AM

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  Hi John, it's Sudip Dutta — Congresswoman Lee’s Finance Director. I really hate to bother you over the weekend, so I’ll make this quick: January has been a rough month for fundraising — the toughest month yet. Our donations have dropped by 57% and now we’re faced with hard decisions …

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  BarbaraLeeforCongress.org · [email protected]

January 29, 2021 at 12:45 AM

President Biden’s first 100 days

    Friend — Will you let Barbara know what your priorities are for President Biden’s first 100 days? TAKE THE SURVEY >> It’s been just under two weeks since President Biden was sworn into office, effectively ending the Trump administration. In an effort…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 27, 2021 at 1:02 AM

The new Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations

  Hello — Yesterday, I was named the first African American woman to Chair the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. My priority as Chair is to leave the era of endless wars behind by prioritizing funding for diplomacy, development, and defense in an effort…

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  Barbara Lee HQ · [email protected]

January 25, 2021 at 10:58 PM

The Senate cannot deny the will of the people

  John — the articles of impeachment will be delivered to the Senate Chambers tonight, effectively triggering an impeachment trial to take place. If you believe Donald Trump should be held accountable for his treasonous crimes, add your name to urge the Senate to convict. ADD YOUR …

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 23, 2021 at 8:00 PM

Mike Pompeo’s white supremacy is showing:

  John, Mike Pompeo’s white supremacy is showing ↘↘↘ Whether Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump, Republicans, or white supremacists like it or not — multiculturalism is exactly who America is. And our movement to reject and disrupt the status quo is working. Power is shifting away from people …

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 22, 2021 at 10:21 PM

Roe v. Wade's 48th anniversary

  John — today marks the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. And every year since it was signed into law, Republicans have worked to undermine it. Last year, 200 Republicans urged the Supreme Court to reverse Roe v. Wade, indefinitely. And now, with their 6-3, conservative Supreme Court m…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 20, 2021 at 7:22 PM

A better, brighter, just America for all.

  John — Today, I am wearing Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm's pearls. Her memory is with me everyday, but I know she is especially smiling bright and shining down on this historic Inauguration Day. Her fearlessness and determination to make our country better set the precedent for Blac…

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 19, 2021 at 10:59 PM

Articles of impeachment have been delivered.

  John — The attack on the Capitol is not an instance where we should “turn the other cheek.” White supremacists, at the direction of Donald Trump were armed with zip ties and guns, smashed in windows, kicked down doors, entered the offices of Members of Congress, broke into the House …

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 17, 2021 at 8:08 PM

White supremacy will not prevail.

  John — White Supremacy is alive and well. But it will not prevail over our democracy. The violent attack on the Capitol, incited by Donald Trump, meant to overturn the election, silence our voices, and trample on our mandate for transformational change, was largely unsuccessful. Desp…

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 16, 2021 at 12:34 AM

The Capitol attack must be investigated

  John — Last summer, we watched in horror as peaceful BLM protestors were brutally attacked with weapons and tear gas, and violently arrested for standing up against police brutality. Law enforcement and the National Guard discharged violence to stir up and offset their demonstrations…

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 13, 2021 at 11:14 PM

Sign now: Demand the Senate to convict Donald Trump

  John — Today, Barbara and her colleagues impeached Donald Trump for a second time. But the House vote is only the first step. The Senate must convict. Trump, along with his Republican enablers in Congress, have repeatedly broken their sacred Oath of office — but encouraging a mob of …

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 13, 2021 at 9:36 PM

The Senate MUST convict

  John — Today, Barbara and her colleagues will vote to impeach Donald Trump for a second time. But the House vote is only the first step. The Senate must convict. Trump, along with his Republican enablers in Congress, have repeatedly broken their sacred Oath of office — but encouragin…

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  BarbaraLeeforCongress.org · [email protected]

January 12, 2021 at 12:23 AM

Trump is a clear and present danger

  John, it’s time for Donald Trump to leave office. The attack on the Capitol was nothing other than a violent, white nationalist uprising ignited by Trump’s lies about election fraud and his unhinged desire to remain in power. His blatant encouragement at his rally earlier that day ga…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 8, 2021 at 11:34 PM

Impeach him

  “We will not back down” John — that is the bold and chilling message a domestic terrorist left on Speaker Pelosi’s desk during Wednesday’s treacherous attack on the Capitol. The violent outpouring of thousands of Trump terrorists at the Capitol on the same day the election results we…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 8, 2021 at 12:12 AM

I’m calling on VP Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment

  John, yesterday was a sad and horrifying day for our country. What we witnessed was a dangerous attack on our democracy as Trump’s supporters broke into the halls of Congress and attempted a coup in plain sight. Let’s be clear: the people who threatened members of Congress are domest…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 5, 2021 at 11:47 PM

Georgia runoff election results

  If you can afford to, I’m urging you to split a $10 donation between Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight Georgia and my campaign to help turn out Georgia voters until the very last poll closes. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immedia…

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  BarbaraLeeforCongress.org · [email protected]

January 4, 2021 at 11:15 PM

We flipped the Senate before. We can do it again.

  John: Our last best chance to put an end to Mitch McConnell’s partisan stonewalling and deliver the progress we all deserve depends on flipping the two Georgia Senate seats in the runoff elections tomorrow. Republicans are putting every penny they have towards derailing Jon Ossoff an…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

January 1, 2021 at 12:05 AM

My final ask of 2020:

  Hello John, I have one final ask of you this year: Will you add a contribution of $10 or more to my campaign before tonight’s deadline at midnight? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Chip in $10 n…

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  Sudip Dutta via BarbaraLeeforCongress.org · [email protected]

December 31, 2020 at 12:22 AM

Barbara must be able to fight back

  Hi John, I’m Sudip — Congresswoman Lee’s Finance Director. I’m reaching out because our numbers for the year have taken a dip and we are at risk of not reaching our end-of-year goal. As we head into 2021, it’s my job to make sure we have the resources to mobilize volunteers and voter…

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  BarbaraLeeforCongress.org · [email protected]

December 28, 2020 at 11:10 PM

Our final deadline of 2020

  John, In just six days, Barbara will be sworn into the new Congress. She is fired up and ready to continue working hard for California’s most progressive district — fighting for relief, resources, and change that is long overdue. But the final FEC deadline of 2020 is just three days …

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 25, 2020 at 12:32 AM

Mitch McConnell is standing in the way of our $2,000 survival checks.

  John: $2,000 stimulus checks are still on the table. After months of Republicans dragging their feet and holding out on life-affirming COVID-19 relief, they finally came to an agreement on $600 stimulus checks. But, for those who are unemployed, wondering if they will make rent, and …

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 23, 2020 at 11:17 PM

re: Alameda County Food Bank

  John, While COVID-19 continues to spread, millions across the country are still struggling to keep their head above water. Unable to work and make ends meet, some families and individuals are going without key basic necessities like shelter and food. At a time like this, we must come…

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 22, 2020 at 11:43 PM

three-martini lunch

  John — this is why winning the two Georgia Senate runoff races and flipping the Senate is more important than ever: Republicans spent months filibustering and penny-pinching benefits in the new stimulus relief bill, but had no reservations about giving corporate executives free lunc…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 22, 2020 at 12:15 AM

re: COVID-relief checks

  John, After 9 months of partisan games, Congress has finally reached a deal on the next round of stimulus checks. But instead of another $1,200 payment to help get people through the end of the year, Republicans have slashed that amount in half. It’s outrageous. A one-time, direct pa…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 18, 2020 at 10:58 PM

I need to hear directly from you.

  John, If my grandmother didn’t fight for a doctor to see my mother in the racist and segregated El Paso, Texas in 1946 — my mother might have died in childbirth and I may have never been born Growing up as the daughter of a veteran and a mother that broke through barriers and shatter…

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 16, 2020 at 10:30 PM

The real work has only just begun. Can we count on you, John?

  John: We fell short of yesterday’s mid-month goal, so we’re extending our deadline to tonight. This is the last chance to get back on track before the end of the year. If you can spare it — will you chip in $10 or more before midnight? Keep reading to find out why your donation matte…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 15, 2020 at 12:28 AM

December has been a tough month, John

  John — December has been an incredibly tough month for fundraising. My team has been updating me about our fundraising numbers, and I hate to say it, but we’re behind more than we thought we’d be at this point in the month. Our final mid-month deadline of the year is tomorrow at midn…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 11, 2020 at 11:55 PM

Petition: repeal the Hyde Amendment

  John, For decades, the Hyde Amendment has allowed anti-choice politicians to block federal Medicaid funding for abortion coverage. This amendment disproportionately discriminates against people of color — the majority of women, transgender, and non-binary Americans enrolled in Medica…

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 11, 2020 at 12:05 AM

Annual Holiday Party: John, you’re invited!

  John, Congresswoman Barbara Lee is hosting her annual holiday party and she’d love for you to join us. Here are the details: Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s Annual Holiday Party When: Thursday, December 17, 2020 Time: 5:00 p.m. PST/ 8:00 p.m. EST Where: Virtual Zoom meeting RSVP TODA…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 9, 2020 at 11:17 PM

re: Georgia Senate runoff elections

  John — there’s no limit to what our progressive movement can accomplish if we win Georgia’s Senate runoffs on January 5th. For the last six years, we’ve endured a Republican Senate majority that has fought progress every step of the way — even going as far as pushing regressive polic…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 8, 2020 at 9:12 PM

No-brainer

  COVID-19 cases are surging and its effects on this nation are only getting worse, John: Hospitals are at top capacity again Black, Latino, Indigenous, and Asian individuals are hospitalized and dying at a higher rate — still. Essential workers continue to risk their lives without ad…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 3, 2020 at 10:33 PM

Congress will vote on cannabis reform this week

  John — Congress will vote on the MORE Act this week. Will you sign my petition urging members of Congress to pass this progressive, landmark legislation to enact cannabis reform? ADD YOUR NAME Marijuana has long been a driving force in our country for mass incarceration. As …

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

December 1, 2020 at 10:53 PM

On Giving Tuesday, help support those impacted most by COVID-19.

  John, Today is December 1st. For many, that means rent is due. But due to the devastating effects of this public health crisis, millions of Americans are unemployed, struggling to put food on the table, searching for ways to make ends meet — and even worrying about how they’re going …

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

November 30, 2020 at 10:09 PM

Midnight deadline

  Hello, I’m going to ask you to make a contribution to my campaign before the end-of-month deadline tonight. Can you give me a second to explain why your donation means so much to me, personally? Through every moment of adversity our nation has faced, we stood together — arm in arm. O…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

November 26, 2020 at 12:38 AM

Anything is possible when we come together.

  John — When I voted no on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) in 2001, it didn’t occur to me that I was the only one. Like many controversial votes I’ve made, I acted out of my determination to do what I believe is morally, ethically, and constitutionally right. Each t…

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  Jon Ossoff · [email protected]

November 24, 2020 at 11:41 PM

I need your help to flip the Senate

  John, my U.S. Senate race in Georgia is headed to a January 5 runoff. If I don't win it, Mitch McConnell and the GOP will keep their Senate majority. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Chip in $10 …

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

November 23, 2020 at 6:52 PM

Trump must concede

  John, this election was one of the most historic elections our nation has ever witnessed. Record numbers of young people, newly registered voters, and folks from all walks of life turned up to the polls to make their voices heard. Together, we elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to t…

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

November 20, 2020 at 9:57 PM

Stacey Abrams is counting on you, John

  Stacey Abrams should be the Governor of Georgia today — but Republican voter suppression tactics blocked her in 2018. Determined to ensure everyone — especially communities of color — have a voice in every election, Stacey founded Fair Fight: an initiative to train voter protection t…

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  Team Barbara Lee · [email protected]

November 18, 2020 at 9:56 PM

Asking for John's input.

  John, the election is now behind us, even though Trump refuses to concede. No matter how hard he tries to hold on to office one thing is for certain: On January 20, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States — a historic victory …

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  Reverend Raphael Warnock · [email protected]

November 18, 2020 at 12:05 AM

Thank you, John

  John, I just want to say thank you. Because of the strength of our grassroots movement, we've proven the pundits wrong and forced the GOP into a runoff election. We've shown the country that a new South is coming – one that is bold, inclusive and forward-thinking. And we've come one …

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