Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

November 3, 2021 at 11:11 PM

re: our victory on paid leave

Progressives are putting on the pressure.   Friends, the progressive movement secured a victory today — paid family and medical leave are back in the House’s Build Back Better Act after corporate Democrats tried to slash this critical policy. Progressives in Congress and countless…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

October 31, 2021 at 11:18 PM

The call is coming from inside the house

  Team, we’ve all seen the scary movies where an anonymous caller says, “The call is coming from inside the house.” You may even watch one of those films tonight for Halloween. But the same can be true when it comes to GOP members of Congress and our democracy. The call is coming…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

October 30, 2021 at 2:44 PM

re: Ilhan’s email

  Team, we wanted to make sure you saw Ilhan’s message — she’s fighting hard to deliver a Build Back Better package that meets the moment we’re in and makes the daily lives of everyone in our country better. Our progressive movement is up against resistance from Big Pharma, fossil…

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  Ilhan Omar HQ · [email protected]

October 29, 2021 at 8:36 PM

Before you log off

  Team, we know a lot of folks are logging off early to enjoy Halloween weekend, so we’ll make this quick: Ilhan is fighting to pass a bold, progressive Build Back Better package that addresses the needs of workers and families — from expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental, a…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

October 28, 2021 at 10:28 PM

This is a make or break moment

  Friends, House progressives have made it clear from the beginning: We will pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill once we vote on a Build Back Better Act to help our communities — and not a moment sooner. That’s why we’re holding the line and refusing to vote on the infrastruc…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

October 28, 2021 at 12:48 AM

Will you call on Congress to award Prince with the Congressional Gold Medal?

Plus, I reveal my favorite Prince song 🎵   Friends, I’m proud to lead the full Minnesota Congressional delegation on a resolution honoring Prince with the Congressional Gold Medal — the highest civilian honor Congress awards. Prince was born in my city of Minneapolis. He’s an icon…

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  Ilhan Omar HQ · [email protected]

October 26, 2021 at 10:01 PM

re: cash on hand

  We'll be honest, team — our cash on hand is not where it needs to be at this point in the month. That’s an issue because we rely on grassroots contributions to power our movement — from getting out the vote for progressive candidates up and down the ballot, to running online ad…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

October 25, 2021 at 11:22 PM

re: Big Pharma and fossil fuel companies

  Friends, right now, Ilhan is fighting alongside her fellow progressives in Congress to tackle the climate crisis, expand Medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing, make the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent, and guarantee paid family leave — investments our communities des…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

October 23, 2021 at 8:33 PM

I won’t back down

  Friends, the majority of Democrats in Congress are ready to pass the Build Back Better Agenda and make sure major corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share — but Big Pharma, the fossil fuel industry, and tech giants are spending millions lobbying to try to stop it…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

October 21, 2021 at 3:55 PM

Congress must take action to combat Islamophobia (petition)

Support my legislation to combat Islamophobia >>   Friends, I’m introducing legislation to create a Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia — an office that will help the U.S. lead the fight against anti-Muslim hate and bias here and around the world. At a time when Islamophobi…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

October 16, 2021 at 11:10 PM

Our mid-month deadline expires in just a few hours

  Friends, with just hours until our mid-month deadline expires, we have some concerning news: We’re still falling $4,010 short of our goal. But the good news is that we still have time to catch up. If 315 grassroots supporters chip in, on average, $13, we’ll immediately meet our…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

October 15, 2021 at 10:43 PM

the Build Back Better agenda is at risk

  Friends, right now, the Build Back Better agenda is at risk — largely because of conservative Democrats who’d rather cave to the requests of corporate PACs and mega-donors than fulfill our promises to workers and families. Cutting any of these priorities from the Build Back Bet…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

October 12, 2021 at 9:34 PM

Trump just attacked Ilhan at his rally

  Friends, here’s a phrase we haven’t written in a while — Donald Trump just attacked Ilhan and our movement at a campaign rally, riling up his right-wing base with baseless, Islamophobic, and racist lies and conspiracy theories. Trump isn’t holding rallies just to smear Ilhan’s …

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

October 10, 2021 at 10:35 PM

two-question survey

  Team, With Republicans, corporate lobbyists, and even conservative Democrats dead-set on blocking our progress, it’s more important than ever that we are aligned on our progressive priorities. Ilhan wants to make sure your voice is elevated in our fight for an economy and a cou…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

October 9, 2021 at 3:50 PM

Add your name: Cancel student debt

  $1.7 trillion — that’s how much student loan borrowers owe right now. That’s unacceptable. I know firsthand what it’s like to struggle with student loan debt. And so do the 45 million current borrowers in our country, whose dreams of owning a house or starting a business have b…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

October 7, 2021 at 10:01 PM

It’s time for corporations and the ultra-wealthy to pay their fair share.

  Friends, when Ilhan and her progressive House colleagues held the line last week to make sure the Build Back Better Act moves forward, they saved President Biden’s agenda. Despite the efforts of corporate lobbyists, Republicans, and a small group of conservative Democrats to st…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

October 4, 2021 at 10:39 PM

Happy birthday, Ilhan! 🎉 (sign the card)

  It’s Ilhan’s birthday today! 🎉 We don’t see your name on her birthday card yet, so we wanted to give you a chance to sign before we send it to her. It would mean a lot to her to hear from you. Please take just a moment to wish Ilhan a happy birthday and leave her a personal mes…

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  Ilhan Omar HQ · [email protected]

October 3, 2021 at 3:25 PM

Sign our card to wish Ilhan a happy birthday >>

  Hey there — we’re reaching out to see if you’ll help us put together a special surprise for Ilhan ahead of her birthday tomorrow! Ilhan truly believes that politics can be a vehicle of bringing joy into people's lives, and she proves that right every day in her fight for bold, …

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

October 1, 2021 at 8:16 PM

We held the line

  Last night, progressives held the line — saving the president’s agenda and delaying the House vote on the infrastructure bill until we deliver on our promises to the American people with the Build Back Better Act. In a moment, I’ll explain why this decision was so important — b…

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  Ilhan Omar HQ · [email protected]

October 1, 2021 at 1:47 AM

re: Joe Manchin

  Team, Ilhan and her fellow progressives are unapologetically fighting for bold, necessary change to support workers and families through the pandemic and build a better future that leaves no one behind. Meanwhile, Joe Manchin refuses to support the Build Back Better Act as is, …

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

September 30, 2021 at 2:40 PM

Here’s the deal

  Here's the deal, friends: I’m fighting for the Build Back Better agenda because my job as a Congresswoman is to turn your calls for bold, lasting change into legislation that transforms lives and livelihoods for the better. What my job is not, is to put the interests of corpora…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

September 29, 2021 at 7:44 PM

I will put my vote on the line

  Millions of people ready for bold, transformative change helped elect Democratic majorities to Congress and the White House. We promised we’d deliver on that change, and we have the opportunity to fulfill that promise right now. Democrats have brought forward the Build Back Bet…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

September 28, 2021 at 10:03 PM

$15.20

  $15.20. That’s our average contribution this quarter — a people-powered number we’re proud to share with you, team. Of course, that doesn’t mean everyone donates that exact amount. Some people give $5, others give $50, and so on. But what an average contribution like $15.20 sho…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

September 27, 2021 at 10:04 PM

re: special interests

  Team, from the beginning, our movement has been about far more than one candidate or election. We have always fought to carry out bold, progressive change that will not only make life better for workers and families in the moment we’re in — but for future generations, too. That…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

September 26, 2021 at 11:16 PM

Add your name to support bold solutions to the affordable housing crisis:

Sign on as a citizen co-sponsor of the Affordable HOME Act >>   Right now, more than 7 million people are at risk of being forced from their homes — in the midst of a pandemic. That’s unacceptable, especially in the richest country in the world. But now that the nationwide e…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

September 21, 2021 at 3:59 PM

speechless

  Friends, Last weekend, far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked me yet again — giving a platform to xenophobic conspiracy theories, name calling, and threatening to “investigate and remove” me from Congress. This all started when I called her out for her disturbing campai…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

September 20, 2021 at 12:35 AM

Add your name to support the Build Back Better Act

  Team — Ilhan has been hard at work in Congress to pass a Build Back Better Act that meets the moment we’re in. She promised to deliver big, bold solutions, and one major result is an amendment that just passed the Education and Labor committee. Here’s what it will do: Feed mor…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

September 15, 2021 at 10:07 PM

reaching out

  We’re reaching out one last time before tonight’s mid-month deadline, team: If even just 1 in 3 people reading this email chip in before midnight, we’ll blow right past our 1,500 contribution goal. This isn’t an arbitrary goal, either. Each and every donation is instrumental in…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

September 14, 2021 at 9:33 PM

personally asking

  Friends, We have a busy few weeks ahead in the House, and I’m spending just about every minute fighting for the bold investments workers and families are counting on. But I wanted to take a quick break to personally ask if you’ll contribute before our mid-month deadline tomorro…

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  Ilhan Omar HQ · [email protected]

September 13, 2021 at 7:30 PM

the most expensive congressional race in Minnesota

  Team, In just a few weeks, our campaign will make our quarterly fundraising numbers public. You can bet that everyone from special interests, to our Trump-supporting Republican opponent, to potential Democratic challengers, will be combing through our FEC report to see how many…

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  Ilhan Omar HQ · [email protected]

September 13, 2021 at 12:16 AM

re: a Green New Deal

Add your name to support a Green New Deal >>   Team, In the past three months alone, 1 in 3 people in the U.S. have experienced an extreme weather event. Devastating hurricanes, floods, heat waves, and wildfires aren’t just terrifying events that happen every once in a while…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

September 9, 2021 at 7:53 PM

re: the status quo

  Team, I wasn’t elected to Congress to uphold the status quo. I’m here to make sure no one is left behind in the fight for bold, transformative change. Here’s what that means: Helping pass a reconciliation package that meets the moment we’re in and makes once-in-a-generation in…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

September 7, 2021 at 6:00 PM

re: the Line 3 pipeline.

The climate crisis is here. We must act now.   Friends, For years, tribal leaders, water protectors, and environmental activists in Minnesota and across the country have spoken out and organized to stop the Line 3 pipeline. As soon as this month, this dirty fossil fuel pipeline ex…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

September 5, 2021 at 11:49 PM

re: the Line 3 pipeline

The climate crisis is here. We must act now.   Friends, For years, tribal leaders, water protectors, and environmental activists in Minnesota and across the country have spoken out and organized to stop the Line 3 pipeline. As soon as this month, this dirty fossil fuel pipeline ex…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

September 2, 2021 at 3:21 PM

Thank you, team

  Team — Today, I wanted to take a moment just to say thank you. It’s thanks to your grassroots support that our campaign can organize and fight for progressive change every day, of every month, of every year. Yes, even now, during the off years. Our team has already hit the grou…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

September 1, 2021 at 12:28 AM

I’ll make this quick

  Team, I’ll make this quick: We have just a few hours left before our midnight deadline, and my team told me that we’re falling short of our end-of-month goal. We can’t afford to lose our progressive momentum now. Not when we’re on the verge of passing a big, bold reconciliation…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

August 30, 2021 at 10:13 PM

update

  Hey team — We just checked ActBlue, and with just one day to go, here’s how far we’ve come since we set our 1,000-donation goal: We set a contribution goal because while the amount folks give matters, it’s not nearly as important as how many people chip in — because every sing…

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  Ilhan Omar HQ · [email protected]

August 29, 2021 at 11:26 PM

We have a problem

  Team, we have a problem: Earlier this week, we set a crucial goal of bringing in 1,000 contributions before the end of the month. At first, we saw a huge amount of enthusiasm. But now, donations are slowing down at the exact moment we need them to speed up. We mean it when we s…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

August 28, 2021 at 6:57 PM

It all adds up

  Friends, My job is to do everything I can to transform lives and livelihoods for the better. Period. That’s why I’ve fought so hard for legislation that puts working people and families first. Right now, so many across the country are struggling. They are counting on strong, pr…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

August 26, 2021 at 11:49 PM

slowdown

  Here’s the situation, team: We’ve seen a significant slowdown in our fundraising over the past few days. Just take a look at this screenshot from ActBlue: That’s why we’ve set a goal of bringing in 1,000 individual donations before the end of the month to catch up. We’ll expla…

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  Ilhan Omar HQ · [email protected]

August 25, 2021 at 9:39 PM

Add your name: The Senate must protect the sacred right to vote

  Friends, Our democracy flourishes when more people participate — not less. That’s why it’s so important that the House just passed the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — landmark legislation that will expand access to the ballot box. The future of our democracy depen…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

August 20, 2021 at 5:15 PM

Our advocacy is working

  Friends, Ilhan and our movement are grounded in the belief that the United States must live up to our promises. That means providing aid and refuge for the huddled masses yearning to breathe free in Afghanistan and around the world. Our advocacy is working. The president just a…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

August 18, 2021 at 10:41 PM

“a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars”

  Team, The Republican Party and their far-right media allies are doubling down on hate. Charlie Kirk, the far-right, Trump-supporting founder of Turning Point USA, went so far as to say that President Biden "wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America t…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

August 17, 2021 at 5:25 PM

Add your name: The U.S. must marshal an international coalition to evacuate every Afghan citizen who is fleeing for their lives:

  Friends, In recent days, like so many others, I’ve watched the news in horror as the human tragedy in Afghanistan has escalated. I am heartbroken for the Afghan people and the countless Americans who have served during this decades-long conflict. I am all too familiar with what…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

August 16, 2021 at 6:29 PM

Here’s the truth:

  Hey there — We’re reaching out one last time to ask: Will you chip in any amount to our campaign before tonight’s mid-quarter deadline? We’ll explain why this is so important in a moment. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go throu…

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  Barbara Lee · [email protected]

August 15, 2021 at 10:04 PM

why I’m supporting Ilhan

  Friends, I’m Barbara Lee — Ilhan’s colleague in Congress and one of the House’s trailblazing and most trusted voices in the fight for bold, progressive change. In a moment, I’ll ask you to split a donation between our campaigns before the mid-quarter fundraising deadline. But f…

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  Ilhan Omar HQ · [email protected]

August 14, 2021 at 3:55 PM

transparency

  Team — We’re committed to being transparent with the people who power our movement — not corporate PACs or lobbyists, but people like you. Last quarter, we saw a surge in grassroots donations in May and June. The right wing launched dangerous attacks against Ilhan and our movem…

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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]

August 13, 2021 at 7:11 PM

arrested?!

  Washington Post: "Texas House speaker signs arrest warrants for Democrats who broke quorum over voting restrictions" You read that correctly, team — Texas House Democrats could be arrested for fighting for voting rights. It all started last month, when the Texas House Republica…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

August 12, 2021 at 10:24 PM

Let’s be clear

  Team, The Senate has finally passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill. This was a huge step toward building the infrastructure this country needs — from fixing roads and bridges to creating good-paying union jobs. But let’s be clear: It’s not enough. We need a big, bold plan t…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

August 9, 2021 at 10:20 PM

Sign on to support my Stop Arming Human Rights Abusers Act

  Friends, I am a survivor of war. I know firsthand the devastation and trauma it causes. That’s why I’m so dedicated to fighting for a world where no child has to live through war and no nation is destroyed by violence and greed. So I recently introduced the Stop Arming Human Ri…

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