ASPIRE · [email protected]

February 16, 2021 at 10:47 PM

The hidden cost of being an AAPI candidate

        Hi there,   A recent FiveThirtyEight analysis of Indian American political candidates just confirmed what many of us already knew: when you come from an Asian immigrant community, it's harder to get your campaign off the ground.   Sri Preston Ku…

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February 16, 2021 at 7:46 PM

Trumpism has seeped into ICE

        Hello,   The Washington Post: “The Biden administration is attempting to reorient ICE, a law enforcement agency that has seen its priorities swing wildly from one administration to the next.”   We're happy to see a turn from the deportation of f…

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February 16, 2021 at 3:46 PM

The GOP is planning its next attack against DREAMers

        Hi friend,   Trump ripped away protections for DACA recipients. The GOP wants to make sure they never get them back.   According to The Hill, “Republicans have panned Biden's immigration proposal, underscoring that without nixing the 60-vote leg…

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February 15, 2021 at 7:46 PM

The GOP doesn’t want a Native American Cabinet secretary

        Hi there,   Rep. Deb Haaland could be the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary -- but the GOP is already trying to tear the courageous New Mexico climate leader down.   Haaland “is encountering more resistance than Biden's other…

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February 15, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Cleaning up after Trump’s white supremacist mob

        Hi there,   For years, Republicans set the stage for the racist mob's attack on the Capitol on January 6. Despite electing the most diverse Congress in our nation's history, along with the first Black and Asian vice president, we are not suddenly…

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February 14, 2021 at 7:46 PM

The bill that would cement Stacey Abrams’ legacy

        Hi there,   The 2020 election was defined by fights against GOP voter suppression like the one Stacey Abrams waged in Georgia.   Now, Democrats in Congress are trying to outlaw the tactics that made Abrams have to fight so hard in the first plac…

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February 14, 2021 at 3:46 PM

QAnon followers think Trump will be sworn in again

        Hi friend,   Trump has left office. His QAnon supporters think he'll be sworn back in.   According to Newsweek, QAnon followers “now believe that March 4 will be the day that Trump will still somehow be sworn in as president,” and the FBI still …

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February 13, 2021 at 7:46 PM

Trump’s lawyers claim he shouldn’t even be on trial

        Hi there,   The New York Times: “Donald J. Trump's lawyers laid out their first extended impeachment defense on Monday, arguing that holding him responsible for the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack was nothing more than ‘political theater' by Democra…

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February 13, 2021 at 3:45 PM

Harris is keeping the Senate on track

        Hi friend,   Last month, the GOP nearly kept control of the Senate.   But they didn't, and now that Democrats are at the helm, Vice President Kamala Harris is making sure the Senate stays focused on getting Americans the help they need.   Harris …

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February 13, 2021 at 12:47 AM

Serving justice

        Hi there,   The GOP still won't stand up to Donald Trump.   They won't hold him accountable for grifting off the backs of the American people. They won't hold him responsible for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. They won't even support…

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February 12, 2021 at 10:46 PM

Everyone deserves vaccination

        Hi there,   The GOP doesn't care about ending the pandemic. They just care about advancing their exclusionary, anti-immigrant agenda.   Rep. Steve Scalise released a statement saying he wants the Biden administration to “abandon this ridiculous …

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February 12, 2021 at 7:47 PM

Do immigrants make America less safe?

        Hi there,   Former acting Customs and Border Patrol commissioner Mark Morgan appeared on Fox News to spew racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric:   “With a stroke of a pen, just a couple hours after Biden took office, he has made our borders less secure,…

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  Grace Meng · [email protected]

February 12, 2021 at 12:04 PM

Touching base early this morning

Hi friend -- The team just sent me an update on our numbers, and right now, we're VERY behind our target goal. These past couple of weeks, I've been working overtime to make sure Senate Republicans know that the only right option is to convict Trump while also fighting hard to make sure American fa…

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  ASPIRE · [email protected]

February 12, 2021 at 12:46 AM

Loyalty to Trump pays

        Hi there,   Senate Democrats are ready to convict Trump. The GOP isn't.   Sen. Josh Hawley -- who was first to announce his objection to the certification of the Electoral College votes and who was seen pumping his fist on Jan. 6 in support of “…

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February 11, 2021 at 10:46 PM

Do you approve of Trump sycophant Matt Gaetz?

        Hi there,   “I regret that I have but one political career to give to my president.”   That's what Republican Matt Gaetz said about his devotion to Donald Trump when he appeared on Fox News to talk about the Senate conviction trial.   With a ma…

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February 11, 2021 at 7:46 PM

Should the Senate convict Trump?

        Hi there,   Donald Trump emboldened white supremacists and dangerous conspiracy theorists throughout the last four years -- and it was Trump who incited the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Now, he MUST face the consequences.   Right now, half of A…

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February 11, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Trump’s lasting impact on immigration reform

        Hello,   According to The New York Times, Joe Biden's immigration priorities “are already facing resistance from immigration agents empowered by Donald Trump to take their gloves off.”   Emboldened by the former white supremacist-in-chief, ICE w…

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February 11, 2021 at 12:46 AM

The people’s champion might get a Nobel Peace Prize

        Friend,   Stacey Abrams, a fierce voting rights activist and champion for communities of color, has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.   Abrams was nominated by a member of Norway's parliament, who noted that her “efforts to complete Dr. Ma…

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February 10, 2021 at 10:46 PM

Stephen Miller is back to scapegoating immigrants

        Hello there,   Former Trump advisor Stephen Miller went on Fox News to disparage Joe Biden's recent executive orders, calling them “hard-left progressive initiatives that undermine and hurt American workers.”   The reason? “Immigration in partic…

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February 10, 2021 at 7:46 PM

A new way forward for refugees

        Hi friend,   When Donald Trump was president, the GOP cranked up their cruel deportation machine and deported thousands of immigrants -- including Southeast Asian refugees who fled their homelands after the Vietnam War.   Now that Democrats have…

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February 10, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Rand Paul is covering for Trump

        Hi there,   Even with Donald Trump out of the White House, Republicans like Rand Paul and Josh Hawley are still trying to defend him. But Sen. Tammy Duckworth isn't having any of it.   “Stop covering for Donald Trump,” said Sen. Duckworth on CNN…

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February 9, 2021 at 7:46 PM

Trump's mob still a threat to democracy

        Hi there,   For years, Republicans set the stage for the racist mob's attack on the Capitol on January 6 -- and even Trump's departure won't fix the problem of white supremacy.   Despite electing the most diverse Congress in our nation's history a…

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February 9, 2021 at 3:46 PM

A school shooting denier in Congress

        Hi friend,   There's a school shooting denier in Congress.   According to CNN, in a video from March 2019, now-representative Majorie Taylor Greene is seen harassing Parkland survivor David Hogg. In the video, Greene “follows Hogg as he walks to…

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February 8, 2021 at 10:46 PM

Donald Trump's mob continues to be a threat

        Hi there,   For years, Republicans set the stage for the racist mob's attack on the Capitol on January 6 -- and even Trump's departure won't fix the problem of white supremacy.   Despite electing the most diverse Congress in our nation's history a…

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February 8, 2021 at 3:46 PM

DHS warns of white supremacist violence

        Hi friend,   The violent display of white supremacist violence we saw on January 6 wasn't just the last gasp of Trumpism:   “The Department of Homeland Security issued a warning… to alert the public about a growing risk of attacks by ‘ideologica…

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  ASPIRE · [email protected]

February 7, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Trump's mob continues to be a threat

        Hi there,   For years, Republicans set the stage for the racist mob's attack on the Capitol on January 6 -- and even Trump's departure won't fix the problem of white supremacy.   Despite electing the most diverse Congress in our nation's history a…

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February 6, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Donald Trump's mob is still a threat

        Hi there,   For years, Republicans set the stage for the racist mob's attack on the Capitol on January 6 -- and even Trump's departure won't fix the problem of white supremacy.   Despite electing the most diverse Congress in our nation's history a…

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February 5, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Should migrant families be reunited?

        Hi there,   Trump has left office, but hundreds of migrant children are still separated from their parents:   “Their kids were ripped from their arms and separated,” now-president Joe Biden said last year during a debate with Trump, according to …

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February 4, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Biden: anti-AAPI racism is “un-American”

        Hi friend,   The GOP's racist, xenophobic rhetoric continues: Ted Cruz just tried to insult the Biden administration by accusing it of being “cozy with China.”   But President Joe Biden is standing up to the GOP's hateful agenda. On Jan. 26, he d…

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February 3, 2021 at 3:46 PM

GOP says they were “never attempting to overturn the election”

        Hi friend,   Republican rhetoric incited the attack on the Capitol. And then 147 of them voted against the certification of the Electoral College results, attempting to silence our very democracy.   Now, Republicans like Josh Hawley are pretendin…

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January 31, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Our farmworkers need help

        Hi friend,   Our farmworkers have carried some of the heaviest of our nation's burdens during this pandemic -- but instead of caring for them, the Trump administration repaid their contributions to our country with punishment.   Farmworkers labore…

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January 30, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Making America feel like home again

        Hi friend,   In 2020, Republicans tried to take down Kamala Harris by spewing racist slurs.   They failed. Now, she's the first Black and Asian Vice President of the U.S. -- an inspiring figure for many across this country whose voices and hopes w…

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  ASPIRE · [email protected]

January 29, 2021 at 3:47 PM

The GOP's racism won't stop

        Hi there,   Even with Trump gone, the racist legacy of the Republican Party will continue.   “Not only have white supremacists largely averted being disrupted or even investigated, but they also have had the comfort of seeing their racial fantas…

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  ASPIRE · [email protected]

January 28, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Trump's mob is still a threat

        Hi there,   For years, Republicans set the stage for the racist mob's attack on the Capitol on January 6 -- and even ousting Trump won't fix the problem of white supremacy.   Despite electing the most diverse Congress in our nation's history and e…

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January 27, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Stephen Miller's dangerous legacy

        Friends,   NBC News: “The U.S. is in what former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson called ‘the most tense domestic security environment since 9/11,' yet most of the department's focus has been on fighting immigration rather than violent extre…

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January 26, 2021 at 3:46 PM

The GOP is scared of Stacey Abrams

        Friend,   Republicans have made it clear: they're terrified of Stacey Abrams -- and all the work she's done to turn out communities of color:   They spent $133 million in Georgia in an attempt to combat the voter empowerment work that Abrams and h…

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January 25, 2021 at 3:46 PM

We're just getting started

        Hi there,   Last year, AAPIs broke records. We voted in record numbers and got elected in record numbers. With your support, we made history in record numbers.   And we're just getting started.   At ASPIRE, we're focused on supporting AAPI cand…

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  ASPIRE · [email protected]

January 24, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Leaving AAPIs behind?

        Hi there,   For decades, Republicans have touted their racist agenda, and they've done everything possible to suppress the AAPI vote. Democrats need to make sure they're reaching out because when AAPIs turn out, Democrats win.   “AAPI turnout in…

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  ASPIRE · [email protected]

January 23, 2021 at 3:47 PM

SURVEY: Do you stand with Kamala Harris?

        Hi there,   Even before Kamala Harris ran for vice president, she was already subject to racist attacks from the GOP. Republicans repeatedly mocked her name and her heritage -- but you could say she's taking the high road.   “I will have my hand…

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  ASPIRE · [email protected]

January 22, 2021 at 3:46 PM

The GOP's anti-AAPI rhetoric is here to stay

        Hi there,   Republicans are keeping their anti-AAPI racism alive and well. Just look at what one GOP senator said:   Source: Twitter   This continued fear-mongering and race-baiting language like “Chinese virus” and “Kung-Flu” from Republican…

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January 21, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Nancy Pelosi is leading the fight for a safer country for all

        Hi there,   The Hill: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday that starting next week, lawmakers will face hefty fines if they refuse to go through newly installed metal detectors to enter the House chamber. Pelosi said that the Hous…

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January 20, 2021 at 7:46 PM

A much-needed fresh start

        Hi there,   Today, for the first time in too long, many of us can finally take a breath and celebrate a fresh start for our country.   After four years under an administration that has terrorized our communities, denied science, and pitted Ameri…

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January 20, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Cori Bush was booed for standing up against white supremacy

        Hi there,   Cori Bush let her House colleagues know that her vote for impeachment was a vote against white supremacy. And then Republican members booed her.   Source: Twitter   Cori Bush has been a prominent advocate for Black lives and again…

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January 19, 2021 at 7:46 PM

Stacey Abrams has become a top GOP target

        Friend,   Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal claiming that Stacey Abrams -- of all people -- is responsible for Trump refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election.   It's even…

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January 19, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Rep. Jayapal: “We ALL saw it. Now we must act.”

        Hi there,   Source: Twitter   The world saw the devastating violence that Donald Trump incited on January 6. And then they watched as only TEN Republicans voted to impeach.   As Rep. Jayapal said, Republicans aren't committing to protecting o…

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January 18, 2021 at 8:31 PM

Stacey Abrams has become a top target for the GOP

        Friend,   Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal claiming that Stacey Abrams -- of all people -- is responsible for Trump refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election.   It's even…

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January 18, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Sen. Tammy Duckworth is putting her GOP colleagues in their place

        Hi there,   Our country is still reeling from the Trump insurrection that was dominated by Confederate flag-wavers, Auschwitz supporters, and anti-AAPI voices -- and the GOP is already saying we need to move on.   Sen. Tammy Duckworth is having no…

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January 15, 2021 at 10:46 PM

TOMORROW: A night to remember!

        Hi there,   Our chair, Rep. Grace Meng, will be participating in Saturday's America United: An Inauguration Welcome Event Celebrating America's Changemakers. This is an event to celebrate the incoming administration and highlight the incredible div…

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  ASPIRE · [email protected]

January 15, 2021 at 3:47 PM

The white supremacy we saw on Jan 6

        Hi there,   “We don't want Chinese bullshit.”   In the midst of Confederate flag-wavers and Auschwitz supporters, anti-AAPI voices also rang loud as a man ripped down a scroll with Chinese script in a Congressional office.   It's clear the Trump …

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  ASPIRE · [email protected]

January 14, 2021 at 7:46 PM

Stacey Abrams is now a top target for the GOP

        Friend,   Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal claiming that Stacey Abrams -- of all people -- is responsible for Trump refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election.   It's even…

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