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  Lexi Schiff · [email protected]
June 21, 2021 at 6:22 PM

Ok, I did something *wild* for my dad’s birthday

  Hey everyone — it’s Lexi Schiff, my dad’s favorite, most interesting, beautiful & successful, first-born child. (Don’t tell Eli, but — let's be real — he already knows.) Anyways, as is my nature, I have obviously planned the most generous, amazing, unique and artistic surprise f…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
June 20, 2021 at 8:06 PM

re: our democracy

  John — I’ve spent the last week thinking about what it means that Donald Trump’s Justice Department subpoenaed records related to Members of Congress, our staff, and family. And my concerns have only grown. Not because this is about me. It isn’t. Far from it. In fact, I’m not even s…
  Team Schiff · [email protected]
June 16, 2021 at 7:32 PM

#3 House Republican attacks Adam

  John — What do Trump-loving media outlets like Newsmax, One America News Network, Sean Hannity, and the No. 3 House Republican Elise Stefanik have in common? They’re all coming after Adam because Donald Trump’s Department of Justice subpoenaed his records in an unprecedented politic…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
June 15, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Val Demings

  John — I want to tell you about my good friend, Val Demings. I think she’s the real deal – so this email isn’t short. And at the end, I’m going to ask you to help her campaign to unseat Republican Senator Marco Rubio in Florida. Just a week ago today Val Demings launched her Senate …
  Team Schiff · [email protected]
June 13, 2021 at 11:10 PM

The latest attacks on Adam

  John — It’s really hard to know where to begin after the last seventy-two hours. If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve seen Adam’s name in headlines quite a bit the last three days. Over the last four years, Donald Trump has repeatedly lied about Adam, smeared him with false alle…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
June 13, 2021 at 3:03 PM

Trump's Department of Justice

  John — Throughout much of his presidency, Donald Trump attacked me constantly — literally hundreds of times on Twitter, in interviews, even during meetings with foreign heads of state. He accused me of treason, said I should be investigated, and that someone needed to “do something”…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
June 12, 2021 at 7:40 PM

I never thought I would need to worry about this in America

  John — Throughout much of his presidency, Donald Trump attacked me constantly — literally hundreds of times on Twitter, in interviews, even during meetings with foreign heads of state. He accused me of treason, said I should be investigated, and that someone needed to “do something”…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
June 8, 2021 at 7:03 PM

The AR-15 is not a Swiss Army Knife

  John — A federal judge just overturned California’s assault weapons ban. He likened the AR-15 to a “Swiss Army Knife.” And then spread an anti-vax falsehood that “more people have died from the Covid-19 vaccine than mass shootings in California.” This is a direct result of Republica…
  Team Schiff · [email protected]
June 6, 2021 at 2:17 PM

Eye-popping GOP fundraising numbers

  John — Here’s the bad news: Republican fundraising is stronger than ever. Radical extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene are raising millions of dollars online, and the National Republican Congressional Committee has raised over $34 million so far this year — a 70% increase from the…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
June 5, 2021 at 2:25 PM

Trump Postmaster General Louis DeJoy under FBI investigation

  John — Louis DeJoy, the Republican megadonor and Trump’s hand-picked Postmaster General, is reportedly under FBI investigation. Color me shocked. Look, we’ve known since last year about DeJoy’s Postal Service sabotage. We’ve known about his multimillion-dollar investment in a compet…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
June 3, 2021 at 3:26 PM

GOP minority rule

  John — 54 yea. 35 nay. The nayes have it. Last week, 35 nay votes was all it took for Senate Republicans to filibuster and kill the bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6th attack on the Capitol. In a deadlocked 50-50 Senate, the filibuster requires 60 votes to end debat…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 31, 2021 at 11:55 PM

short

  John — We’re short on time before our midnight fundraising deadline, so I’ll make this quick. House Republicans have already raised $34 million this year to take back the majority — 70% more than what they raised at this point under Donald Trump. The GOP is breaking fundraising reco…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 30, 2021 at 3:01 PM

re: Arizona “Recount”

  John — The state of today’s Republican Party is grim. If you tell the truth, you’re out. If you want to get to the bottom of the events of January 6, you’re ostracized. If you want to work with Democrats on anything, you’re told to take a hike. Instead, they're praising and pushing …
  Mark Kelly · [email protected]
May 29, 2021 at 3:05 PM

Here's how we keep the Senate blue:

  Hey John — it’s Mark Kelly. My good friend Adam asked me to reach out to you to help us reach our major goal before the end of the month – and explain why it’s so important to hold our razor slim Democratic Senate majority. “One Nation,” a Republican Super PAC, just launched a majo…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 28, 2021 at 5:14 PM

Re: Senate vote on the January 6 Commission

    Senate Republicans just voted down a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. They have put their own political futures ahead of our democracy, our country, their oath of office, and the people we are sworn to represent. Rush a $10 d…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 25, 2021 at 8:02 PM

George Floyd

  John — Today is the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. In the past year, we’ve seen a seismic shift in activism. Millions of people have marched in favor of police reform and spoken out against the systemic racism and discrimination Black Americans face every single day.…
  Melanie Stansbury · [email protected]
May 24, 2021 at 3:52 PM

re: New Mexico special

  Hi John — My name is Melanie Stansbury, and my friend Adam Schiff asked me to reach out. I’m running to keep Deb Haaland’s seat Blue and represent the people of New Mexico’s First Congressional District. Our special election is just 8 days away, and Republicans are doing everything…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 23, 2021 at 3:36 PM

Heritage Foundation

  “It can’t be that easy.” John, those are the words of a former Trump official who now leads the right-wing Heritage Foundation. During a closed door meeting she was bragging about suppressing the vote to their big-money donors. And there’s a video to prove it. In battleground states…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 20, 2021 at 12:30 AM

175 Republicans just voted against a bipartisan commission

  John — Mitch McConnell just announced his opposition to forming a January 6 Commission, shamefully joining Kevin McCarthy in attempting to deny the truth, justice, and accountability for this deadly attack on our seat of government. And just minutes ago, 175 Republicans in the House…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 18, 2021 at 10:39 PM

The January 6 Commission

  John — The day before the certification of the Electoral College results on January 6, I warned against a “wildly anti-democratic moment we will witness on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives tomorrow.” I was referring to the Republican objectors who would violate their o…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 17, 2021 at 3:43 PM

The gun liability shield

  John — There’s a billion-dollar industry in America that enjoys a legal liability shield no other industry has — and it’s because they’ve got a powerful lobby that cares more about the money they make than public safety. I’m speaking, of course, about the gun industry. Thanks to the…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 16, 2021 at 4:38 PM

Sec. Deb Haaland’s congressional seat

  John — Just four days ago, House Republicans purged Liz Cheney from their leadership for refusing to go along with Donald Trump’s Big Lie about the 2020 election. Their strategy going forward is clear: embrace Trump and his lies, no matter what the cost, and use him to win elections…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 14, 2021 at 3:46 PM

I’m concerned:

  John — Just two days ago, House Republicans voted to remove Liz Cheney from their leadership. Why? Because she dared to tell the truth and stood up to Trump’s Big Lie. Now, they are replacing Cheney with someone with less devotion to the truth. A Trump sycophant who not only defende…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 12, 2021 at 3:07 PM

Liz Cheney

  John — House Republicans just successfully forced a vote to oust Liz Cheney from their leadership. Why? Because she had the courage to tell the truth. Listen, I don't agree with Liz on much when it comes to policy, and she defended Trump for far too long. But at least she reached th…
  Team Schiff · [email protected]
May 8, 2021 at 6:12 PM

re: Matt Gaetz

  John — Last night, Republicans Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene took their traveling political circus to Florida — and that’s where Gaetz said this: “My least favorite member of Congress...that goes to Adam Schiff. This guy, just, the lies just pour out of him.” He didn’t stop…
  Team Schiff · [email protected]
May 7, 2021 at 6:32 PM

McConnell’s sinister plan

    John — Mitch McConnell is using the same damaging playbook as 2010: McConnell, 2010: “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” McConnell, Wednesday: “100% of my focus is on stopping this new administration.” T…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 5, 2021 at 10:13 PM

re: filibuster

  John — Just like Georgia, Florida’s new voting restrictions are a full-fledged attack on our democracy. Republican Governor Ron DeSantis took a page straight out of Donald Trump’s playbook and signed a raft of discriminatory voter suppression bills with a sinister objective: Suppres…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 30, 2021 at 10:06 PM

Humbly asking

  John — We’re short on time before our fundraising deadline at midnight, so I’ll make this quick. Two weeks ago, House Republicans’ joint fundraising committee reported raising $21 million in just the first three months of the year. That’s a staggering sum of money, and with just a s…
  Team Schiff · [email protected]
April 30, 2021 at 1:55 PM

Let no Republican lie go unchallenged

  John — Donald Trump isn’t tweeting conspiracy theories to his tens of millions of followers anymore, but his Big Lie about the 2020 election is still infecting and afflicting his Republican base. A staggering 55% of Republicans still believe Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was st…
  Gavin Newsom · [email protected]
April 29, 2021 at 3:55 PM

re: recall

  John — My good friend Adam Schiff asked me to reach out. In just a moment, I am going to ask you to make a contribution to our campaign to stop the Republican recall here in California. Please give me a chance to explain why this request — especially today — is so important. A shor…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 28, 2021 at 5:56 PM

Before President Biden’s address to our joint session of Congress

  John — Joe Biden has a historic opportunity to expand Medicare right now. And we need to make sure he takes it. Later tonight, President Biden is giving his first address to a joint session of Congress — and what a welcome change it will be after four long years of Donald Trump. Fin…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 27, 2021 at 3:31 PM

McConnell’s plan for America

  John — The American Jobs Plan is the investment we need to rebuild America. It will help revitalize our infrastructure, create jobs, invest in a green economy, and repair our economy after this devastating pandemic. It represents progress. And that’s why Mitch McConnell is hell bent…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 26, 2021 at 8:24 PM

Caitlyn Jenner and Gavin Newsom

  John — It’s hard to know where to begin. Last week, celebrity and television personality Caitlyn Jenner announced she was running as part of the Republican recall effort to unseat Gavin Newsom. The facts speak for themselves: Jenner supported Donald Trump when he first ran for Presi…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 24, 2021 at 11:56 PM

This is a long email about the Armenian Genocide. I hope you’ll read it.

  Dear John, This is a long email, and I hope you’ll read it. I’m not going to ask you for a donation or anything, but I did want to share some thoughts with you. Politics can be deeply personal. If you’ve struggled to get health care or worried about putting food on the table, that’s…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 22, 2021 at 3:36 PM

D.C. Statehood

  John — At the time of the American Revolution, “No taxation without representation” was one of the principal rallying cries. And yet 250 years later, more than 700,000 Americans live in Washington, D.C., where they pay taxes but still lack full voting representation in Congress. Tod…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 21, 2021 at 5:58 PM

Co-sponsor the Green New Deal with me

  John — Climate change is real, our planet is on fire, and we must act. Now. That’s why I’m joining Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Senator Ed Markey, and countless young activists across the country as an original co-sponsor of the Green New Deal. And I want to tell you why. The Gree…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 21, 2021 at 1:56 AM

George Floyd

  John — No jury’s decision can bring back George Floyd, or undo the pain felt by his family, his friends and his community. But the verdict today is a measure of accountability, and true justice will take time.  Just as we come to grips with one tragedy and verdict, we must grapple w…
  Senator Mark Kelly · [email protected]
April 17, 2021 at 3:09 PM

re: Arizona

  John — I have an important request for you today. I want to ask you to make a donation to support our campaign. But before I ask, I first want to express my gratitude for all you’ve done to get us to this moment. Thanks to your efforts last year, we brought real change to Congress.…
  Team Schiff · [email protected]
April 15, 2021 at 10:27 PM

we'll keep this short

  John — For weeks, Republicans refused to pass, let alone even engage on, COVID relief for Americans. In the end, not one Republican voted yes. But already, we’re seeing major results from one of the most ambitious relief bills in our nation’s history: Jobless claims are at the lowes…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 14, 2021 at 4:05 PM

Voter suppression is their strategy

  John — At every level, Republicans are attacking our democracy. Alarm bells are going off, and I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say our democracy is in crisis. Republicans in 47 state legislatures have introduced more than 360 bills to suppress the vote ahead of the 2022 electi…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 12, 2021 at 4:43 PM

A secret call between a Mitch McConnell aide and the Koch brothers’ network

  John — While Republicans in state legislatures across the country pass bills to suppress the right to vote, Mitch McConnell is working at a frenetic pace to give them political cover and take back the House and Senate in 2022. The New Yorker report “Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to …
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 10, 2021 at 4:58 PM

Here’s my bill to take on the NRA

  John — We are just 100 days into 2021, and we’ve already lost over 11,000 people to gun violence, another 8,000 have been injured, and there have been 133 mass shootings. We are the only developed nation in the world that tolerates this kind of bloodshed, and it doesn’t have to be t…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 7, 2021 at 5:43 PM

Please fill this out when you have the time

  John — It’s been less than a month since Congress passed the historic American Rescue Plan, and it’s already making a huge difference — accelerating the vaccine rollout, creating jobs, and getting help to Americans who need it now. But we’re not done, not by a long shot, and Congres…
  Team Schiff · [email protected]
April 5, 2021 at 8:43 PM

Save the Post Office

    John — Republican megadonor and current Postmaster General Louis DeJoy just announced a disastrous 10-year plan for the Postal Service. Donald Trump spent four years selling our government institutions to the highest bidder — and until the Senate confirms President Biden…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
April 3, 2021 at 2:36 PM

Why does Donald Trump’s Postmaster General still have his job?

  John — You might be wondering why Republican megadonor and Donald Trump’s hand-picked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is still sabotaging our Postal Service under the new Biden Administration. I am too. And I’ll get to the reason, and what we can do about it, but first, here are the …
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
March 31, 2021 at 2:37 PM

Personally reaching out

  John — I’ll keep this short. In just a few hours, we’ll hit our first FEC deadline of the year. That’s why I’m reaching out to ask you directly: Can I count on you to chip in $10 before our first FEC fundraising deadline of the year at midnight tonight? If you've saved your payment …
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
March 30, 2021 at 11:45 PM

This is a long email about the Senate filibuster

  John — This is a long email, and by the time you’re done reading it, I hope you’ll be as ready as I am to eliminate the filibuster in the Senate once and for all. Give me a moment to explain. As soon as the new Congress was sworn in this January, we got to work passing an historic, …
  Nancy Pelosi · [email protected]
March 29, 2021 at 5:58 PM

urgently

  John — My friend Adam Schiff asked me to send you this note for one reason: Our democracy is still in serious danger. Donald Trump has vowed to help Republicans take back the House and Senate by supporting far-right Trumpian candidates and conspiracy theorists. And their millionaire…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
March 28, 2021 at 6:06 PM

voter suppression

  John — Republicans in 43 states have introduced 253 voter suppression bills since Donald Trump’s Big Lie spurred the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. In Georgia, one of those bills — SB 202 — just became law. This anti-democratic bill gives state officials the power to overrul…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
March 27, 2021 at 3:44 PM

The QAnon Caucus

  John — Republicans are trying to rewrite history. Instead of apologizing for supporting Trump’s many lies and conspiracy theories and their vote to overturn the election even after the violent insurrection at the Capitol — the GOP have doubled down. When pressed on why he supported …