Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

June 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM

GOP and their dangerous bs

Can you believe this?!?! John, six months in, and the GOP is still playing fast, loose, and dangerous. They’re worse than ever — It’s still hard to wake up every day looking at GOP leadership in Washington and know they have every branch of our government in their hands. Foreign …

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

June 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM

so excited about this

You will be too!   Hey y’all. I have some exciting — and some not-so-exciting — news… Let’s start with the exciting 🎉 We’re expanding our campaign with organizers on the ground starting in a few days. I know you may be thinking, “Luke, isn’t it an off-year?” Yes!! But if we…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

June 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM

GOP on the attack

Powered by the people   John, the GOP is on the attack, and we’re in a moment where movements are born and made… We’re expanding our campaign right now — meeting with voters face to face, building local power, and countering GOP lies to defend our democracy from the ground up…

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  Team Scanlon · [email protected]

June 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM

You’re invited…

Join us in Philadelphia   John, Mary Gay Scanlon’s annual Women’s Power Lunch is just one week away on June 30th in Philadelphia! And we’re reaching out today because you’re invited to attend. P.S. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker will be joining us as our special guest! R…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

June 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Did you see this?

Earlier, Mary Gay reached out about the vibe shift we saw this weekend during No Kings rallies and protests around the country. Forwarding you her email below to make sure you see it. Y’all, we were feeling the ENERGY out there. Mary Gay got the people going during her fiery and …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

June 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM

This is a vibe shift

Join in   This weekend, there was a major vibe shift. Thousands of Delco residents — and millions more across the country — lined the streets to protest the appalling fascism in the Trump administration. The message is loud and clear: America will NEVER have a King. We wi…

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  Team Scanlon · [email protected]

June 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM

FWD: message from Mary Gay

ICYMI — Mary Gay reached out last week to talk about something close to her heart: hunger. A solvable problem that is being made worse by her colleagues across the aisle in Congress. Check out Mary Gay’s full email below for more details, and let us know what you think about …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

June 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Hunger pangs

What I learned on the school board   John, Before I came to Congress, I served on my local school board. That’s when I learned that every day, 1 in 8 Pennsylvania kids go to school hungry. And when a child is experiencing hunger pangs at school, they cannot learn. They ca…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

June 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM

Pride takes all of us

  Pride month continues — this weekend I attended and spoke at Delco Pride 🏳️‍🌈. It was so great to see many of you out there and have the chance to hear how you’re doing. As happy as I always am to celebrate every Pride season, I know our solidarity has extra importance …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

June 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM

What’s going on this week…

  John, it's been a busy week, and there are a few things I want to make sure you don’t miss. I always want you to know how I’m fighting for you and showing up, whether it’s in the news or not (though this week it was). First up… Last weekend, I kicked off Pride Month …

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

June 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Mary Gay sent me…

  Mary Gay asked me to connect with you. Collectively, you all truly showed up for her this month. Thank you! As you probably saw, we are preparing for our FEC public filing at the end of the month. Time is really flying… before we know it, it will be the midterm election…

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  Scanlon, Mary Gay · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM

John… have a moment?

Did you see my message earlier? If you haven’t had a chance (and are able), I could truly use your help before our deadline at midnight. I know next month is going to be a challenge and extra attention is on us for our fec public filing. I want to be prepared and to do that, …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM

Movie villains

Here’s how we fight back John… we have a deadline at midnight and a goal to hit. Right now, radical Republicans in Congress are taking a wrecking ball to our social safety net, exacerbating economic uncertainty, and showering tax benefits on the wealthiest Americans. They are …

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Mary Gay’s unique decision

Now’s the time to show strength   Luke here. I wear a lot of hats on this team, including managing our campaign budget. Our budget is unusual because Mary Gay made a unique decision in November: she didn’t lay off her campaign staff for the “off year”. Mary Gay decided th…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

May 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Mary Gay’s 1 am statement

She works for US   As you probably know last week, Mary Gay participated in a surprise 1am hearing called by the House Republicans to debate their “big beautiful” budget bill (the disgusting one that cuts healthcare benefits for the poor and showers tax benefits on the ric…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM

No one voted for this

But every one of us will feel the consequences   Radical Republicans are wielding their slim majority in Congress as a weapon against the most vulnerable Americans, including children and seniors. John: I came to Congress to advocate for children and families, not billion…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM

House GOP just passed Trump’s monstrous budget bill

And it’s ugly   John: Overnight, the House GOP advanced their budget bill to a floor vote, and it passed 215-214. Not a single Democrat voted for this monstrous legislation that Trump calls his “big, beautiful bill.” It will now move to the Senate. This bill gives massiv…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Get out & VOTE tomorrow!!!

Tomorrow is Primary Day   John, tomorrow is Primary Day in Pennsylvania, and we’ve got local, state-wide, and Supreme Court races on the ballot! Time to make a plan and make sure your voice is HEARD. With this administration’s unlawful and unconstitutional attacks — and …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM

Can’t let this go unanswered

  John, PA’s primary is next Tuesday, and we’re working on the ground with local campaigns, parties, and orgs to help turn out Dem voters and make it very clear to the GOP that the people are done with their corruption and cruelty. Yesterday, I asked you for your support …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Lying awake at night

  I don’t know about you, but I don’t lie awake at night thinking about the names of the bodies of water that surround the United States. Right now, what I do think about at night is the growing importance of strong Democratic turnout and wins in state and local races hap…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

May 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM

What she said

Take a look at what Mary Gay’s been up to   John, okay, there has been SO much going on these past few weeks. The Trump admin & GOP have stayed on their insane run of absurd, chaotic moves. Speaking of absurd, one thing you may have missed that really irked Mary Gay t…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Tax cuts or life-saving healthcare?

GOP chooses tax cuts   John, earlier this week, I reached out to you about the despicable budget package that’s making its way through the GOP-led House. Financial experts across the field have all agreed: there is NO WAY to get the cuts the GOP wants without touching Med…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Stop defending the status quo

We need to keep agitating   I hear you loud and clear: the people will not settle for the status quo from this administration and their anti-American agenda. John, no one can deny it. Folks are fed up and ready to protest Trump’s economic, social, and immigration policies…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Thanks for helping us get prepared

  John, it’s Mary Gay with a thank you and an update from the ground. I just attended protests in DC and Philly to bolster our labor unions and agitate like hell against the Trump administration’s most recent illegal power grabs. Our collective action is just one piece of…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Checking in with John

John, last week, Trump hit yet another new level in his march toward fascism with his blatant, partisan attack on Democratic-leaning organizing and fundraising tools. This couldn’t come at a more critical moment for PA Dems with our primary election just three weeks away. I m…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM

Are you asking this?

  John, did you know that PA has a primary coming up in three weeks? In fact, there are more than 100,000 elections happening nationwide this year. Mary Gay isn’t on the ballot, but as we have told you, she is focusing on local organizing this year and assisting strong PA…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Democrats need to fight!

(You’re right.) Here’s how.   John, I spent much of last week at home in PA-05 talking to voters. Everywhere I go, folks are expressing their fear and anger at the Trump Administration. Families are concerned about price hikes, losses to their 401(k)s, cuts to essential g…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Trump TARGETS our ability to fundraise and organize

  We’re securing resources now to fight back under the threat of losing our most critical channel to empower supporters. You can help >>>   DONATE  John, yesterday, Trump brazenly attacked democracy in America by illegally weaponizing the D…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

April 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Hiding our history

(This is what authoritarians do)   John, Like you, I learned from Mary Gay this week that the Environmental Protection Agency was founded by Richard Nixon — I had no idea! So, my interest was extra piqued when I came across this:   We know that environmental protection w…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

April 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Guess who founded the EPA

Save it this Earth Week   John, Trivia time: Guess which U.S. President founded the Environmental Protection Agency. If you said President Richard Nixon, you are correct, and also I bet you’re good at trivia night because that’s a deep cut. Let’s pause for a moment and re…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

April 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Need your help

We’re preparing to bring on some fellows   Every summer, no matter what is going on in our politics, there’s one thing my team and I look forward to as a group — our Democracy Summer fellows. This year is no different. To be honest, I think we need spirited, enthusiastic yo…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

April 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM

GOP stealing from taxpayers

Their corruption knows no bounds   A “big, beautiful bill” would not have headlines like this. Let me be clear: The GOP is stealing from taxpayers and hardworking Americans — and we won't stand for it. Let me know if you’re with me in fighting for Medicaid, Medicar…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

April 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Apply or help sponsor a fellow today

It’s our favorite time of year!   John, guess what time of year it is! It’s Democracy Summer Fellow time 🎉 Team Scanlon is a proud partner with Democracy Summer, a one-of-a-kind fellowship to teach high school and college students about organizing and Democratic campaigni…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

April 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Are we feeling liberated yet?

Mary Gay wants to hear from you Is it just me, or does every week of the Trump Administration feel like absolute chaos? Never mind what I think, though. Mary Gay wants to know how you’re being impacted by the threat of Trump’s tariffs. Can you take a moment to share your though…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

April 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM

This is stupid

I need to hear from you   John, I know we all have our eyes on the economy right now, from the price of groceries to the value of our 401(k)s. If you’re worried, I get that, it’s a deeply scary moment as President Trump and his team continued their recklessness Friday when…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

April 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Thank you! And check this out…

Mary Gay’s out in the district   John, I wanted to personally reach out and thank those of you who donated towards our end-of-quarter deadline at such a critical moment. Your support enables Mary Gay to keep her focus on legislating, litigating, and agitating in the fight …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon (mobile) · [email protected]

March 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM

Quick note

Hi team - very quickly, I just talked with Luke, and he let me know we’re only $1,638 short of hitting our goal for our FEC filing deadline in just a few hours. I’m urging you to join me in this fight at a pivotal time when all eyes will soon be on us. We need to flex our gra…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

March 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM

Just got off the phone with Mary Gay

Here’s what we’re up against   Hey team — it’s Luke, and I just got off the phone with Mary Gay as we head into the final hours before our first public FEC filing deadline of the cycle. We are so close to hitting our goal to raise an additional $8,300 before the end of the …

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  Alerts @ Team Scanlon · [email protected]

March 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Missing a response

Can you check in?   John, as you know, we are facing our FIRST public FEC filing of the cycle tonight. And Mary Gay is using campaign resources to fight for the House majority, attend town halls in Republican-held districts, and funnel money and support into local Dem campa…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

March 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM

ICYMI

Wanted to make sure you saw this ICYMI — we are facing a huge end-of-quarter FEC deadline tonight, and it is the first public filing of the cycle. The NRCC, GOP, and special interest MAGA donors are going to be watching to see if Dem supporters are standing with us or if we…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

March 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM

Broken promise broken promise

The list goes on   This month, every single House Republican voted to allow Trump to make cuts to Medicaid. Every. Single. One. Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security are promises we, the people, made to one another, funded by our taxpayer dollars and faithfully administe…

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  Team Scanlon · [email protected]

March 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Grassroots support

It’s what we need to win   Unlike the GOP, we are funded by small-dollar grassroots support. We aren’t owned and operated by deep-pocketed special interest money. That means we’re funded by the people to work for the people. But it also means that when we face end-of-qu…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

March 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Cowardly GOP

How you can help Mary Gay fight back   John, pause for a request before I talk to you about these cowards in the GOP — it’s our first end-of-quarter FEC public filing this cycle, and we need help making our deadline. Mary Gay is fighting Republican corruption and incompete…

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  Team Scanlon · [email protected]

March 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Need you to be part of this

It’s urgent In just three days, we face a critical end-of-quarter FEC filing. One that will reveal to the public (and the GOP) whether the people are standing with us in our fight to limit Trump’s power — or if Trump and his loyalists can look forward to many more years of una…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

March 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM

How I’m fighting back

And why we need you to join   John, on Monday, we face a critical end-of-quarter FEC filing deadline — our first public filing of the cycle and one that the PA GOP, NRCC, and special interest donors are going to be watching carefully as they plot out their plan to keep the …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

March 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Legislate, litigate, agitate

We need your help   John, I know what’s been happening in Washington has been scary for many of you, and with good reason. I’ve been on the ground in my district (and in Republican districts around PA, but I’ll talk more about that later), talking to voters worried about h…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

March 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Mary Gay talks Department of Education

This is an abomination   ICYMI — last week, Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. I know, and it’s as bad as it sounds. But Mary Gay and House Dems won’t let this happen without a fight. As a former lawyer with the Education Law …

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

March 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Recap: what Mary Gay is doing

This is how we’re fighting for you   Hi team, my personal life is sounding a lot like my work life right now. Everyone wants to know what Democrats like Mary Gay are doing. They want tangible examples of pushback on unlawful overreach and details on how our elected leaders …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

March 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM

I’m hearing the anger, I feel it too

Back in the district   John, I’m back in the district this week after one of the most infuriating weeks I’ve ever experienced as a Congresswoman. The House GOP majority passed a disgraceful, unconscionable, disgusting (I told you I was furious) budget resolution that cuts…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

March 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Retaking the majority is the only way

We need your help   Hey John, it’s Luke. Mary Gay is fully focused on the budget battle going down in Congress but asked me to reach out quickly because this moment is too important. At the end of the month, we face a critical public FEC filing. Donate today to help us hit…

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