Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

July 12, 2022 at 10:16 PM

A very important update (new ad)

Friend, I’m coming directly to you – one of this team’s most engaged grassroots supporters – with some important news: We launched a new TV ad highlighting the importance of protecting Democratic Senate control to stop Republicans from passing a nationwide abortion ban into l…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

July 9, 2022 at 9:20 PM

Big announcement

Friend, I wanted you to be among the first to know: We just launched a critical new ad about the need to protect every Senate vote for reproductive healthcare and freedom so we can prevent Mitch McConnell and the GOP from passing their nationwide abortion ban. This ad emphasi…

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  Dick · [email protected]

July 5, 2022 at 4:16 PM

FWD: Really need your thoughts

Friend, I’m following up to make sure you saw the survey I sent around (see below). With Election Day fast approaching, our campaign has zero margin for error – which means I need all hands on deck to win. However, I’m still looking for another 14 members of this grassroots team to share t…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

July 2, 2022 at 6:31 PM

Really need your thoughts

Friend, We are at a critical moment for the future of our country: The fundamental civil and human rights of women evaporated when the conservative U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Justice Clarence Thomas signaled that precedents protecting same-sex marriage and…

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  Dick · [email protected]

June 30, 2022 at 10:17 PM

Fwd: did you see this?

Did you see my email, Friend? I won’t sugarcoat it: Mitch McConnell and the GOP have made me a target for defeat, and their campaign committee has more than $45 million at their disposal to flip this critical seat red. This is not a drill. Grassroots supporters have been stepping up by the …

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 30, 2022 at 3:46 PM

Your donation will protect Democratic control of the Senate

Friend, $5. If you donated that right now, it would make all the difference in our fight to keep this seat blue and protect Democratic control of the Senate. I know one donation may not sound like a lot, but think of it this way: When people like you step up by the thousands …

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 29, 2022 at 7:16 PM

I really, really don't want to have to scale back our efforts – especially now

Friend, I need a moment to explain to you why — ahead of this important public FEC fundraising deadline — I simply cannot fall behind on my fundraising goals. Let me start with this, however: I realize we are in extremely troubling times for our country. The Supreme Court j…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 28, 2022 at 7:46 PM

The only way we can hold Trump and the GOP accountable

Friend: We are witnessing the power of Democratic majorities in Congress before our very eyes. If Republicans had been in charge, we would likely still be in the dark about a host of chilling details pertaining to the Jan. 6 insurrection and the GOP plot to overturn a free an…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 27, 2022 at 9:17 PM

Must keep this short

I must keep this short: We’re up against the most important FEC deadline of the campaign so far – and my team just told me we’re $10,500 short of where we need to be. Respectfully, I need the most engaged grassroots supporters to rush an emergency contribution ahead of this …

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 25, 2022 at 9:46 PM

The loss of Roe is only the beginning

Friend, The U.S. Supreme Court just stripped women of their freedom to make their own private and personal healthcare decisions – and they handed that power to the government. American women no longer have the same control over their bodies as American men. Forgive me for …

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 24, 2022 at 4:42 PM

The conservative-controlled Supreme Court just abandoned our civil rights

What just happened is sickening. Unconscionable. Friend, six conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices just betrayed their own promised commitment to legal precedent and eviscerated the freedom of women to make their own healthcare decisions. The Court’s decision is an endorse…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 23, 2022 at 9:31 PM

Big Oil's price gouging must stop

Friend, Try to wrap your head around this number: $35 billion – the amount of profit the top five oil companies hauled in during the first few months of this year. Compared to the same time last year, Big Oil’s profits have not merely doubled or tripled – they have quadrupled. We…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 18, 2022 at 6:16 PM

Humbly asking for your help to protect Democratic Senate control

Friend, Today, I’m making a simple yet important request: a $5 donation. One donation may not sound like a lot, but I promise: It could make all the difference in our fight to keep this seat blue and protect Democratic control of the Senate. When people like you step up by th…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 15, 2022 at 10:15 PM

Not what I expected

I hope you’ll forgive me for being so frank, but a report from my finance team left me feeling worried: We’re still $4,925 short of what we need to raise before our crucial mid-month fundraising deadline. Friend, I am respectfully asking for your donation to get us back on tr…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 14, 2022 at 8:48 PM

Fwd: Coming to you for feedback

Friend, I had to make sure you didn’t miss the campaign strategy survey I sent you. The election is in full swing, and we’re facing a Republican Party intent on wrestling back Senate control to pass an extreme agenda – Mitch McConnell has even said he is open to a federal abortion ban. I will f…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 12, 2022 at 6:19 PM

Put up or shut up

Friend, For decades, Republicans have stood on the sidelines – resolved to inaction – as countless Americans were killed by gun violence. This year, the national numbers of victims from this devastation are on track to break records. And yet the Republicans continue to defend…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 10, 2022 at 3:14 PM

The public hearings into Jan. 6 have begun

Friend, The January 6 investigative committee just held its first public hearing, laying out a damning case against Donald Trump for inciting a riot to stop the peaceful constitutional transfer of power to Joe Biden, the duly elected president. The evidence so far paints a cl…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 8, 2022 at 8:16 PM

Coming directly to you seeking feedback

Friend, The days and weeks ahead will be critical for the future of our country: Any day now, the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, setting reproductive freedom back decades. Serious talks – with Republican participation – are finally underway in the Sen…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

June 4, 2022 at 5:17 PM

Democratic efforts to protect reproductive rights

Friend, Extremist Republican abortion bans – and the U.S. Supreme Court’s indication it will overturn Roe v. Wade – aren’t simply attacks on abortion and women’s healthcare more broadly. They are attacks on fundamental human rights and individual liberty. We have to fight the…

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  Max Glass · [email protected]

May 31, 2022 at 10:17 PM

Fwd: Did you see Sen. Blumenthal's urgent email?

Friend, with just hours left before tonight’s end-of-month fundraising deadline, I need to follow up on Sen. Blumenthal’s urgent message below. The GOP is going all in to flip this seat red and deliver Senate control back to Mitch McConnell, but we’re still $1,033 short of what we need to k…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

May 31, 2022 at 3:17 PM

There's too much at stake to fall short

Friend, if even one seat flips red in November, the GOP will regain Senate control – which is why Mitch McConnell and his allies are watching my campaign closely for any sign of vulnerability. But before I continue, I want to take a moment to share how grateful I am for your c…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

May 29, 2022 at 5:18 PM

Zero margin for error

Friend, my campaign is close to ending May with a $4,147 shortfall – which is why I must ask you for $5. Senate Republicans just failed the American people, again. First, let me say this: I’m so grateful to count you as a member of this grassroots team. When people like you t…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

May 28, 2022 at 6:19 PM

Can't let this happen

Forgive my bluntness, but I need to cut right to the chase: We still haven’t raised the $10,000 we need to hit our end-of-month fundraising goal, and I’m counting on your donation to get us back on track. As one of this team’s most engaged grassroots supporters, you know the s…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

May 27, 2022 at 6:34 PM

Inaction is complicity

Friend, I have a message for my colleagues in Congress: If the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, doesn't crystalize your sense of obligation to take action, then you are, in effect, putting guns above children. Columbine. Virginia Tech. Aurora. Sandy Hook. Charleston. Orlando. Las Veg…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

May 23, 2022 at 10:48 PM

Fwd: Grand jury investigation into Trump

Friend: My last email (below) was too important not to move to the top of your inbox. New reporting suggests that a grand jury investigation is now underway into Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified information. These allegations are in addition to what we already know about his shady busin…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

May 21, 2022 at 3:20 PM

Subpoenaed: Kevin McCarthy

Friend, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has been subpoenaed. Even after leaked audio footage of Kevin McCarthy saying Donald Trump should consider resigning in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack, McCarthy has refused to cooperate voluntarily with the bip…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

May 19, 2022 at 12:54 AM

Grand jury investigation into Trump

Friend, There’s been yet another major development in the criminal case against Donald Trump: According to a New York Times report, a federal grand jury investigation into the disgraced former president’s mishandling of classified information is now underway. After incitin…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

May 11, 2022 at 9:04 PM

We must protect control of the Senate to prevent a federal abortion ban.

Friend, Senate Republicans just failed the American people, again. They just blocked passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act – legislation I co-authored and am lead sponsor to, designed to enshrine the fundamental human right of healthcare into federal law for all Amer…

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  Team Blumenthal · [email protected]

May 8, 2022 at 6:35 PM

Breaking: the GOP convention is over

The Republican convention here in Connecticut just wrapped up – and the right-wing extremism that’s taken root in the GOP across the country was on full display. Republicans here and across the country are trying not only to move us backward, but propel a twisted ideology that…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

May 7, 2022 at 12:02 AM

Proud to accept your nomination

Friend, I just walked off the floor of the Connecticut Democratic Party convention, where I was proud to accept the party’s nomination for re-election to the U.S. Senate. Democrats can’t take a single seat for granted this year – if we do, we’ll hand the Senate right back to …

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

May 3, 2022 at 8:53 PM

We must harness this anger, take action, and protect the right to choose

Friend, Last night, we learned that the U.S. Supreme Court – thanks to its conservative majority cemented by Donald Trump – has reportedly voted to overturn abortion rights in this country. The protections of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey could soon be…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

April 30, 2022 at 6:18 PM

Much more than numbers on a page

Friend, my campaign is about to close the books on April with a $5,271 shortfall. Let me begin with this: I’m so grateful for your continued support. You always step up when I need you most. But please take this to heart: Now that Republican attacks against me are ramping u…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

April 28, 2022 at 8:58 PM

Your name was on this list (counting on your help)

Friend, forgive me for being blunt but I’m facing a $6,821 shortfall ahead of this major end-of-month fundraising deadline. My team pulled a list of our campaign’s most engaged supporters to receive this note, and it included you. Here’s the reality: I’m counting on your don…

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  Rev. Warnock · [email protected]

April 27, 2022 at 10:33 PM

I'll get straight to it

This is important, Friend, so I’ll get straight to it: Donald Trump just came to Georgia for the second time in six months to rally the GOP base for my potential opponent, Herschel Walker (R). They know Senate control could be decided by our race, so they're pulling out all the sto…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

April 27, 2022 at 12:31 AM

Re: shocking new insurrection tapes

Newly released tapes from reporters at the New York Times just exposed the true feelings of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the immediate wake of the insurrection: "I’ve had it with this guy [Trump]. What he did is unacceptable. Nobody can defend that, and nobody sho…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

April 24, 2022 at 5:44 PM

Re: Need your feedback on this

Friend, I’m following up to make sure you saw the survey I sent around. Now that we’re officially in the full swing of the election year our campaign is scaling up our operation, which is why I need all hands on deck. However, I’m still looking for another 47 members of this grassroots team to…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

April 23, 2022 at 3:13 PM

New abortion ban signed by Ron DeSantis (R-FL)

Friend, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida just signed a sickening near-total ban on abortion into law in his state. It’s just the latest in a string of radical attacks on reproductive rights being waged by the GOP across the country. This year alone, nearly 90 bills have been …

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

April 21, 2022 at 8:15 PM

re: GOP hypocrisy on Ukraine

Friend, This November, the American people will have a choice: vote in favor of upholding our democracy, or vote in favor of the GOP extremists working to undermine it – extremists like Sen. Josh Hawley. My friend, Sen. Brian Schatz, recently made news for calling out Sen. …

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

April 18, 2022 at 8:18 PM

Future Biden nominations all depend on protecting this seat

Friend: It’s impossible to overstate what a privilege it was watching Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson make history as the first Black woman to be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court. From the brilliance and perseverance she displayed in front of the Senate Committee on the Judi…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

April 14, 2022 at 10:14 PM

Need your feedback on this

Friend, I was proud to cast a vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the highest court in our land. Her brilliance, perseverance, unwavering commitment to the law, and deep understanding of the justice system's impact on people’s lives will all make her a superb…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

April 8, 2022 at 9:19 PM

7 hours and 37 minutes

Seven hours and 37 minutes: That’s how much of Donald Trump’s phone call time is unaccounted for on the day of Jan. 6, 2021, according to a new report from Bob Woodward at The Washington Post. This could be an enormous turning point in the investigation into Trump’s wrongdoing – and potential…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

April 2, 2022 at 8:45 PM

MAJOR update on Donald Trump criminal charges

Friend, A federal judge has ruled it was “more likely than not” that former president Donald Trump violated the law and “corruptly attempted to obstruct” Congress when he incited an insurrection on our Capitol and tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The …

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

March 31, 2022 at 11:17 PM

Fwd: official deadline approaching

Friend: I hope you didn’t miss my message below. With extreme Trump loyalists challenging me in this race – hoping to dismantle Democrats’ control of the Senate and hand the chamber back to Mitch McConnell – donations are pouring in to keep this seat in Democratic hands. I’m now just $2,332 sho…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

March 30, 2022 at 9:22 PM

My first official FEC deadline of the election year

Friend, my campaign is coming up on the first official FEC fundraising deadline of the election year. Republicans only need to flip one seat to take back control of the Senate, so Mitch McConnell and his allies will be watching us closely for any sign of vulnerability – and…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

March 29, 2022 at 9:45 PM

I had to reach out about this personally

Friend, I’m personally reaching out to my most engaged supporters (including you) with an urgent update: My finance team just let me know we’re still short of our fundraising goal for this quarter. This means that – in a matter of hours – we might have to close the books an…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

March 26, 2022 at 8:44 PM

This week was truly historic

Historic. It’s a word often overused in Congress, Friend, but this week truly merits it. During her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson gave the most skillful, insightful, and candid responses that I’ve seen in my close to 12 years in the Senate.…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

March 22, 2022 at 10:24 PM

Judge Jackson's historic confirmation hearing is underway

Friend, This week, my colleagues and I on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary began our confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson – the first, critical step to ensuring this brilliant and historic jurist is confirmed to the bench of our nation’s highest court. Wh…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

March 16, 2022 at 9:25 PM

BREAKING: New Trump ally under scrutiny

Friend, Few people did more to promote Donald Trump’s lies about voter fraud in the 2020 election than Mark Meadows, Trump’s chief of staff. Now it appears that Meadows’ participation in this effort was not just dishonest – it was also ripe with hypocrisy. The New York Time…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

March 13, 2022 at 8:45 PM

Mark Kelly needs our support

Friend, Mark Kelly is in urgent need of your support. Polling averages show him virtually tied with his likely Republican opponent, and Donald Trump is rallying supporters to defeat him by saying: “Taking back America begins with kicking Mark Kelly the hell out of the Unite…

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  Richard Blumenthal · [email protected]

March 11, 2022 at 3:18 PM

Fwd: I noticed your input is missing

Friend, I’m following up to make sure you saw the survey I sent around on Wednesday. Now that we’re officially in the full swing of the election year, our campaign is scaling up our operation, which is why I need all hands on deck. However, I’m still looking for another 34 members of this gra…

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