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  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
May 9, 2020 at 5:19 PM

our gun safety virtual event starts in less than one hour, RSVP here »»

Our gun safety video chat could not come at a more critical time.     John -- I'm really looking forward to our gun safety video chat event today at 2PM Eastern with Parkland Dad Fred Guttenberg and Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts. With all of this week's news, it could not…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
May 9, 2020 at 1:53 AM

a critical time for a gun safety conversation in America

Our gun safety video chat tomorrow could not come at a more critical time.     John -- I'm really looking forward to our gun safety video chat event tomorrow afternoon with Parkland Dad Fred Guttenberg and Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts. With this week's news, it could not…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
May 8, 2020 at 12:05 AM

John -- Will you join our gun safety video chat?

RSVP now to secure your spot, we can only fit 500 folks on the video call >>     John -- I hope you saw Fred Guttenberg's email about our gun safety video chat event on Saturday afternoon. And I hope you'll consider RSVP'ing and attending at 2pm Eastern -- I would love to see y…
  Fred Guttenberg, Parkland Dad · [email protected]
May 7, 2020 at 12:56 AM

RSVP Now for our gun safety video chat w/ Lucy » Saturday at 2pm eastern

RSVP now to secure your spot, we can only fit 500 folks on the event >>       John -- I’ve emailed a few times before on Lucy’s behalf, so you may remember me. I’m a gun safety activist, a “father on a mission,” and a member of the same club Lucy McBath is in -…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 11:51 PM

Karen Handel doubles down

She's claiming victory in November already -- we've got to show her she's wrong.   John -- my opponent Karen Handel just doubled down on her claim that she's going to win in November:     She sure sounds confident, doesn't she? It must be because she knows that n…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 12:09 AM

Karen Handel is confident she can defeat me

At her debate today, Handel consistently said she's the best candidate to beat me in November.   John, Today, Karen Handel participated in the (virtual) Loudermilk Press Club debate for the upcoming Republican Primary in Georgia's 6th District in which she is the favorite. Based on…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
May 3, 2020 at 4:50 PM

LIVE STREAM now: Stacey Abrams Video Event Re-Broadcast @ 1pm Eastern

video goes live at 1pm! John -- Just in case you missed it last weekend, we're re-broadcasting our video chat event with Stacey Abrams at 1PM Eastern today!   WATCH HERE AT 1PM EASTERN ⇨   Here's the Actblue form where we'll be rebroadcasting the event at 1pm today. (You c…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
May 2, 2020 at 7:22 PM

ICYMI -- video chat with Stacey Abrams, re-broadcast Sunday at 1pm

RSVP now >>   John -- in case you missed it last weekend, you're in luck! Due to popular demand, we're planning to re-broadcast our April 25th video chat event with Stacey Abrams tomorrow at 1pm Eastern Time. So mark your calendars — and signup at the link below to receive th…
  Lucy · [email protected]
April 30, 2020 at 11:59 PM

these times are not easy

Sometimes it feels like we have a “leadership vacuum” coming from the top in Washington   John, I’m sure because it’s the last day of the month you were expecting another fundraising email here. And I will ask you for a grassroots donation before this is over because we need all the…
  Liz Post, Finance Director · [email protected]
April 29, 2020 at 10:58 PM

stacking the attacks on Lucy up

Republicans are banking on these shameful and untrue attacks working to defeat Lucy in November   John, We’re not trying to dramatize this. We aren’t exaggerating or boasting. We’re showing you this because we want to drive this point home: Lucy McBath might be the single most attac…
  Jake Orvis, Campaign Manager · [email protected]
April 28, 2020 at 11:31 PM

campaign update from April for John

Karen Handel released a poll showing her up on us by two full points   John, Clearly, this was a critical month for keeping Lucy in Congress. While all of us are adapting to a new normal, we moved all of our business to virtual.  It was a month where our opponent Karen Handel rele…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
April 24, 2020 at 6:41 PM

Karen Handel points her Twitter attacks at Stacey Abrams and me

RSVP now >>   John -- As the kids are saying these days... SMH. (I picked this one up from my campaign staff). It stands for "shaking my head" -- which is exactly what I did when I saw our Republican opponent Karen Handel's latest social media post about our video chat event t…
  Stacey Abrams and Lucy McBath · [email protected]
April 23, 2020 at 11:49 PM

you're invited -- video chat with us on Saturday?

RSVP now >>   John -- are you ready to video chat with us on Saturday in less than 48 hours?   We're sending out the link for Saturday's virtual event tomorrow afternoon -- so make sure you're signed up by using this RSVP form (a donation of $5 or $10 to su…
  Stacey Abrams · [email protected]
April 22, 2020 at 7:12 PM

You're invited to join me and Lucy for a video chat at 1pm on Saturday

RSVP now >>       John --   We find ourselves living in a new world due to COVID-19, and it is exposing some hard truths for Americans about our politics: Essential workers have always been essential -- and they deserve better pay and benefits.  VOTER SUPPRESS…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
April 21, 2020 at 1:09 AM

long email about columbine (please read)

today's a day that I mark with feelings of empathy, and of course -- frustration   John, Ever since my son was killed in 2012 as a 17-year-old high school student, school shootings hit me particularly hard. In fact, Parkland and the lack of a federal response was the catalyst that …
  Lucy McBath (iPhone) · [email protected]
April 19, 2020 at 12:15 PM

(no subject)

John, Since you’re one of my most important supporters, I wanted to send you a quick update about our re-election campaign.  If you missed my past few emails, here’s the bad news first: My opponent Karen Handel is claiming she is building momentum. She announced a new fundraising h…
  Team Lucy · [email protected]
April 18, 2020 at 1:33 PM

FWD: [campaign update] new poll

there's a new poll of our race, and I'm down by 2 points   John -- did you see Lucy's poll alert email yesterday? Bad news: Karen Handel just put out a poll saying we’re down TWO POINTS! But there’s some good news here: We can hold on to this seat if we dig deep and co…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
April 17, 2020 at 4:13 PM

[campaign update] new poll

there's a new poll of our race, and I'm down by 2 points   John -- Our opponent Karen Handel just released a poll of our re-election race in 2020. As expected, it’s showing that our race is going to be close.    John -- I know so much is up in the air right now, but one…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
April 16, 2020 at 11:29 PM

remembering Virginia Tech

It shouldn't take us closing schools to stop school shootings.   John --   As America gradually began self-isolating, quarantining, and social distancing throughout March -- it had one unintended impact: March 2020 was the first March in America since 2002 with no school shootings …
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
April 16, 2020 at 3:09 PM

FWD: Postal Service could end by September, slow delivery by June

Without our help, John, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is in serious trouble. John -- we have to save the U.S. Postal Service! President Trump is threatening to let it go bankrupt, and to keep urgent USPS assistance out of the next phase of relief funding we will be passing…
  [action required] help us save USPS · [email protected]
April 15, 2020 at 9:41 PM

Postal Service could end by September, slow delivery by June

Without our help, John, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is in serious trouble. Without our help, John, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is in serious trouble.  Due to the effects of this pandemic and a sharp decline in volume of mail and packages, the USPS is set to “r…
  Lucy McBath Campaign HQ · [email protected]
April 14, 2020 at 1:03 AM

Trump just retweeted what?

President Trump singles out GA-06   In between promoting calls to fire Dr. Fauci and attacking Joe Biden to celebrate Easter on his Twitter feed, President Trump made time to amplify a tweet about flipping our district red in 2020 to his 76 million followers:    There's…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
April 12, 2020 at 2:34 PM

the Easter story

Usually on this day, we're in church admiring the lillies, checking out the hats, and listening to the sermon. John -- Like any other holiday, I have so many memories of my son Jordan tied to Easter Sunday. We'd get dressed up, go to church for the service, and have a big meal with f…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
April 11, 2020 at 12:43 PM

an AR-15 giveaway?

Just when you think you've seen everything...   Just when you think you've seen every headline in the gun safety world... A Republican congressional candidate just a few miles away from our district goes and does this:   First -- This is absolutely nuts.  Second, it und…
  Lucy McBath Campaign HQ · [email protected]
April 10, 2020 at 11:02 PM

FWD: Republicans reserve $3.2 million of air time to spread lies about me

They just bought more in ads than I've raised for re-election!   Real quick, John -- we wanted to make sure you saw Lucy's email from yesterday, copied below.   The leading Republican Congressional Super PAC just dumped $3.2 million of dark money into our race to attack Lucy -- that…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
April 10, 2020 at 12:23 AM

Republicans reserve $3.2 million of air time to spread lies about me

They just bought more in ads than I've raised for re-election!   John -- This is a bad sign: Republicans just reserved $3.2 million worth of TV air time in Atlanta. And it’s the SAME GROUP that just attacked me for “wanting to release supermax prisoners and murderers” last week! Yo…
  Jake Orvis, Lucy McBath for Congress · [email protected]
April 9, 2020 at 2:12 AM

voter suppression at the highest levels

Republican support of voter suppression goes straight to the top with President Trump. John -- I'm working late to get this email out, because this is important. The furor over voting by mail in light of COVID-19 might be the most hypocritical thing I've ever seen in my time in politi…
  Lucy McBath Campaign HQ · [email protected]
April 7, 2020 at 6:39 PM

oh come on, Wisconsin...

Voting by mail is more important than ever during COVID-19, sign on if you agree... John -- Really quickly: What in the world is happening in Wisconsin today? After the Republican controlled State Supreme Court overrulled the Democratic Governor last night, Wisconsin is still holding…
  Team Lucy · [email protected]
April 6, 2020 at 4:01 PM

Will you help us thank Dr. Fauci, John?

Will you join us in thanking a true leader in Washington? John -- over the last month, we’ve looked to one person in Washington to educate Americans on the collective response we need to save as many lives as possible in the face of this pandemic: Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National In…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
April 5, 2020 at 5:03 PM

we need to be able to vote by mail in 2020

We still need to make sure every registered voter can participate in 2020, sign my petition if you agree. If you believe that we should make sure COVID-19 won’t harm our elections and impact American’s ability to vote, please join me and sign my petition in favor of expanding voting b…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
April 2, 2020 at 11:32 PM

they said I wanted to release Super MAX prisoners... WHAT!?

We can’t let Republicans get away with these outright lies! John -- COVID-19 has affected our political reality in so many ways. In many states, our leaders have come together in a bipartisan fashion to help navigate this crisis. Unfortunately, we can’t always say the same about Wash…
  Lucy McBath (iPhone) · [email protected]
March 31, 2020 at 3:07 PM

quick update

With everything going on right now, and our in-person campaigning suspended, digital fundraising has become vital   John -- I have to hop on another video call with our team in a few minutes, but I wanted to quickly check in.  My campaign manager Jake just texted me, and we’re incredib…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
March 30, 2020 at 9:47 PM

leadership without easy answers

The election in November is going to be the most important in our lifetimes John -- What a difference a month makes. When I sit down to write these kinds of emails, I’m usually laser focused on hitting the fundraising goals my campaign manager Jake comes up with for us at the end of …
  Lucy McBath Campaign HQ · [email protected]
March 29, 2020 at 10:46 PM

stop playing partisan games, Karen Handel

Karen Handel spent this week attacking Lucy -- playing partisan games during a pandemic. John -- Jake shared a particularly ridiculous fundraising email from Lucy’s opponent Karen Handel yesterday, where she lobbed partisan attacks against Lucy at exactly the wrong time. We hoped thi…
  Jake Orvis, Lucy McBath for Congress · [email protected]
March 29, 2020 at 1:06 AM

Shame on Karen Handel

We can’t let Republicans get away with these outright lies! John -- Last week, national Republicans accused Lucy of “putting politics over everything… even saving lives.” That smear is maddening! Imagine saying that about a fearless gun safety advocate whose son lost his life to gun …
  Lucy McBath Campaign HQ · [email protected]
March 27, 2020 at 7:15 PM

last chance to RSVP: video chat with Lucy tomorrow

Are you interested in a videochat with Lucy? John -- are you ready to video chat with Lucy tomorrow?     We're sending out the link for tomorrow's virtual event later this afternoon -- so make sure you're signed up by using this RSVP form (a grassroots donation to support …
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
March 25, 2020 at 10:45 PM

video chat on saturday?

Are you interested in a videochat with me on Saturday? John -- The last few weeks have certainly been unpredictable -- to say the least. I hope that you and your family are staying healthy and safe. Our campaign has had to make some quick changes too -- we’ve had to suspend all events…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
March 25, 2020 at 12:56 AM

i'm furious

We are in the middle of a pandemic, and national Republicans are trying to score “political campaign points.” John, Making sure you saw my email yesterday (copied below). It looks like national Republicans saw it as well, because they’ve stepped up their attacks on me… And they contin…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
March 23, 2020 at 11:22 PM

national Republicans are playing politics during a pandemic -- it’s horrifying

We are in the middle of a pandemic, and National Republicans are trying to score “political campaign points.” John -- this latest attack on me is truly outrageous. We are in the middle of a pandemic, and National Republicans are trying to score “political campaign points.” It’s horrif…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
March 19, 2020 at 11:45 PM

this is affecting all of us

There are members of Congress that have been diagnosed with COVID-19... John, I wanted to give you an update of what these last few days have looked like -- it’s certainly not the normal routine, as I’m sure is the same for all of you out there. I’ve transformed my house into a “comma…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
March 19, 2020 at 1:09 AM

how are you feeling right now?

I wanted to check in with you, John. John, First off -- I hope everyone reading is healthy and safe, and staying up to date on guidance from their local authorities. I wanted to check in with you, John. A lot of folks have been feeling anxious lately. Anxious about how this will all p…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
March 16, 2020 at 10:16 PM

update on coronavirus and our response in Congress

I wanted to give you an update on what I'm doing to help protect our families from coronavirus. John -- I wanted to give you an update on what I’m doing to help protect our families from coronavirus. I hope you and your family are taking proper precautions and staying up to date with …
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
March 11, 2020 at 2:30 PM

update on coronavirus

With 22 cases of presumed or confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus) now in Georgia, the state is on high alert. John -- With 22 cases of presumed or confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus) now in Georgia, the state is on high alert. Thankfully, we are lucky to have some of the world’s smartest ex…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
March 7, 2020 at 3:02 PM

55 years after Bloody Sunday

We still need to make progress on voting rights, sign my petition if you agree. John, Today is the 55th Anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when Rep. John Lewis and a group of Civil Rights Heroes were beaten bloody on national TV by the Alabama State Police on the Pettus Bridge in Selma -…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
March 6, 2020 at 4:31 PM

McBath vs. Handel (round 2) is officially on the ballot

We're officially on the ballot in 2020. John --  Big news! This week, I was able to officially qualify for the ballot in 2020. A group of close supporters came to rally at the Capitol as I submitted the paperwork to make it official:   Unsurprisingly, my 2018 opponent forme…
  Team Lucy · [email protected]
March 5, 2020 at 12:11 AM

FWD: Super Tuesday -- 8 months to go

Less than 8 months to go until election day 2020 -- can Lucy earn your recurring support? John --  We just wanted to bump Lucy's Super Tuesday email (copied below). If yesterday's election returns showed us anything, it's that you never know what can happen when voters go to the polls…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
March 4, 2020 at 3:03 AM

Super Tuesday -- 8 months to go

There are 8 months to go until election day 2020 -- can I earn your recurring support? John --  Happy Super Tuesday! While there aren't any elections in Georgia today, I know many are voting around the country.  I still wanted to reach out while the first votes are being counted to as…
  Lucy McBath · [email protected]
March 3, 2020 at 3:22 AM

thank you, John

I just wanted to reach out to thank you. John --  I just wanted to reach out to let you know we reached our end of month fundraising goal! We are in a great place to continue to push for more wins for our gun safety movement in Congress.  This movement is built on door steps, in mee…
  Julianne Moore · [email protected]
March 1, 2020 at 1:46 AM

are you in this fight with us?

Lucy's story is powerful, and I know about the power of a good story. Rep. Lucy McBath is running for re-election in Georgia's 6th District, in a true "toss-up" seat against her well-funded 2018 opponent former Rep. Karen Handel. If you no longer wish to receive emails you can unsubscr…
  Lucy McBath (personal) · [email protected]
February 29, 2020 at 10:58 PM

update for John

It’s a Saturday but our team is still hard at work, why? Rep. Lucy McBath is running for re-election in Georgia's 6th District, in a true "toss-up" seat against her well-funded 2018 opponent former Rep. Karen Handel. If you no longer wish to receive emails you can unsubscribe here.  …