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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 7, 2022 at 8:33 PM

The New York Times must stop providing a platform for transphobia, and instead amplify trans voices.

Our country’s most influential newspaper has consistently provided a platform for transphobic writers, with devastating consequences. John, The New York Times is putting trans people’s lives at risk. Our country’s most influential newspaper has consistently pr…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 6, 2022 at 6:59 PM

Illegitimate Supreme Court

Extremist right-wing Justices on the Supreme Court are taking away our rights, against the will of the people. John, Our democracy is in great danger. The illegitimate and extremist right-wing Justices on the Supreme Court are taking away our rights, against th…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 4, 2022 at 1:44 PM

Protecting our freedoms

Rally for abortion rights—check out this map to find events near you. John, This July 4th, I celebrate the people across generations who’ve fought for our freedoms and our rights. We are still fighting for liberation for all, part of a long tradition of people r…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 3, 2022 at 3:07 PM

Re: Keep MI a safe state for abortion access

Reproductive Freedom for All ballot initiative would amend MI’s state constitution and protect our rights John, With the Supreme Court overturning our federal rights, Michigan’s 90-year-old law banning abortion could come back into effect at any moment. That’s wh…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 2, 2022 at 2:01 PM

Protect abortion rights in Michigan

Reproductive Freedom for All ballot initiative would amend MI’s state constitution and protect our rights Abortions are legal in Michigan—for now. We have an anti-abortion law on the books from before Roe v. Wade that’s only temporarily blocked and could go…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 30, 2022 at 10:30 PM

When the Super PACs attack, we won’t have any notice.

Thank you for always having my back as we fight, together, for a future that includes all of us. John, Tonight at midnight we close the books on the biggest fundraising deadline before our Democratic primary this summer. When we file our report with the Federal …
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 30, 2022 at 6:32 PM

Our incredible team

Our campaign staff is over 80% people of color, 60% women or non-binary people, about a third LGBTQI+, and about a third 1st or 2nd generation American. John, We are building a multicultural, multiracial, and intergenerational movement for the world that we dese…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
June 30, 2022 at 3:07 PM

Rashida’s community-focused leadership

Rashida ranks in the top 2 of Democratic lawmakers hosting community events with residents. John, Rashida ranks in the top 2 of Democratic lawmakers hosting community events with residents. She’s hosted dozens in the past few months, because staying rooted in h…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 29, 2022 at 6:48 PM

Super PACs are flooding the airwaves in our TV market

We aren’t afraid to stand up to the billionaire bullies and the fascists seeking to rig our economy and control our bodies. John, Across the country, the rich and corporations are swooping into local elections, seeking to control our rights and our democracy. Jus…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
June 28, 2022 at 7:03 PM

We’re up against a growing fascist movement to control and police our bodies.

We’re in the fight for our lives and for our human rights. John, We’re up against a growing fascist movement to control and police our bodies. And we need to fight back. Many of the same states trying to criminalize pregnant people are also trying to criminaliz…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 27, 2022 at 5:30 PM

Re: Transgender and nonbinary people are under attack.

Right-wing backlash particularly endangers Black trans people—who already face the highest rates of discrimination and homelessness among the LGBTQ+ community. John, Queer and trans people expand possibilities for all of us to be our full, authentic selves. But …
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 26, 2022 at 3:55 PM

The National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition

Right-wing backlash particularly endangers Black trans people—who already face the highest rates of discrimination and homelessness among the LGBTQ+ community. John, Transgender and nonbinary people are under attack. Stoking anti-trans violence, policymakers are…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 25, 2022 at 3:34 PM

Re: Devastating. But we’re not done fighting.

Today’s decision by the far-right US Supreme Court, overturning Roe v. Wade, endangers millions of people’s lives, particularly in already-marginalized communities. John, Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision, overturning Roe v. Wade was devastating. But we’re not d…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 24, 2022 at 6:48 PM

Devastating. But we’re not done fighting.

Today’s decision by the far-right US Supreme Court, overturning Roe v. Wade, endangers millions of people’s lives, particularly in already-marginalized communities. JOHN, Today’s decision by the far-right US Supreme Court, overturning Roe v. Wade, endangers milli…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 23, 2022 at 8:10 PM

Labor unions endorsing our campaign

I support striking workers and labor unions because we all deserve to feel safe at work, to make a living wage, and to have essential services like healthcare. John, I support striking workers and labor unions because we all deserve to feel safe at work, to make…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 22, 2022 at 7:44 PM

Big Oil is raising prices in order to rake in record-setting profits.

Hold corporations accountable for rising prices. JOHN, Right now, Big Oil corporations are taking advantage of a global crisis, raising prices in order to rake in record-setting profits. They don't care that this is hurting our families across the country. Inste…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
June 21, 2022 at 8:37 PM

Early Voting: Help Get Out the Vote in Rashida’s re-election campaign

Rashida is combating $1 million of misinformation from a billionaire-funded super PAC. John, Starting today, voting is underway in Rashida’s re-election campaign! We’re up with our first TV ad of the campaign. We have staff and volunteers knocking on doors thr…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 19, 2022 at 3:11 PM

This Juneteenth, the fight for Black liberation continues

Support resolution condemning the Buffalo massacre and the “great replacement theory” John, This Juneteenth, we honor the ongoing fight for Black liberation and safety in the U.S. I want to lift up my colleague Jamaal Bowman’s resolution, which has passed the H…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 18, 2022 at 2:04 PM

Send me and Ilhan Omar back to Congress to keep fighting for you

They’re seeking to replace progressives with Corporate Democrats who will shower them with even more tax cuts. John, Across the country, Super PACs aligned with millionaires and billionaires are spending big in the 2022 primaries. These conservative PACs, aligned…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
June 17, 2022 at 5:18 PM

Re: TV Ad: Help counter $1M of misinformation

With a billionaire-funded Super PAC announcing that it’s spending $1 million to defeat Rashida, we have to get up on the air with TV ads sooner than expected. John, The ad is ready! Now we need to fully fund it to get it on the air this weekend. Because a billi…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
June 16, 2022 at 8:38 PM

TV Ad: Help counter $1M of misinformation

With a billionaire-funded Super PAC announcing that it’s spending $1 million to defeat Rashida, we have to get up on the air with TV ads sooner than expected. John, With a billionaire-funded Super PAC announcing that it’s spending $1 million to defeat Rashida, w…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 15, 2022 at 8:33 PM

Let’s replace all lead pipes in the U.S.

I recently created the Get the Lead Out Caucus in the House of Representatives. John, Water is a human right. But there’s a public health crisis across the country. Millions of people still get their water through lead pipes, which means they’re being exposed t…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 12, 2022 at 2:11 PM

Support trans people during rise in attacks:

Across the country, state legislatures and governors are attacking trans youth. Friend, This month and every month, I am committed to supporting and protecting LGBTQ+ people. And right now we’re in an emergency. Across the country, state legislatures and govern…
  Oscar Arbulu, Rashida for Congress · [email protected]
June 11, 2022 at 5:18 PM

Early voting in Rashida’s re-election starts in just one week!

We're knocking on doors throughout the district. Friend, Early voting in Rashida’s Democratic primary starts in just one week! And, with a new, larger congressional district, our team is working to reach thousands of new voters who haven't yet gotten to know Ras…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 9, 2022 at 7:43 PM

tonight: January 6th hearings

Trump Republicans in office, in the court, and in the media want to take away our rights and freedoms. Friends, Tonight, on primetime national television, the House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack will present new evidence to the American people. Don…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 8, 2022 at 9:00 PM

Kids deserve swift action on solutions to gun violence

Students in my district have come out to hold vigils and urge action following multiple mass shootings. Friend, Following multiple mass shootings, students in my district have come out to hold vigils and urge action to pass gun laws that can save lives. Yesterd…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 4, 2022 at 3:52 PM

Healthcare is a human right

Senator Bernie Sanders just reintroduced Medicare for All legislation in the Senate. Friend, Healthcare is a human right, and no one should go bankrupt or die because they can’t afford it. This pandemic has compounded racial and class disparities that already ex…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 3, 2022 at 6:23 PM

Popular gun safety solutions:

Republicans in office keep blocking popular gun safety policies because they get paid off by the NRA and gun manufacturers. Friend, Today is Gun Violence Awareness Day. Multiple awful mass shootings over the past few weeks and days have made it clear that we mus…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
June 2, 2022 at 6:56 PM

Re: Hedge fund billionaire spending big to defeat Rashida

Just look at this tweet from super PAC spokesperson Bakari Sellers at an AIPAC convention with late GOP mega donor Sheldon Adelson: Friend, A billionaire-funded super PAC is rolling out $1 million in attack ads against Rashida. We must fight back! Check out our…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
June 1, 2022 at 7:08 PM

UPDATE: A hedge fund billionaire is targeting Rashida with misinformation ads

Just look at this tweet from super PAC spokesperson Bakari Sellers at an AIPAC convention with late GOP mega donor Sheldon Adelson: Friend, New details are emerging over the super PAC attacking Rashida and attempting to uplift at least one of her Democratic prim…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
May 29, 2022 at 5:22 PM

Re: A hedge fund billionaire is targeting Rashida with misinformation ads

As we get closer to our primary election in Michigan’s 12th district, the same groups coming after other progressive candidates are also coming for Rashida. Folks, Already, super PACs are spending big to defeat Rashida. Late Friday, we learned that an out-of-st…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
May 28, 2022 at 3:08 PM

A hedge fund billionaire is targeting Rashida with misinformation ads

As we get closer to our primary election in Michigan’s 12th district, the same groups coming after other progressive candidates are also coming for Rashida. Friend, We just learned that a super PAC backed by a hedge fund billionaire is spending at least $1 milli…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
May 27, 2022 at 4:46 PM

Re: AIPAC is buying primary elections

AIPAC and its affiliates are spending millions of dollars to defeat progressives in blue districts. Friend, The powerful lobby group AIPAC and its affiliates have begun flooding congressional primary elections with millions of dollars to defeat progressives thro…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
May 26, 2022 at 7:55 PM

AIPAC is buying primary elections

AIPAC and its affiliates are spending millions of dollars to defeat progressives in blue districts. Friend, Here we go again! Super PACs are trying to buy Democratic elections and taint the process with misinformation. In particular, AIPAC and its affiliates ar…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 25, 2022 at 7:13 PM

devastating shooting in Texas:

As a mom, I am devastated for the mourning families in Texas. Friend, 19 children and 2 teachers. We mourn them and their families, and other survivors traumatized by yesterday’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas at Rodd Elementary School. The attack came nearly 10 y…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 24, 2022 at 7:36 PM

740 votes

Our support allowed Summer Lee’s campaign to contact likely supporters on Election Day in a race that was decided by just 740 votes. Friend, Democrats have a bold agenda to lower out-of-pocket costs for families on everything from healthcare to childcare and more…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 22, 2022 at 3:01 PM

Re: keep Michigan a safe state for abortion access

Reproductive Freedom for All is running an essential ballot initiative campaign to protect abortion rights in Michigan. Friends, In case you missed it, we have an opportunity to keep Michigan a safe state for abortion access. Reproductive Freedom for All’s ballo…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 21, 2022 at 2:53 PM

keep Michigan a safe state for abortion access

Reproductive Freedom for All is running an essential ballot initiative campaign to protect abortion rights in Michigan. Friend, The Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade this summer. Many states are already gearing up to ban abortion, and in Michigan, a 1931 la…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 20, 2022 at 5:44 PM

RE: We must recognize the humanity of the Palestinian people.

In the midst of assassinations and ethnic cleansing from the Israeli government, we must keep growing the movement for Palestinian rights. In the midst of assassinations and ethnic cleansing from the Israeli government, we must keep growing the movement for…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 19, 2022 at 7:18 PM

We must recognize the humanity of the Palestinian people.

In the midst of assassinations and ethnic cleansing from the Israeli government, we must keep growing the movement for Palestinian rights. Friend, You may have heard about the recent assassination of beloved Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Ma…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 18, 2022 at 6:37 PM

[signatures needed] Congress must end the cruel, inhumane, anti-Black, Trump-era policy known as Title 42.

Haitian Flag Day celebrates Black liberation and uprisings against slavery. Friend, Today is Haitian Flag Day, commemorating May 18, 1803, when formerly enslaved people who fought for their freedom created a new flag to celebrate liberation. As the first Black R…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 14, 2022 at 3:05 PM

Governors must protect abortion access

Governors should use every lever of power possible to ensure that pregnant people can access safe abortion care in their states. Friend, With the Supreme Court expected to overturn Roe v. Wade late next month, about half of U.S. states will likely outlaw abortio…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 13, 2022 at 7:49 PM

Abortion funds need our support

Now more than ever, we’ve got to support abortion funds to ensure that people can access abortion care. Friend, Now more than ever, we’ve got to support abortion funds to ensure that people can access abortion care.   The Michigan WIN Fund helps cover the cost …
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 12, 2022 at 5:47 PM

This Saturday, join a rally near you for abortion rights

Rally in your community this Saturday, May 14, for the Bans Off Our Bodies Day of Action for Abortion Rights. Friend, Yesterday, I led chants of “my body, my decision” with a group of House Democrats who walked to the Senate demanding Senators vote to uphold our…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 11, 2022 at 4:01 PM

Next week’s primary elections:

Let me tell you why I am endorsing Summer Lee. Friend, I’m proud to endorse Summer Lee for Congress in PA-12. Her primary election is next Tuesday, and now is the time to expand our progressive power in Congress. We need Summer Lee in Congress to pass landmark…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 9, 2022 at 6:28 PM

Expand. The. Court

Congress will only act when millions of people across the country demand change. Tell Congress: “Pass the Judiciary Act of 2021 to restore balance and expand the Supreme Court!” ADD YOUR NAME Friend, For decades, abortion rights have hung…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 8, 2022 at 3:05 PM

Re: You can free Black mamas for Mother’s Day

The Michigan Black Mama’s Day coalition is raising funds to free Black mothers from cages so they can go home to their family for Mother’s Day and beyond. Friend, Happy Mother’s Day! We’ve got one quick and powerful way you can celebrate and honor mothers today.…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 7, 2022 at 3:23 PM

You can free Black mamas for Mother’s Day

The Michigan Black Mama’s Day coalition is raising funds to free Black mothers from cages so they can go home to their family for Mother’s Day and beyond. Friend, The Michigan Black Mama’s Day coalition is raising funds to free Black mothers from cages so they ca…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 5, 2022 at 4:45 PM

building the progressive power we need to fight back

Friend, This week, I’ve joined protests in response to the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. We must continue to fight back at all levels, within our communities and beyond. I will keep fighting in Congress to keep abortion legal and to ensur…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
May 4, 2022 at 8:39 PM

Sign now to demand the Senate protect abortion rights

We have a bill in Congress that would enshrine abortion rights into law. It’s time for the Senate to pass it. Friend, After a leaked draft document showed the majority of Supreme Court justices plan to overturn Roe v. Wade, people rallied across the country in …