Dear fellow MoveOn member,
26 million Americans are unemployed right now.1 925,758 are sick or have been sick with COVID-19.2 And health care workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic are dying because they don't have masks, gowns, gloves, and other protective equipment.
This breaks my heart. And it terrifies me—even as a lifelong optimist. I'm terrified that as bad as things are now, if Donald Trump is re-elected in November, things will get even worse, and our country might not bounce back from it quickly. Maybe not even in my lifetime, or yours.
Which is why losing the election in November is NOT AN OPTION.
Fortunately, we have MoveOn. The MoveOn team recently updated me on MoveOn's 2020 elections program, and I believe it will be an absolutely crucial part of the fight to defeat Trump, end GOP control of the Senate, and begin the work to rebuild our country, both from the coronavirus crisis and from Trump and the GOP's leadership.
MoveOn's 2020 elections program is shaping up to be the biggest, boldest election programs in MoveOn's 22-year history, and it's exactly what's needed, given the unprecedented threats we face. So if you are fortunate enough to be physically and financially healthy in these tough times, then I hope you will support MoveOn today.
MoveOn hit the ground running at the beginning of this year with its plan to defeat Trump. MoveOn's big push right now is launching hard-hitting ads on Hulu and other streaming services designed to hold Trump accountable for his disastrous coronavirus response, drive down his popularity by telling American people the truth about his actions, and ensure he's defeated this fall. And efforts like this ad campaign are helping to make a real difference. In the last four weeks, Trump's approval rating on his handling of the crisis has flipped from a majority approve to over 50% disapprove.3
We need to keep these ads on the air for as long as it takes for the message to sink in. And that's just one element of the biggest, boldest election program in MoveOn's 22-year history.
With your help, MoveOn will:
- Work to defeat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and flip control of the Senate. The New York Times reports that "it's looking increasingly likely that tens of millions of Americans will in fact suffer extreme hardship and that there will be devastating cuts in services. Why? The answer mainly boils down to two words: 'Mitch McConnell.'"4 McConnell is blocking aid to states that are reeling because of the coronavirus, effectively telling them to drop dead. To remove McConnell and his do-nothing Republican majority from office, MoveOn is getting to work in Maine, Colorado, Kentucky, Alabama, North Carolina, Montana, and Georgia—states which will not tip the presidential election but have crucial races for control of the Senate. At the same time, MoveOn can't afford to pull any resources out of the critical presidential swing states needed to defeat Trump: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, North Carolina, and Arizona. Doing both of these broad campaigns is an enormous undertaking, which is why your support for MoveOn is so crucial.
- Fight to protect and secure the right to vote. A second, and worse, wave of coronavirus infections is expected in the fall.5 Election Day falls during this period, and voting from home by mail will be crucial. MoveOn is working overtime to ensure that voters can register online, stop states from purging their voter rolls, and expand early voting to help prevent overcrowding and promote physical distancing. All that work is on top of MoveOn's ongoing effort to stop existing voter suppression tactics—like shameful voter ID laws that disproportionately target young voters and voters of color.
- Engage seven million "high potential" voters across ten critical battleground states. MoveOn has identified millions of voters who lean progressive but who are often ignored by candidates and campaigns, along with a vast group of new voters who have become eligible to vote since the last election. MoveOn is using innovative digital tools to connect with and inspire these voters to cast a ballot this year—and if even a fraction of these voters turn out in the must-win swing states, Democrats will win the White House.
- Push for the biggest, boldest progressive agenda since the New Deal. MoveOn will make sure that candidates in races from local government to the president push for the most progressive policies in 100 years: policies like Medicare for All, universal basic income, debt-free college, and more. The coronavirus pandemic has shown that policies like these are absolutely necessary to enable people to stay home—and restore our economy when it's safe to start it up again.
Will you chip in $3 to support MoveOn's monumental push to defeat Donald Trump and end GOP control of the Senate in November?
No organization in America has a better track record of success in developing cutting-edge strategies to get out the vote and win elections than MoveOn.
But the truth is that winning requires all of us to pitch in.
In 2018, MoveOn's elections program, powered by millions of us, helped end Republican control of the House of Representatives. Now, it's time to run an even bigger program to defeat Trump and end Republican control of the Senate.
If you're in a position to help out right now, then can you make a modest donation today?
Thanks for all you do.
–Robert Reich
Sources:
1. "26 million US unemployed, 265 million worldwide at risk of hunger: Thursday's coronavirus news," Vox, April 23, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/120721?t=5&akid=262531%2E10220574%2Ee7Le55
2. "Coronavirus Cases," Worldometer, accessed April 24, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/119627?t=7&akid=262531%2E10220574%2Ee7Le55
3. "Public Approval of President Trump's Handling of the Coronavirus," RealClearPolitics, accessed April 24, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/120708?t=9&akid=262531%2E10220574%2Ee7Le55
4. "McConnell to Every State: Drop Dead," The New York Times, April 23, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/120718?t=11&akid=262531%2E10220574%2Ee7Le55
5. "CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus is likely to be even more devastating," The Washington Post, April 21, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/120064?t=13&akid=262531%2E10220574%2Ee7Le55
Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your support, now more than ever. Will you stand with us?
Click here to chip in $3, or whatever you can afford.
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