Dear MoveOn member,
The more we learn about Amy Coney Barrett, the more terrifying the future looks—if Democrats fail to win control of the Senate in just 16 days.
Trump's Supreme Court nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the legacy of Roe v. Wade "barbaric."1
She denounced the high court's past rulings upholding the Affordable Care Act—just as the Supreme Court is poised to hear the GOP's latest case seeking to strike down the law.2
And during her confirmation hearings this week, she refused to acknowledge that climate change is real, that voter suppression is illegal under federal law, that the president doesn't have the unilateral authority to delay elections, and much more.3
Just 48 years old, Barrett could usher in a radical conservative era in America for decades to come, and progressives would have few tools to fight back—unless Democrats flip the Senate in November.
Control of the Senate is on a knife's edge, and we have to do everything in our power to ensure we win not just the White House but a majority in the Senate on November 3. That's why MoveOn is doubling down on our multimillion-dollar Senate ad campaign in the critical states of Arizona, Maine, and South Carolina—and now expanding to Georgia—to turn out the vote among Democratic-leaning voters who are typically ignored by the Establishment.
But this TV, digital, radio, and streaming ad campaign is funded entirely by donations from MoveOn members, and our ability to keep the ads up, run them during prime time, and make sure that the right voters see them is entirely up to members like you. Will you chip in $3 a week to help power MoveOn's closing argument in these critical Senate battleground states? (MoveOn will bill your weekly donation to your credit card once a month starting today and will contact you shortly after the election to see if you want to modify or cancel your weekly donation.)
No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
MoveOn's data analytics team meticulously tested dozens of different ads to determine which messages have the strongest impact on motivating our target audiences—high-potential voters, including young people and people of color—to get out and vote. Our ads are based on this research and are tailor-made to turn out the vote among these Democratic-leaning voters who are often ignored by the Establishment.
Our massive ad blitz will help bring these key voters to the polls and push Senate Democratic candidates over the top in very tight races.
But with only 16 days left before voting ends, we need your help to expand this work to Georgia and keep the ads running in the other critical Senate battleground states. Will you chip in $3 a week to power our massive ad campaign to flip the Senate? (MoveOn will bill your weekly donation to your credit card once a month starting today and will contact you shortly after the election to see if you want to modify or cancel your weekly donation.)
No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
The goal of our ads is to defeat Senators Susan Collins, Martha McSally, Lindsey Graham, and Kelly Loeffler—and that goal could not be more important. Because not only will that flip control of the Senate to Democrats, it will also sweep out four of the worst Republican senators in recent memory.
In Arizona, Martha McSally lost her 2018 Senate run, only to be appointed weeks later by the state's Republican governor.4 Since then, she has voted with Trump 95% of the time, including supporting his despicable, inhumane policies toward immigrants and refugees, refusing disaster aid to American citizens in Puerto Rico, and repealing clean-air regulations by the EPA.5
She is trailing Democrat Mark Kelly, but their race is tightening, and we need to do everything we can to win.6 Our ads are aimed at inspiring the large Latinx population in Arizona to vote for Kelly and Joe Biden.
Similarly in Georgia, Kelly Loeffler is also serving as an appointed member of the Senate, and in her entire time in office she has never once voted against Trump's wishes.7 Additionally, Loeffler—the richest member of the Senate—is under fire for dumping millions of dollars in stock after a closed-door meeting about the coronavirus in January, months before the public was aware of the risks from the pandemic.8
MoveOn members in Georgia have just endorsed civil rights leader Reverend Raphael Warnock, the pastor at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, who is tied in a tight race with Loeffler.9 Our ads will be focused on turning out young people and people of color across Georgia for Rev. Warnock.
Just a few weeks ago in Maine, Sara Gideon was holding a steady lead over Susan Collins, but recent polling shows that her lead has tightened substantially, and Collins has gone aggressively negative to save her political life.10 We cannot let her win. Our ads in Maine target women who have been repeatedly let down by Collins' false claims of moderation.
Finally, in South Carolina, we are on the cusp of replacing Lindsey Graham, Trump's biggest lap dog, with a true progressive champion: Jaime Harrison. Graham's shameless, groveling performance during this week's confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett is just one more example of how low Graham will go to please Trump and the GOP base, and although Jaime has done incredible work to make this race competitive, it's on us now to show up for Jaime in these final days.11
Our ads in South Carolina are focused on turning out the state's large Black voting population to send a clear message: If you turn your back on your constituents and try to rip health care away from millions of people in the middle of a pandemic, you will lose your job.
We have to keep these ads on the air, running in prime time, and blanketing social media—and we need to keep testing and refining our messaging to make these ads as effective as possible.
We don't have much time. Please, start a $3 weekly donation right now to MoveOn's final push to flip the Senate. (MoveOn will bill your weekly donation to your credit card once a month starting today and will contact you shortly after the election to see if you want to modify or cancel your weekly donation.)
No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
Here's the bottom line, Mar: We cannot allow a 6-3 ultraconservative Supreme Court with Amy Coney Barrett to strip away our rights and freedom and further tip the balance to corporations and the already powerful. Flipping the Senate is going to be hard, and we have to pull out all the stops to make it happen in these final days.
Join us—while there's still time.
Thanks for all you do.
–Dan, Amy, Eric, Pulin, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Amy Coney Barrett signed newspaper ad that called Roe v Wade 'barbaric,'" The Guardian, October 1, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/145379?t=10&akid=279653%2E10220574%2EOdGfNI
2. "Amy Coney Barrett's opposition to Obamacare, explained," Vox, October 15, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/145380?t=12&akid=279653%2E10220574%2EOdGfNI
3. "To Democrats' frustration, GOP predicts clear sailing as Barrett testimony ends," The Washington Post, October 14, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/145381?t=14&akid=279653%2E10220574%2EOdGfNI
4. "Martha McSally to fill McCain Senate seat after losing race," Associated Press, December 18, 2018
https://act.moveon.org/go/145370?t=16&akid=279653%2E10220574%2EOdGfNI
5. "Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump: Martha McSally," FiveThirtyEight, accessed October 17, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/145371?t=18&akid=279653%2E10220574%2EOdGfNI
6. "Arizona U.S. Senate Polls," FiveThirtyEight, accessed October 17, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/145133?t=20&akid=279653%2E10220574%2EOdGfNI
7. "Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump: Kelly Loeffler," FiveThirtyEight, accessed October 17, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/145372?t=22&akid=279653%2E10220574%2EOdGfNI
8. "Stock Trades After Coronavirus Briefing Complicate Loeffler's Reelection Bid," NPR, April 13, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/145074?t=24&akid=279653%2E10220574%2EOdGfNI
9. "WSB poll: Warnock soars ahead in wild Georgia U.S. Senate race," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 9, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/145369?t=26&akid=279653%2E10220574%2EOdGfNI
10. "Latest poll shows Gideon and Collins neck-and-neck in Senate race," Bangor Daily News, October 6, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/145373?t=28&akid=279653%2E10220574%2EOdGfNI
11. "What Polls Say About Lindsey Graham vs Jaime Harrison With 3 Weeks Until the Election," Newsweek, October 14, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/145374?t=30&akid=279653%2E10220574%2EOdGfNI
Want to support our work? As Senator Elizabeth Warren says, "If you are committed to helping win this life-or-death fight, now is the moment to step up. MoveOn and I are giving this fight our all." With just days left in one of the most consequential elections in U.S. history, we have an urgent question:
Will you chip in $3 a week to help MoveOn power a blue wave, defeat Trump, and flip the Senate?
No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
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