Dear MoveOn member,
We have 33 days to end this disaster of a presidency, take the Senate gavel from Mitch McConnell, and put our country on a path toward progress.
As maddening as it was to hear Donald Trump gloat at the debate on Tuesday night about his nomination of arch-conservative Amy Coney Barrett to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat, this is not a time to despair, because we CAN turn the tables—and very soon.
Yes, it's grotesque that Trump, Mitch McConnell, and the GOP Senate are working to ram through a right-wing Supreme Court pick before they get coronavirus relief to their constituents.
Yes, Amy Coney Barrett would cement a 6-3 far-right conservative majority on the court to strike down the Affordable Care Act within days of the election, overturn Roe v. Wade, and much more.1
And, yes, Amy Coney Barrett would be the FIFTH justice on the Supreme Court nominated by a president who lost the popular vote and confirmed by GOP senators representing a minority of Americans, when President Obama's pick was denied a vote for over a year.
But imagine for a moment what we can do if we sweep this election mere weeks from now—winning the presidency, the Senate, and the House. Instead of feeling profound despair, we can strengthen the democracy the GOP has subverted, including reforming the Supreme Court so it better reflects the will of the people.
And that's exactly why I'm writing to you today. To plead with you not to lose hope or fall into cynicism but to turn your anguish into action—while there's still time.
As I often say, MoveOn's track record of success in powering massive get-out-the-vote efforts and winning elections is exceptional. But MoveOn's resources come from its members, tens of thousands of people chipping in what they can.
With only 33 days left in this election and our democracy on the line, will you chip in $3 a week to MoveOn to power their huge get-out-the-vote programs in this final stretch? (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.
Mar, MoveOn has shown us their plans for the final 33 days, and I have to tell you, I think it's exactly what we need in these final weeks before voting ends.
Here is just some of what they have planned for the final sprint toward Election Day:
- Continuing their work to identify, inspire, and turn out "high-potential voters." MoveOn has been laser-focused on identifying and turning out voters in the most important Senate and presidential battleground states, via advanced analytics and digital outreach. These are the voters we urgently need to reach—the ones deciding whether to vote or stay home. These programs will all continue full-tilt until every vote has been cast.
- Scaling up their highly effective voter turnout program with a new and powerful tactic. MoveOn has recruited hundreds of thousands of voters to sign pledges to get three of their friends and family to also vote in the election—which research shows is three times more effective than even canvassing.2 In the final stretch, MoveOn and its allies are expanding this program by positioning canvassers at polling places in key Democratic precincts in battleground states. They will talk with voters immediately after they leave the voting booth and ask them to text three of their friends or family to make sure they get out to vote too. Tests during the primaries have shown that this program is even more effective than the digital version and could be the difference between winning and losing in battleground states.3
- Holding get-out-the-vote digital rallies and volunteer events. MoveOn members will be coming together every week to volunteer their time to call and text voters in these crucial final days, using people power to combat the lies from the right and building the movement we need to win across the country on Election Day. We all remember how meaningful MoveOn's national conference calls and trainings were in the early days of 2017 and again in the lead-up to the 2018 blue wave—and I'm looking forward to these next mobilizing events.
- Ensuring that the GOP Senate hypocrites who are trying to force through this Supreme Court nomination reap the consequences at the ballot box. MoveOn is doing everything possible to stop Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation and to defeat Republican senators in battleground states—from raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for Jaime Harrison who is running neck and neck with Lindsey Graham in South Carolina to sending mobile billboards and airplanes calling out the failures of Thom Tillis in North Carolina and Martha McSally in Arizona to supporting Sara Gideon in Maine, Theresa Greenfield in Iowa, Reverend Raphael Warnock in Georgia, Steve Bullock in Montana, and more candidates with its people-powered volunteer and fundraising efforts.
Don't wake up on Election Day wishing you had done more. Right now is our chance to change our nation's course. But it's going to take each and every one of us. We have 33 days. Then our opportunity will be gone.
It's up to us now. Please join me and chip in $3 a week. (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.
Hold your head high. We can turn the tide—and in just a few short weeks. I believe in you and what we can accomplish together.
Thanks for all you do.
–Robert Reich
Sources:
1. "Trump says overturning Roe v Wade 'possible' with Barrett on supreme court," The Guardian, September 27, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/144838?t=6&akid=276697%2E10220574%2E_dPvBg
2. "Hi, There. Want to Triple Voter Turnout?" The New York Times, September 19, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/144839?t=8&akid=276697%2E10220574%2E_dPvBg
3. Ibid.
Want to support MoveOn's work? The MoveOn community is working every moment, day by day, to defeat Donald Trump and the GOP 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. But it will take each of us doing our part to defeat Trump and flip the Senate!
Will you chip in $3 a week to help MoveOn combat right-wing lies, make sure every vote is counted, and win this election?
No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
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