Sunday, November 15, 2020

Our giant Georgia announcement

Imagine two years of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris trying to meet the challenge of the moment—on the coronavirus pandemic, health care, racial injustice, climate change, and more. And McConnell and his GOP majority in the Senate stalling, obstructing, and blocking EVERYTHING.

Dear MoveOn member,

President-elect Joe Biden announced last week that he wants to start naming his Cabinet secretaries before Thanksgiving but said that he first has to talk with Mitch McConnell, since McConnell STILL has the power to stop everything—from Cabinet nominations to legislation large and small—in its tracks.1

Meanwhile, McConnell refuses to even acknowledge Biden's victory.2

We know exactly where this is going. And it is not good.

Imagine two years of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris trying to meet the challenge of the moment—on the coronavirus pandemic, health care, racial injustice, climate change, and more. And McConnell and his GOP majority in the Senate stalling, obstructing, and blocking EVERYTHING.

Mar, it doesn't have to be this way—if we win the two Georgia Senate runoff elections on January 5 and then use our people powered muscle to fight for progressive change in the new Congress. Grassroots activists just turned Georgia blue. We can win these seats and, in doing so, flip the Senate blue, finally end McConnell's cynical and destructive reign as Senate majority leader, and open the door to big wins in 2021.

MoveOn went all-in to defeat Trump, and we now are scrambling to raise the resources to register, inspire, and turn out voters in Georgia, supporting and building on the work of the organizations and MoveOn members on the ground who painstakingly organized for years to turn Georgia blue.

Will you chip in $5 a month to help power MoveOn's work to win the two Georgia runoffs, take the Senate gavel from Mitch McConnell, and get to work passing legislation to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and the economic fallout, repairing the damage done by Trump and his GOP cronies, and starting to build an America for all?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

If we fail to win both Georgia Senate seats on January 5, President-elect Biden will be the first Democratic president since 1885 to take office with his party not in control of both chambers of Congress.3

And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will preside over the narrowest House majority of any leader in either party in nearly two decades.4

It is not going to be easy, to say the least. We all know just how far Mitch McConnell and the GOP will go to obstruct progress. It will be nearly impossible to act on so many urgent priorities.

That's why we have to do absolutely everything we can to win the two Georgia Senate runoff elections. Absolutely everything. And then keep up the work to push the new Congress to pass bold legislation in 2021.

Will you chip in $5 a month to help win these Georgia runoff elections, deliver a Senate majority for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and help MoveOn push for big change in 2021?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

Mar, we'll be honest with you. We left it all on the field to defeat Trump and elect Joe Biden.

We simply don't have the resources to power our efforts in Georgia—and we certainly don't have a secret cadre of billionaires on speed dial to bankroll our efforts.

Instead, our efforts in Georgia will rely on grassroots donations from MoveOn members like you.

We know the 2020 elections have been long and grueling.

And we know you've given so much of your time, your energy, and your money. But we have unfinished business. This is our last chance to end McConnell's despicable reign as Senate majority leader and set up Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for big wins in the opening days of their administration.

Will you chip in $5 a month to help register, inspire, and turn out voters to win the elections in Georgia, flip the Senate blue, and fuel progressive change in 2021?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

What we do today and over the next 51 days will define the next two years and beyond.

Will we ensure a Democratic Senate that will pass legislation to tackle the pandemic and keep us safe? Or will we let McConnell and the GOP stop us in our tracks?

Will we have a Democratic majority in the Senate that raises the minimum wage? Or will we let McConnell and the GOP continue to exploit workers so that their billionaire backers get even richer?

Will the Democratic Senate pass laws to expand access to affordable health care? Or will McConnell and the GOP let the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries continue to profit off of illness and death?

Everything, absolutely everything—from laws to combat systemic racism to legislation to prevent climate destruction—is on the line in these runoff elections.

Please, if you can, will you chip in  $5 a month to power MoveOn's emergency campaign to win the Georgia runoffs and the work to come in 2021?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

Thanks for all you do.

–Chris, Mary, Melissa, Michael, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Hill Dems eyeing Cabinet posts see their hopes shrink," Politico, November 10, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146438?t=10&akid=284107%2E10220574%2EGoFEv0

2. "Republicans Back Trump's Refusal to Concede, Declining to Recognize Biden," The New York Times, November 11, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146439?t=12&akid=284107%2E10220574%2EGoFEv0

3. "The Daily 202: Biden won with the weakest coattails in 60 years. That could make him dependent on GOP senators." The Washington Post, November 11, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146440?t=14&akid=284107%2E10220574%2EGoFEv0

4. Ibid.

Want to support MoveOn's work? Together, our diverse and vibrant coalition elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We have an opportunity to make progress, but only if we give it our all to call for bold progressive legislation to expand health care, solve the climate crisis, address systemic racism, and more.

Will you chip in to power the fight for bold, progressive change?

Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.


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Saturday, November 14, 2020

This will end Mitch McConnell's majority

Donald Trump has been defeated, and the minute the race was called, millions of Americans poured into the streets to celebrate.

Dear MoveOn member,

Donald Trump has been defeated, and the minute the race was called, millions of Americans poured into the streets to celebrate.

But our work is not finished until we defeat Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader—and the battle for control of the Senate will come down to two tough but winnable runoff elections in the state of Georgia on January 5. If Democrats win both races, Mitch McConnell's majority is finished.

We know we can win in Georgia because we just did. Georgia just went blue for the first time since 1992, in large part due to years of voter registration work to turn Georgia blue led by Stacey Abrams and other grassroots organizations focused on turning out Georgia voters.

But Republicans always have an advantage in special elections, because those races tend to have lower voter turnout than presidential elections. Young voters, low-income people, and other key Democratic constituencies who showed up for Joe Biden need to show up again in January—or else Mitch McConnell will retain his majority and spend the next two years blocking everything, just as he did under President Obama.

Will you chip in $3 to help the Democratic candidates, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, have the resources to run a get-out-the-vote operation just as big as the one we used to beat Trump in Georgia? Your donation will be split 50/50 between the Ossoff and Warnock campaigns.

Yes, I'll donate to help win the Georgia U.S. Senate special elections and end Mitch McConnell's control of the Senate.

It wasn't long ago that no one outside of the state thought Democrats even had a chance in Georgia. Then Stacey Abrams, building off of the work of other local activists, launched the most transformative voter registration campaign we've ever seen.

She took on the state's long and sorry history of voter purges, polling place closures, and four-hour-long lines to vote, and in 2018 came within a whisker of winning the governorship herself. In fact, if it hadn't been for the dirty voter suppression tactics of her opponent—then-Secretary of State Brian Kemp—she would have won.

Now, Joe Biden has beaten Trump in Georgia with huge turnout from the voters Stacey Abrams helped sign up to vote. And now we can finish the job by electing Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock—and ending Mitch McConnell's control of the Senate.

Republicans will have unlimited amounts of corporate money to get out their base, and we need to help the Democratic candidates, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, match them. Will you chip in $3?

Yes, I'll donate $3 to help win the Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs and end Mitch McConnell's control of the U.S. Senate.

Thanks for all you do.

–Chris, Oscar, Erica, Nita, and the rest of the team

Want to support MoveOn's work? Together, our diverse and vibrant coalition elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We have an opportunity to make progress, but only if we give it our all to call for bold progressive legislation to expand health care, solve the climate crisis, address systemic racism, and more.

Will you chip in to power the fight for bold, progressive change?

Click here to chip in $3, or whatever you can afford.


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Friday, November 13, 2020

Fwd: GSA administrator refusing to recognize election results (petition)

GSA Administrator Emily Murphy, a Trump appointee, must recognize Joe Biden as the President-elect and accept the results of the 2020 election. 

Mar– MoveOn is coordinating a petition delivery to the GSA headquarters next week because the Trump enablers there still won't acknowledge that Joe Biden won the election. I'd love to make sure your signature is added to this petition before then. Please see the original message below, and add your name.


Dear fellow MoveOn member,

General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy, a Trump appointee, is refusing to release transition funds and support in accordance with the Presidential Transition Act of 1963.1

These funds are vital to an effective transfer of power. In fact, "Until Murphy ascertains that Biden is the president-elect, the Biden transition cannot access government funds or communicate with the federal agencies they will be staffing."2

This is a further attempt by the Trump administration and his appointees to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election. All national media outlets have called this election, and voters decided that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be our next president and vice president. But this key Trump-appointed bureaucrat is slowing down the transition, doing our country harm by humoring Donald Trump's alternate reality that the outcome isn't clear.

Sign my petition demanding that GSA Administrator Emily Murphy recognize President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

GSA Administrator Emily Murphy, a Trump appointee, must recognize Joe Biden as the president-elect and accept the results of the 2020 election so the Biden/Harris transition team can move forward the important work of fighting the coronavirus pandemic, providing economic relief to struggling Americans, tackling climate change, and fighting for racial justice. 

It is vital that Emily Murphy, GSA administrator, recognize President-elect Biden for the following reasons: 

1. While global leaders and outlets from Fox News to CNN acknowledge Joe Biden won, Murphy is hindering a timely transition. There is overwhelming evidence that the election was run fairly and successfully, to the credit of those officials and staff handling an unprecedented number of ballots. 

2. Murphy's refusal to recognize President-elect Biden has national security implications, since the Department of Defense and Department of State cannot work with the transition team on security briefings and clearances until the GSA recognizes the results of the election.3

3. Murphy's refusal to follow the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 is a clear refutation of the democratic process and severely undermines confidence in free and fair elections in this country.

For all these reasons and more, GSA Administrator Murphy must immediately recognize the 2020 presidential election results, so the Biden transition team can build the proper infrastructure to address the immediate needs of the country. 

Let's be clear: In our democracy, voters decide the outcome of our election. Voters chose Biden/Harris, and there is nothing Trump or his cronies can say or do to change that. But that won't stop them from trying—and their desperate flailing has real-world impacts on our country.  

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

—Diane Yoder

Sources:

1. "Trump Appointee Delays Biden Transition Process, Citing Need For 'Clear' Winner," NPR, November 10, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146423?t=18&akid=284002%2E10220574%2EvFUhAq

2. "Pressure mounts on federal agency to affirm Biden victory," Politico, November 8, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146424?t=20&akid=284002%2E10220574%2EvFUhAq

3. "Biden transition threatens legal action on GSA decision," Axios, November 9, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146425?t=22&akid=284002%2E10220574%2EvFUhAq

 

You're receiving this petition because we thought it might interest you. It was created on MoveOn.org, where anyone can start their own online petitions. You can start your own petition here.

Want to support MoveOn's work? Together, our diverse and vibrant coalition elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We have an opportunity to make progress, but only if we give it our all to call for bold progressive legislation to expand health care, solve the climate crisis, address systemic racism, and more. Will you chip in now to power our work?

Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.


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Thursday, November 12, 2020

Our big Georgia announcement

Grassroots activists just turned Georgia blue. We can win these seats and, in doing so, flip the Senate blue, finally end McConnell's cynical and destructive reign as Senate majority leader, and open the door to big wins in 2021.

Dear MoveOn member,

President-elect Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he wants to start naming his Cabinet secretaries before Thanksgiving but said that he first has to talk with Mitch McConnell, since McConnell STILL has the power to stop everything—from Cabinet nominations to legislation large and small—in its tracks.1

Meanwhile, McConnell refuses to even acknowledge Biden's victory.2

We know exactly where this is going. And it is not good.

Imagine two years of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris trying to meet the challenge of the moment—on the coronavirus pandemic, health care, racial injustice, climate change, and more. And McConnell and his GOP majority in the Senate stalling, obstructing, and blocking EVERYTHING.

Mar, it doesn't have to be this way—if we win the two Georgia Senate runoff elections on January 5 and then use our people powered muscle to fight for progressive change in the new Congress. Grassroots activists just turned Georgia blue. We can win these seats and, in doing so, flip the Senate blue, finally end McConnell's cynical and destructive reign as Senate majority leader, and open the door to big wins in 2021.

MoveOn went all-in to defeat Trump, and we now are scrambling to raise the resources to register, inspire, and turn out voters in Georgia, supporting and building on the work of the organizations and MoveOn members on the ground who painstakingly organized for years to turn Georgia blue.

Will you chip in $5 a month to help power MoveOn's work to win the two Georgia runoffs, take the Senate gavel from Mitch McConnell, and get to work passing legislation to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and the economic fallout, repairing the damage done by Trump and his GOP cronies, and starting to build an America for all?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

If we fail to win both Georgia Senate seats on January 5, President-elect Biden will be the first Democratic president since 1885 to take office with his party not in control of both chambers of Congress.3

And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will preside over the narrowest House majority of any leader in either party in nearly two decades.4

It is not going to be easy, to say the least. We all know just how far Mitch McConnell and the GOP will go to obstruct progress. It will be nearly impossible to act on so many urgent priorities.

That's why we have to do absolutely everything we can to win the two Georgia Senate runoff elections. Absolutely everything. And then keep up the work to push the new Congress to pass bold legislation in 2021.

Will you chip in $5 a month to help win these Georgia runoff elections, deliver a Senate majority for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and help MoveOn push for big change in 2021?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

Mar, we'll be honest with you. We left it all on the field to defeat Trump and elect Joe Biden.

We simply don't have the resources to power our efforts in Georgia—and we certainly don't have a secret cadre of billionaires on speed dial to bankroll our efforts.

Instead, our efforts in Georgia will rely on grassroots donations from MoveOn members like you.

We know the 2020 elections have been long and grueling.

And we know you've given so much of your time, your energy, and your money. But we have unfinished business. This is our last chance to end McConnell's despicable reign as Senate majority leader and set up Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for big wins in the opening days of their administration.

Will you chip in $5 a month to help register, inspire, and turn out voters to win the elections in Georgia, flip the Senate blue, and fuel progressive change in 2021?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

What we do today and over the next 54 days will define the next two years and beyond.

Will we ensure a Democratic Senate that will pass legislation to tackle the pandemic and keep us safe? Or will we let McConnell and the GOP stop us in our tracks?

Will we have a Democratic majority in the Senate that raises the minimum wage? Or will we let McConnell and the GOP continue to exploit workers so that their billionaire backers get even richer?

Will the Democratic Senate pass laws to expand access to affordable health care? Or will McConnell and the GOP let the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries continue to profit off of illness and death?

Everything, absolutely everything—from laws to combat systemic racism to legislation to prevent climate destruction—is on the line in these runoff elections.

Please, if you can, will you chip in  $5 a month to power MoveOn's emergency campaign to win the Georgia runoffs and the work to come in 2021?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

Thanks for all you do.

–Chris, Mary, Melissa, Michael, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Hill Dems eyeing Cabinet posts see their hopes shrink," Politico, November 10, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146438?t=10&akid=283917%2E10220574%2E8P-L40

2. "Republicans Back Trump's Refusal to Concede, Declining to Recognize Biden," The New York Times, November 11, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146439?t=12&akid=283917%2E10220574%2E8P-L40

3. "The Daily 202: Biden won with the weakest coattails in 60 years. That could make him dependent on GOP senators." The Washington Post, November 11, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146440?t=14&akid=283917%2E10220574%2E8P-L40

4. Ibid.

Want to support MoveOn's work? Together, our diverse and vibrant coalition elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We have an opportunity to make progress, but only if we give it our all to call for bold progressive legislation to expand health care, solve the climate crisis, address systemic racism, and more.

Will you chip in to power the fight for bold, progressive change?

Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.


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Stop Trump’s last ditch arms sale to the UAE

Add your name to show your support.

Dear MoveOn Member,

I'm Stephen Miles of Win Without War and I started a petition to U.S. Congress, which says:

I urge you to immediately speak out against and commit to blocking Trump's proposed $23.37 billion arms sale of fighter jets, armed drones, and bombs to the United Arab Emirates. For too long the United States has been complicit in the Emirati and Saudi governments' destruction of Yemen. We must hold the UAE accountable, not reward them with high-tech weaponry.

Right now, Trump is trying to ram through a massive last minute sale of $23.37 BILLION in weapons to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — the same bombs that they and Saudi Arabia use to murder Yemeni civilians and exacerbate a humanitarian crisis — and the time for us STOP the sale is already running out.

Trump is still in the White House until January 20, 2021. And between now and Inauguration Day, untold damage can be unleashed, including weapons sales like this one.

But we have a CRITICAL, narrow window to stop this sale: by law, Congress has 30 days to intervene and block the sale. The clock is ticking, but luckily, we've done this before, and there's no doubt that together, we can get loud enough so that (once again) Congress listens.

Sign now to tell Congress: End U.S. complicity in Yemen, stop Trump's arm sale to the UAE.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

—Stephen Miles

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Our last chance to end Mitch McConnell’s despicable reign

These Georgia Senate elections are our last chance to end Mitch McConnell's stranglehold on the Senate until 2022. 

Dear MoveOn member, 

After years of grassroots organizing, Georgia is on the verge of flipping blue in a presidential election for the first time in decades. Now, Georgia's two Senate runoff elections on January 5 will decide which party controls the Senate. 

If Democrats can win both Senate seats, we will end Mitch McConnell's despicable reign as Senate majority leader. 

But if we lose even one of those seats, McConnell will retain control of the Senate—and without a Democratic majority, McConnell will be able to single-handedly stall, obstruct, and block every single piece of Democratic legislation. 

With control of the Senate hanging in the balance, will you chip in $3 to help the organizers on the ground who will help win this election? 100% of your donation will go directly to Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight Action and the New Georgia Project Action Fund—grassroots organizations leading the charge to register and turn out Georgia voters.

These Georgia Senate elections are our last chance to end Mitch McConnell's stranglehold on the Senate until 2022. 

That means that the next eight weeks will decide the next two years. 

If we win, Democrats in Congress will have it in their power to pass bold legislation to tackle the pandemic, rebuild our economy, expand health care, make sweeping reforms to our racist policing system, and get Big Money out of politics. And President Joe Biden will sign those measures into law.

But if we fall short in Georgia, we can kiss all that and more goodbye. 

We know the key to victory in Georgia is ensuring organizers on the ground have the resources they need to reach millions of voters and get out the vote. 

That's why MoveOn is raising funds for Fair Fight Action and the New Georgia Project Action Fund, grassroots organizations that have for years been working to mobilize Democratic voters—especially Black voters—to the polls.

Will you rush a $3 donation right now to flip Georgia's Senate seats blue? 100% of your donation will go directly to Fair Fight Action and the New Georgia Project Action Fund.

With the elections just weeks away, we are working on an absolutely urgent time crunch. 

The voter registration deadline is less than a month away. And in exactly one week, voters will begin receiving mail-in ballots.1

As you can see, we have to start acting RIGHT NOW.

We know the 2020 elections have been long and grueling. But we have unfinished business. 

We must do everything in our power to ensure Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock defeats corrupt GOP Senator Kelly Loeffler. And we must power Democrat Jon Ossoff to victory over right-wing GOP stooge David Perdue. 

Will you chip in $3 right now directly to groups on the ground in Georgia working to ensure we end Mitch McConnell's majority?

Thanks for all you do.

–Chris, Dom, Mana, Amy, and the rest of the team

Source:

1. "How to vote by absentee ballot for Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff elections," WSB-TV Atlanta, November 10, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146427?t=5&akid=283817%2E10220574%2EPBIOFN

Want to support MoveOn's work? Together, our diverse and vibrant coalition elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We have an opportunity to make progress, but only if we give it our all to call for bold progressive legislation to expand health care, solve the climate crisis, address systemic racism, and more.

Will you chip in to power the fight for bold, progressive change?

Click here to chip in $3, or whatever you can afford.


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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

GSA administrator refusing to recognize election results (petition)

GSA Administrator Emily Murphy, a Trump appointee, must recognize Joe Biden as the President-elect and accept the results of the 2020 election. 

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy, a Trump appointee, is refusing to release transition funds and support in accordance with the Presidential Transition Act of 1963.1

These funds are vital to an effective transfer of power. In fact, "Until Murphy ascertains that Biden is the president-elect, the Biden transition cannot access government funds or communicate with the federal agencies they will be staffing."2

This is a further attempt by the Trump administration and his appointees to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election. All national media outlets have called this election, and voters decided that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be our next president and vice president. But this key Trump-appointed bureaucrat is slowing down the transition, doing our country harm by humoring Donald Trump's alternate reality that the outcome isn't clear.

Sign my petition demanding that GSA Administrator Emily Murphy recognize President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

GSA Administrator Emily Murphy, a Trump appointee, must recognize Joe Biden as the president-elect and accept the results of the 2020 election so the Biden/Harris transition team can move forward the important work of fighting the coronavirus pandemic, providing economic relief to struggling Americans, tackling climate change, and fighting for racial justice. 

It is vital that Emily Murphy, GSA administrator, recognize President-elect Biden for the following reasons: 

1. While global leaders and outlets from Fox News to CNN acknowledge Joe Biden won, Murphy is hindering a timely transition. There is overwhelming evidence that the election was run fairly and successfully, to the credit of those officials and staff handling an unprecedented number of ballots. 

2. Murphy's refusal to recognize President-elect Biden has national security implications, since the Department of Defense and Department of State cannot work with the transition team on security briefings and clearances until the GSA recognizes the results of the election.3

3. Murphy's refusal to follow the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 is a clear refutation of the democratic process and severely undermines confidence in free and fair elections in this country.

For all these reasons and more, GSA Administrator Murphy must immediately recognize the 2020 presidential election results, so the Biden transition team can build the proper infrastructure to address the immediate needs of the country. 

Let's be clear: In our democracy, voters decide the outcome of our election. Voters chose Biden/Harris, and there is nothing Trump or his cronies can say or do to change that. But that won't stop them from trying—and their desperate flailing has real-world impacts on our country.  

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

—Diane Yoder

Sources:

1. "Trump Appointee Delays Biden Transition Process, Citing Need For 'Clear' Winner," NPR, November 10, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146423?t=17&akid=283759%2E10220574%2E1g8_Bk

2. "Pressure mounts on federal agency to affirm Biden victory," Politico, November 8, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146424?t=19&akid=283759%2E10220574%2E1g8_Bk

3. "Biden transition threatens legal action on GSA decision," Axios, November 9, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146425?t=21&akid=283759%2E10220574%2E1g8_Bk

 

You're receiving this petition because we thought it might interest you. It was created on MoveOn.org, where anyone can start their own online petitions. You can start your own petition here.

Want to support MoveOn's work? Together, our diverse and vibrant coalition elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We have an opportunity to make progress, but only if we give it our all to call for bold progressive legislation to expand health care, solve the climate crisis, address systemic racism, and more. Will you chip in now to power our work?

Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.


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