AMERICANS FLOOD CONGRESS WITH DONATIONS TO DEMOCRATS
The recent Supreme Court findings have ignited a passion for the freedoms that have been taken away and those the Court is targeting for next term.
QUICK READ: The recent rulings from the MAGA Supreme Court, now packed with Trump’s justices, have announced a new era of judicial activism. The conservatives jettisoned abortion, took away the EPA’s cimate change authority, and undermined New York’s power to legislate gun safety. And these MAGA justices have their eyes on more cases that will solidify conservative policies in American life. Startled, Democrats have started to fight back, flooding Congress (especially the Senate) with blockbuster donations.
TAKE ACTION NOW:
BACKGROUND
The terrible Supreme Court decisions of the last few weeks have injected new life into the fall elections.
Senate Democrats are reporting “blockbuster” money hauls ahead of the midterms. For example, while the (MAGA) Senate Leadership Fund took in $11 million in the last quarter, the Democrats’ Senate Majority Pac was swimming in $48.8 million.
Individual Senate candidates are benefitting this quarter too. Dem. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) now sits on $8 million in cash (ten times his opponent). Arizona Dem. Senator Mark Kelly raised more than ten times his opponent.
And, it’s not just for the US Senate. Texas Dem. Beto O’Rouke slightly outraised his opponent for governor, then George Soros gave him a million. And in Georgia, Stacy Abrams added $21.9 million to her campaign fund (vs. Kemp’s $6.8 million ).
Thankfully, Congressional races are not all about money, but the money helps overcome MAGA lies and distortions.
Recent polls found Dems with a 4% point lead in a generic ballot for Congress.
But it’s a looong way to November.
Democratic candidates have the necessary money for their campaigns, but they need volunteers to canvas, phone bank, text bank, and write letters and postcards.
Volunteer!
ACTION One: Call the Senate.
Script for Oregon Senators
SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753
My name is [--] and I'm a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Congressional Democrats’ current fundraising successes are a plea from ordinary Americans to release our country from the Supreme Court’s grip. The Court doesn’t represent the majority of Americans. Nor, obviously, have they properly interpreted the historical record. Instead, they are throwing us back decades or centuries by removing our freedoms. Well, we’re not going back. Please use the influx of campaign donations to get more Democrats elected so that you can legislate freely in the interest of all Americans, and reinstate our freedoms.
SEN. WYDEN:
Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Congressional Democrats’ current fundraising successes are a plea from ordinary Americans to release our country from the Supreme Court’s grip. The Court doesn’t represent the majority of Americans. Nor, obviously, have they properly interpreted the historical record. Instead, they are throwing us back decades or centuries by removing our freedoms. Well, we’re not going back. Please use the influx of campaign donations to get more Democrats elected so that you can legislate freely in the interest of all Americans, and reinstate our freedoms.
Script for Republican Senators
D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], [state], [zip code].
Republicans will face a tidal wave of rejection this fall. You don’t really represent the views of most Americans. You are the voice of the fringe. And in a democracy, there are too few of you to hold power for much longer.
ACTION TWO: Call the House.
Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Congressional Democrats’ current fundraising successes are a plea from ordinary Americans to release our country from the Supreme Court’s grip. The Court doesn’t represent the majority of Americans. Nor, obviously, have they properly interpreted the historical record. Instead, they are throwing us back decades or centuries by removing our freedoms. Well, we’re not going back. Please use the influx of campaign donations to get more Democrats elected so that you can legislate freely in the interest of all Americans, and reinstate our freedoms.
Script for Cliff Bentz (OR-02)
Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
The MAGA cult has taken over the GOP. Hate speech and political Republicans will face a tidal wave of rejection this fall. You don’t really represent the views of most Americans. You are the voice of the fringe. And in a democracy, there are too few of you to hold power for much longer.
Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Congressional Democrats’ current fundraising successes are a plea from ordinary Americans to release our country from the Supreme Court’s grip. The Court doesn’t represent the majority of Americans. Nor, obviously, have they properly interpreted the historical record. Instead, they are throwing us back decades or centuries by removing our freedoms. Well, we’re not going back. Please use the influx of campaign donations to get more Democrats elected so that you can legislate freely in the interest of all Americans, and reinstate our freedoms.
Script for Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Congressional Democrats’ current fundraising successes are a plea from ordinary Americans to release our country from the Supreme Court’s grip. The Court doesn’t represent the majority of Americans. Nor, obviously, have they properly interpreted the historical record. Instead, they are throwing us back decades or centuries by removing our freedoms. Well, we’re not going back. Please use the influx of campaign donations to get more Democrats elected so that you can legislate freely in the interest of all Americans, and reinstate our freedoms.
Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Salem office: 503-588-9100 | DC office: 202-225-5711
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Congressional Democrats’ current fundraising successes are a plea from ordinary Americans to release our country from the Supreme Court’s grip. The Court doesn’t represent the majority of Americans. Nor, obviously, have they properly interpreted the historical record. Instead, they are throwing us back decades or centuries by removing our freedoms. Well, we’re not going back. Please use the influx of campaign donations to get more Democrats elected so that you can legislate freely in the interest of all Americans, and reinstate our freedoms.
ACTION 3: GOOD TROUBLE
TONIGHT: LISTEN OR WATCH THE “FINAL” JANUARY 6 HEARING. IT BEGINS AT 5 PM PACIFIC TIME.
GOOD TROUBLE: Below are opportunities to fight for our democracy. As John Lewis said, go make some “good trouble.”
NEXT TUESDAY LETTER WRITING PARTY, 11:30am-12:30pm - INDIVISIBLE OREGON:
https://www.mobilize.us/swingleft/event/442887/Fridays at 4 - Letter and Postcard Writing — Indivisible Oregon.
Learn about persuasive language and communication research at the Zoom ASO Movement Briefings every second Wednesday.
Join the campaign to hold the House and Senate at GiveNoGround.org
Work to protect democracy in the House by replacing retiring US Representative Peter DeFazio with another Democrat, replacing Democrat Kurt Schrader, the “Manchin of the House,” with a progressive, and electing a Democrat in Oregon’s new Congressional District 6.
Demand that your primary news source stop creating false equivalencies and just report the truth.
Check out the Poor People's Campaign Readies 'Massive, Nonviolent' Effort to Save Democracy
Outside of Portland? Check out COIN Oregon.
further reading:
GOP's grassroots money problem - Axios
Trump's fundraising pace slows, as Democratic Senate contenders smash records | CNN Politics
Young Voters Are Fed Up With Their (Much) Older Leaders - The New York Times
Senate Dems, from Bennet to Warnock, post ‘blockbuster’ money ahead of midterms - POLITICO
Senate GOP fundraising flop - Axios
At Least 120 Republican Nominees Deny The Results Of The 2020 Election | FiveThirtyEight
Republicans Are Favored to Win the Senate | RealClearPolitics
Republicans grow more overt in rejecting church-state separation
Federal agencies lay the groundwork to ignore the Supreme Court | The Hill
