Ditch Mitch

Email from Robert Reich:

When I was secretary of labor in the 1990s, McConnell was a young Republican senator from Kentucky.

Even then, it was clear that he was different from other Republicans.

He was more cunning and devious. He seemed to relish the role of the cynical Washington, D.C. insider, teaming up with lobbyists to shamelessly manipulate the rules of the Senate to push his agenda.

But what really made McConnell stand out was his single-minded thirst for power—and his willingness to do anything to get it.

When Senator John McCain built a bipartisan coalition in favor of campaign finance reform, McConnell gleefully led the opposition, calling himself the "Darth Vader" of campaign finance reform.2 Because to McConnell, money is power, and he will fight anything that cuts into his power.

Now, 25 years later, McConnell is majority leader of the Senate, using his power to rig the system more brazenly than ever before.

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And after Democrats took back the House of Representatives, he gave himself a new nickname. He used to be the Darth Vader of campaign finance reform—but now he calls himself the "Grim Reaper" of EVERY bill that passes the House.

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Polls show that Mitch McConnell is the least popular senator in the country, with an approval rating in the low 30s. More than 60% of Kentucky voters say "it's time for someone new," and multiple strong Democratic candidates are looking to get into the race.

Clearly, this is an opportunity that we simply can't afford to pass up. But McConnell is up for re-election at the same time as Donald Trump, and Kentucky isn't going to be one of the key swing states that MoveOn and other progressive groups planned to focus on during the 2020 election.

So MoveOn asked me if I thought we could raise enough money to fund a whole additional campaign to take on McConnell, while ALSO fully funding MoveOn's plan to beat Trump in presidential battleground states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Florida.

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The good news is that Kentuckians are as fed up with McConnell's cynical hypocrisy as most other Americans. Even McConnell knows he's in trouble: He's already started running TV ads, even though his election is a year and a half away.

But MoveOn needs to know that it will have the resources it will take to beat Trump AND McConnell at the same time.

I'm on board to ditch Mitch. Are you with me? Will you chip in $5 a month to help out?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly to help defeat Mitch McConnell.

Unfortunately, Reich/Move On don't give an option to make a one-time donation. But, if you can afford the low monthly amount, you'll be contributing to the effort to save the democracy from the likes of Mitch McConnell.

Or, you can make a one-time donation here.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.