Indivisibles,

You’ve seen the news. In the greatest demonstration of personal political
sacrifice in service of democracy that I have ever seen, President Joe
Biden announced he is passing the baton to Vice President Harris to run
for president this year. 

I am floored. It’s hard not to sound schmaltzy, but I am genuinely
inspired to see such an incredible display of leadership. Joe Biden ran in
2020 to save American democracy. He has led a historic administration and
delivered transformative progressive wins. Now, in an act of heroic
political leadership -- and directly in contrast to the selfishness of
Donald Trump -- President Biden is passing the baton to the next
generation. It’s a truly historic moment, and he deserves our gratitude
and admiration.

I’m writing with four quick asks:

1) Vote on whether Indivisible should formally endorse Kamala Harris for
president.

Yesterday we polled Indivisible group leaders about this very scenario. We
asked whether Indivisible should rally behind Harris in the event Biden
dropped out of the race. 95.6% of them said YES. Following up on the news
today, we did a quick flash poll of broader membership, and we found
similarly overwhelming support -- as of right now, about 93% of
Indivisibles polled said they’re all in on supporting Vice President
Harris. 

We are now moving to make it official: This email is your chance to vote
on whether Indivisible should formally endorse Harris. Doing so will allow
Indivisible to speak to the enthusiasm of the grassroots behind Harris to
partners, press, and the campaign. Please cast your own vote, and then
encourage your fellow local Indivisibles to as well. 

SHOULD INDIVISIBLE ENDORSE KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT? 

[ [link removed] ]Yes >>

[ [link removed] ]No >>

2) Help us capitalize on this moment. 

After you vote, you'll be taken to our new Indivisible Pledge where you
can sign on to demonstrate your support to do the work to defeat Trump. We
hope you'll forward this pledge to as many people as possible, and ask
them to join us. After you pledge to do the work to win, we're going to
ask you to chip in to fund Indivisible's work this year for two important
reasons:

* First, we now have a lot of new work to do to introduce a new
candidate to America -- work we hadn’t budgeted for this year. The
support you give now will go directly into this new, necessary
campaign to build enthusiasm and recruit volunteers at a crucial
time. 

* Second, for better or worse, the entire political world will be
looking at fundraising numbers right now as a measure of enthusiasm.
This is a way for us to set a narrative about unity and massive
energy. I want to be able to say something like, “In a demonstration
of grassroots enthusiasm, Indivisible had its largest fundraising day
in years.” Based on what we’ve already seen today, [ [link removed] ]I think that’s
achievable if enough folks step up and donate today. 

3) Prepare to take advantage of this moment.

Despite being vice president, most Americans know very little about Vice
President Harris. There are moments of major breaking developments when
you have folks’ attention. This is one of the moments, and we need to
seize it. We have the power to change the narrative from “Democrats in
disarray” to “the grassroots is united and THRILLED about our nominee.”
I’d encourage you to start talking among your groups about how best to do
that, and stay tuned for specific resources we’ll be making available. Two
immediate recommended actions:

* Local endorsements. If you belong to a local Indivisible group, I
would encourage you to take a vote in that group to issue a formal
endorsement of Kamala Harris. We would like to demonstrate widespread
support throughout the movement, and a long list of local Indivisible
groups in blue, purple, and red states will help us do that. [ [link removed] ]If
your group issues an endorsement, please let us know here. We’ll pass
any message you send us onto the campaign.
* Local events. We will be supporting local Indivisible group events to
introduce Harris to your communities, tap into enthusiasm and
interest, and recruit new volunteers for the campaign. Stay tuned for
more information about this. 

4) Come to our discussion TOMORROW.

Come to our movement-wide discussion with me and Leah tomorrow (Monday) at
4pm ET. We had already scheduled a movement-wide coffee chat with me and
Leah for tomorrow. Now we’ll use that call to take questions and discuss
how we’ll move forward as a movement to win. [ [link removed] ]You can register here.

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I’ll say again: I am inspired by President Biden’s leadership. I am
committed to doing everything I can to make sure we earn the confidence he
has placed in Harris and all of us to finish this job. Let’s go win this
thing.

In solidarity,
Ezra

Ezra Levin

[6]Indivisble Co-Executive Director

Pronouns: He/him

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