[ [link removed] ]Summer Lee for Congress
John,
I want to be real with you for a minute. Summer Lee and I, our families,
and our staff face personal risks every day doing this work.
And sometimes people say to me, “Well, that’s what you signed up for.”
Last month, the White House came after me for calling out their BS. Last
week, MAGA Twitter personalities attacked me with degrading slurs. Next
week, it’ll be someone else. There’s something about taking up space in
the halls of power as an unapologetic, bald Black woman that really gets
under their skin – but I digress.
Their tired playbook is the same as it’s always been. Racist dog whistles
and thinly veiled threats.
And every time this happens, my staff and I face an increase in physical
threats.
To be clear, no person in any profession – and certainly no public servant
– signed up for the vitriol, abuse, harassment, physical threats, and
violence that come with this job. No one deserves that. Any rhetoric that
creates a permission structure for people to resolve political differences
with violence should be vigorously condemned.
[ [link removed] ]If you’re able, can you show your support by making a donation today?
Your contribution will fuel our fight and ensure Summer and I can keep
speaking truth to power. Will you chip in today to split a donation
between our campaigns?
Y’all know me – I’ll continue to speak up and fight back with every tool
available. But I do want to say this:
My team, my colleagues, and I make innumerable personal sacrifices for
this movement. We spend more time with each other than we do our own
families, all because we care about this work. All because we believe in
the power and the possibility of a better world and the transformative
impact that government can have in our lives.
Every empty attack on me is an attack on all of us. On our families. On
our ability to show up and be accessible to constituents in the world
every day.
I'm not afraid, I'm not deterred, I won't be silenced. I know that the
vile acts of political violence – the attacks on Minnesota lawmakers, the
dehumanizing bodyslam of Senator Padilla, the lawless arrest of
Congresswoman McIver – were simply because they were doing the jobs they
were elected to do.
None of this is happening in a vacuum. This is all coordinated. It is
meant to silence us. It is meant to discourage, to dissuade, and to
marginalize.
Well, we're not backing down. We will continue to do the work that people
deserve for us to do on their behalf.
[ [link removed] ]I’ve got my movement family behind me. They have nothing on us. Will
you pitch in today to split a donation between Summer and me to help fight
back against Trump’s lies and blatant disregard for our humanity?
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In Solidarity,
Ayanna
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