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Hi there — I’m
Javier.
I’ve been a friend of Peggy’s for over 20 years (her daughter is actually
my goddaughter!), and I’ve known her as a colleague and fellow fighter for
social justice.
I want to take a moment to tell you about the Peggy that I know. But if
you’re fired up and ready to support my friend, [ [link removed] ]please pitch in $5
now.
I first met Peggy in 2004, when she was running for Minneapolis school
board and I was the president of SEIU Local 26.
We met when she came for her candidate interview. She stunned me — not
just because she was potentially the youngest school board member in
Minnesota, but because she was the most put-together candidate we had ever
seen.
Not long after that, we hung out, and Peggy looked me in the eyes and
said, “We are going to be best friends.” And she was right.
Fast forward 10 years, to 2014. Peggy was the co-chair of the Raise the
Wage coalition in Minnesota.
We were trying to raise the minimum wage in our state and index that
increase to inflation so that the minimum wage would increase as the cost
of living did. Makes sense, right?
But we had a problem — the Democratic Trifecta controlling our government
wanted us to be more cautious.
They wanted us to make a compromise. Raise the minimum wage, but don’t
index it to inflation. They gave us a proposal, and we held an emergency
meeting to talk it through.
Someone on the campaign had written the compromise on a whiteboard inside
a cabinet. When it came time to discuss the watered-down plan, they got up
to open it.
That’s when everyone heard Peggy say NO. And she got up and blocked that
whiteboard with her body.
She wasn’t going to give up on working families who needed a real wage
increase every year. And you know what?
She won.
Peggy crushed any deal that didn’t allow the minimum wage to be indexed to
inflation. Until — you guessed it — under Peggy’s leadership, we did win
that wage increase, INDEXED TO INFLATION. And because of that, for every
year since 2014, the minimum wage in the state of Minnesota has
increased.
I’m tired of watching Washington politicians lose fights they could win if
they had the guts. I’m tired of Democrats picking easy wins when they
should be standing up (literally) for working families.
[ [link removed] ]I’ve seen Peggy take on tough fights and win. I know what kind of
fighter Peggy will be in the Senate. You can take my word for
it. Will you step up for her campaign and rush a donation of any amount
now?
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Thanks for supporting my friend,
Javier
Peggy Flanagan is running to be Minnesota’s next U.S. Senator. Our
campaign doesn’t take corporate PAC money, so we rely on people like you
to fund our campaign.
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