Friend, 

This week we released what I think may be our most important ad of 2021, “The Mission,” and I wanted to tell you about why I think it’s so crucial.

Everyone knew what the stakes were in 2020. In a lot of ways, it was easier. Beat Trump. Beat everyone who supported Trump. And we did, with your help.

But this time, due in no small part to the machinations of our opponents, the battlefield is murkier. It seems like there are so many things we have to take on. Voter suppression in Georgia, Iowa, Texas, and in dozens of other GOP-held states. Corporations supporting insurrectionists. Every time McConnell or McCarthy opens his mouth it’s something else. And of course, the fight to pass voting rights in the Senate. We have to take on these anti-democratic movements everywhere, and we can’t be distracted.

Here is our mission, and it is critical. We have to sound the alarm for our democracy. We are taking on an autocratic movement. As Steve said last week bipartisanship is a delusion right now. There is no Republican Party anymore. It’s just Trump and the people enabling him.

Tens of thousands of supporters have already pitched in just this month to make sure we have what it takes to take them on. You probably saw that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ted Cruz, and the rest of the seditionists are raising millions off the Big Lie. We need your help to fight back, Friend >>

What that means in simple terms is that none of them can win if we want to save our democracy. We have to stamp this out and that means winning at the polls and making sure they can’t rig elections by making it harder for people to vote. It all comes back to having every single person of good faith in this country raise their hands and say they’ll all do what it takes.

We are going to take the fight to anyone who opposes democracy. Trump. McConnell. McCarthy. Everyone who is part of this autocratic movement -- including the corporations who support them.

Why do we keep saying “sound the alarm?” Look around. The Senate is bogged down in the delusion that bipartisanship is going to fix the problem.

There are not two parties anymore. Democrats are negotiating with -- pick your metaphor -- Matthew Dowd called it black mold. I see it as either negotiating with the hostage takers (Trump) or those held hostage by him (the rest of whatever the Republican Party is now). Do you really think negotiation is the answer?

Enthusiasm for Trump is outpacing enthusiasm for Democrats by a significant margin. The only way we fix it is to call it what it is and make sure everyone -- from you, to your friends and family, to everyone with a stake in the survival of American democracy -- does their part.

It is not an exaggeration to say that our democracy teeters on a knife’s edge. But we are not afraid. We have never been afraid to take on anyone. It’s part of our DNA and why you support us. 

We are wrapping up this fundraising quarter now. Our team at the Lincoln Project is heading into the summer stronger than ever. We’re ready for this fight.

Please make a contribution before the end of the month and help keep us in the fight.

Thank you for your continued support of the Lincoln Project.

-Reed Galen
Co-Founder
The Lincoln Project