Friend:

There’s a lot of doom and gloom in Washington about Joe Biden’s approval ratings. 

Global inflation and higher energy prices are out of Biden’s control…but that won’t stop the GOP from claiming him. 

It’s time to say “no” to this bogus narrative and FIGHT BACK.

Any smart military leader will tell you that defining the battlefield is crucial to victory. It’s up to our side to tell the story of what IS getting done.

Job creation is UP, bigger than the early reports showed. Biden’s plan to fix the slowdown at our ports is working. 

Most important, Biden just led the passage of a trillion-dollar infrastructure passage that took less than 10 months of his presidency to get over the line. Trump couldn’t do it in four full years. But if you’re reading this, that should come as no surprise.

So why, after the infrastructure bill passed, were all the Republicans who tried to kill it first in line to claim credit? Where was the immediate coordinated victory lap touting its success?

Google “how does the infrastructure bill help (MY STATE NAME).” It is not hard. The White House actually put out PDFS with a bunch of facts. Billions for broadband to rural areas. Billions for roads. You know, things that actually matter to Americans. To voters. 

We know voters care about it! We even made an ad about it. Because we actually know how to communicate this stuff. 

I am increasingly worried that the establishment in Washington is never going to get it and they are going to let the MAGA party waltz all over them next year. If you’re as worried about it as me, you know what to do. Help us tell it like it is to the people who need to hear it.

What happens when the Dems are slow on the trigger?  You see clowns like a congressman from Alabama crooning about all the money HE brought in for the state… from a bill he worked like crazy to defeat, because Trump said it out loud: we don’t want to give Biden a win, at all costs (because even if he does win, we can just lie about it).

There is another fight around the corner. Build Back Better might be over the line by Christmas. But if the Democrats continue to bicker in public about 1.5 or 3.5 or whatever trillion dollars it’s gonna cost, it will be too late for it to matter in 2022. 

Say hello to Speaker Trump or Speaker Jim Jordan or whoever makes you cringe the most. The GOP will do it. 

They are the ultimate trolls now, as evidenced by the fact that Kevin McCarthy was whipping votes in support of Paul Gosar, our favorite colleague-threatening anime enthusiast. 

So. The way I see it, Democrats – and everyone who cares about the survival of our democracy – have one of two choices:

1. Define the battlefield. Tell the story our way. Take credit for the largest investment in America since the Depression. Show how real American families benefit. And call the Trump mob out for trying to torpedo it then claiming credit for it after it passes.
2. Feed the trolls. Get dragged into CRT war after CRT war. Keep fighting in public about numbers no one understands. And come November, lose big.

We choose option 1. Are you with us?

Thank you for keeping us in this fight.

-Rick