Yesterday was the two year
anniversary of January 6th. Two years ago yesterday, then-President
Trump and his fellow MAGA arsonists attempted to overturn a democratic
election and incite a murderous insurrection on our
capitol.
That is a fact. And the January 6th
Committee has thoroughly proven that the capitol insurrection was a
carefully orchestrated plan that stretched into our highest levels of
government.
But the question still remains,
how will history remember January 6th?
Look around. The fight is not over.
The battle for truth and democracy is being waged in Congress right
now, and the result will determine the answer to that question. As we
remember the lives lost and the heroic actions of Americans who helped
protect our capitol, ultra-MAGA lauds the insurrectionists as the true
heroes. They use doublespeak to convince large swaths of our country
that the 2020 Election was stolen.
And this is not a small fraction of
our in Congress.
Just look at what’s going on in the
House. The 118th Congress will be the most chaotic in history because
Republicans have completely cowed to the most ardent members of the
ultra-MAGA right. Matt Gaetz, Lauren Beobert, and their
co-conspirators have successfully held a gun to Kevin McCarthy’s head.
Now they can do whatever they want.
Trippi always says that the GOP is
split into two groups of hostages and hostage-takers. Well, now the
hostage-takers have won the battle. And for the next
two years, they will own a majority in the House of Representatives –
with no interest whatsoever in governing.
We will continue to fight them over
the next two years. Their chaos and instability will surely prove to
the American people how deeply unfit they are to govern. That will
present us with an opportunity to defeat them.
As the leading pro-democracy organization in this country,
we have the experience and the plan to thoroughly defeat the
ultra-MAGA right.
This past election cycle, we defied
historical expectations and won 17 of our 22 target races, and we made
the race for the House far closer than previously thought possible. It
came down to roughly 3,000 votes in five seats. Yes, the fight for
democracy truly is that close.
We accomplished this by mobilizing
tens of thousands of voters in key districts with The Union and our
ads received millions of impressions in key swing states. We will do
this again over the next two years. And if need be, we will do it
again in every following election until ultra-MAGA is thoroughly
defeated.
Remember the January 6th
Insurrection. Think about how you felt when Trump incited the mob to
storm the gates of our democracy. Then remember that the insurrection
is not over. And know that we face a choice as to how history will
remember January 6th, 2021.
For
the sake of everyone who was impacted by January 6th. For the sake of
our democracy. For the sake of the future of our country. Dedicate
yourself to this fight.
-Reed, Rick, Stuart, and
Joe