Dear John,

I’m a lifelong Republican. I’m a former Republican Congressman. I’m a Republican candidate for President.

For months, we've been trying to have a meeting with the RNC Chairwoman and senior staff about their mass canceling of primaries.

We've called. We've emailed. We've texted. We've tweeted.

Their response? Silence.

So yesterday, I went to the RNC headquarters myself — they can ignore our calls and emails but they couldn't ignore us at their front door, right?

Wrong. No one at the RNC would meet with me. No one.

Donald Trump and his hijacked RNC have nothing but contempt for the American people — they lie, manipulate, threaten, and break the law to cover up their president's dishonesty, cruelty, incompetence & unfitness.

Even worse, they don't even have the courage to answer for it. They're cowards — an embarrassment to the party and our country.

These are not normal times and it will take an extraordinary effort from patriots like us in order to right the ship.

We can only succeed if we all do our part — if everyone receiving this email chipped in just $5, we'd go into the next two weeks before Iowa stronger than we've ever been.

Will you chip in just $5 towards our efforts in Iowa?

The fight we've taken on hasn't been easy, and the deck is stacked against us. But we're still here for a reason, and that's because you're by our side.

America is the greatest country on earth and no matter the odds, it's always worth fighting for.

Stay brave,
—Joe