Virginia@: This is not a game.

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

This is not a game.

Robert --

What we saw last summer violated every core belief America holds in its soul -- a president giving rhetorical comfort to Neo-Nazis after Charlottesville, saying there were "fine people" on both sides. Fine people?

Now what we just saw last week is downright dangerous -- a president tweeting about the size of his nuclear button? The only thing worse than an intended conflict is an unintended one, and these loose, irresponsible tweets from the highest office in the country put us all at risk.

He attacks the bulwarks of our freedom. Labels the free press "fake news." And has attacked our courts as political and biased.

Words matter, Robert -- especially when they're coming from a president. The foreign policy of the United States of America is not a game. The American presidency is not a platform for chest-puffing.

If you're feeling powerless -- don't. Because we've got important work to do, and it's work that can deliver the strongest-possible referendum on this president's irresponsible behavior.

From now until this fall and beyond, I'm putting everything I can into electing a new set of American leaders up and down the ballot -- folks who will stand up for our core values and against the kind of reckless behavior we're seeing from the President. Who truly understand the day-to-day struggles of working families. Humble people with actual respect for the offices they hold.

Are you with me? Then help make sure we have the resources to make a difference in as many races this year as possible.

What have donations like yours done so far?

Last week, Doug Jones was sworn in as the next United States Senator from Alabama. You helped make that happen when you asked this organization to endorse him, and when you gave what you could to help elect him.

And today, Danica Roem -- the first openly transgender elected official in Virginia's history -- will convene with her state's General Assembly as its next Delegate from Manassas. She's bound and determined to reduce traffic congestion in her community, and I know she will. Your support helped elect her.

I can't wait to see what we do this year. And I can tell you right now that I'm going to beat a path all across this country to stump for as many candidates as I can.

But I need your help to do it, Robert. And so when I say your donations help make sure we can support and campaign for as many promising leaders as possible, I mean it.

So give what you can today, and let's make 2018 the year this president realized, once and for all, that the American people are done with his malarkey.

We've got to start right now.

Thanks -- and Happy New Year.

-Joe