01 October 20
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Sanders writes: "Yes. This is the most important election in the modern history of our country. It is absolutely critical we do all we can to defeat Donald Trump, the most dangerous president in modern American history."
suspect you watched the debate last night and saw to what degree Trump is a bully, a liar, and someone who does not believe in the rule of law or our Constitution.
Yes. This is the most important election in the modern history of our country. It is absolutely critical we do all we can to defeat Donald Trump, the most dangerous president in modern American history.
ALL OF US have a role to play in the final month of this election. Let me tell you what I and our movement have been doing.
In the last month alone, we have held over a dozen virtual rallies in battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Texas and Colorado, as well as other virtual rallies involving rank and file trade unionists, the Latino community, and rural America.
We will continue to do these rallies, which have been viewed by millions, until Election Day. What we are attempting to do here is to not only flip voters who might be thinking about voting for Trump but, more importantly, to get people to vote who otherwise might not be planning to participate in this election. Trump is trying to suppress the vote. We are trying to increase the vote.
We are also in the process of re-starting some of the successful organizing work we did during our campaign. This week we will begin contacting voters in key battleground states to talk about the importance of turning out in the November election.
Further, starting very soon, I will begin traveling the country and holding events to turn out young people, Latino voters, and working class people to defeat Trump. These are communities we did very well with during our campaign for president, and they are the people Joe Biden needs to turn out for him if he is going to win.
As you know, not only do we have to elect Joe Biden as our next president, but we must elect as many strong progressives as possible to federal, state and local positions. The truth is that we are making some excellent progress in that effort, but a lot more work needs to be done.
And let me be very clear. If we are able to elect Joe Biden as president, maintain a Democratic House and elect a Democratic Senate, together we will be pushing for the most progressive agenda since the New Deal of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The working families of this country are, as a result of the pandemic and the economic meltdown, in desperate condition. We must stand with them and implement a progressive agenda which represents the needs of the many, and not the few. We will fight for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, a living wage, equal pay for equal work, and making public colleges and universities tuition-free.
We will fight to end the systemic racism that currently exists and reform our broken criminal justice system. We will fight for comprehensive immigration reform and a path toward citizenship for the undocumented.
It goes without saying that there is a financial cost to doing all of this important work. That is why I must once again ask for your financial support:
Tonight is also an FEC fundraising deadline. That means that we will shortly report not just how much money we have raised, but how many donations we have received. Help me send a message that the political revolution is committed to defeating Donald Trump, electing a progressive Congress this November and transforming our country.
In solidarity,
Bernie Sanders
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