Last night, all of the big corporate campaign money, the establishment Super PACs, Nancy Pelosi and Pres. Biden’s endorsements — it was all too much to overcome. Kina Collins narrowly lost her primary against a longtime corporate Democrat.
It’s always disappointing when we come up short. But when Kina spoke last night, she looked towards a better future. She said, "This is not a concession speech… this will not be the end, we are just getting started."
Our movement is about organizing, fighting, and, most importantly, not giving up. We know the Democratic establishment has access to unlimited campaign money from Wall Street, fossil fuel companies, and health insurance companies. We know corporate Democrats are willing to take money and campaign support from GOP mega-donors and right-wing foreign policy hawks.
We know this fight has never been easy and it won’t be easy in the days, months, and years ahead. But we have the people on our side and we won’t stop building towards a better future — a future where everyone has health care, a home, a livable planet, no student debt, and much more.
Can you help us keep building towards a better future with a $10 contribution today? We need your support to go up against the big money of the establishment.
Pres. Biden endorsed against Kina. Nancy Pelosi campaigned and fundraised for Kina’s opponent for months. Corporate super PACs spent at least $500,000 against Kina. Fossil fuel companies, private prison groups, and big Republican donors all made big contributions to try to defeat Kina and our movement.
But we still came together and helped lift a young, progressive, community organizer within a few points of defeating the establishment.
We’ve shaken the political establishment before, when we helped elect AOC in 2018, and Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman in 2020. And earlier this year, we helped Summer Lee and Greg Casar win big primaries against corporate Democrats.
Our movement has proven we can overcome even the worst of what’s thrown at us by the political establishment, and we must keep that fight going.
We are so grateful for your support — we wouldn’t be able to help change the political landscape without you.
In solidarity,
Justice Democrats
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