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Rep. Gosar: The FBI planned the insurrection

 

Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar has spent the last five months defending the insurrectionists who broke into the Capitol on January 6 -- but now he's taking it a step further by suggesting it was actually the FBI who planned the Capitol siege.   During a House hearing earlier this week, Gosar filed a Revolver News article into the congressional record that claimed the FBI organized the deadly Capitol riot.   Then he demanded that FBI director Cristopher Wray give him the name of the Capitol police officer who fatally shot a rioter during the insurrection, claiming the rioter had been “executed.”   Gosar has no respect for the Capitol police officers who protected him and his colleagues on January 6, and he has even less respect for the majority of Americans. Before voting to overturn the election results, he told right-wing militia members of the Oath Keepers that America is in a civil war, “we just haven't started shooting at each other yet.”   We all know what happened on January 6. It isn't a “narrative” or a “rally that got out of hand.” It wasn't a stunt orchestrated by the FBI. It was a violent attack on our nation's Capitol, and Republicans opened the door.   Gosar has been in Congress for over a decade -- but he's not alone anymore. He has a growing number of right-wing extremists helping him shape legislation in Washington, each one with ties to the extremist groups who planned the insurrection. Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene We're working to flip these five seats and make sure the GOP never gets control of the House. Because of people like you, we're only $2,308 away from reaching our Insurrectionist Knockout Fund goal and giving Republicans a run for their money. Will you rush us anything you can before midnight to defeat the insurrectionists in Congress? Gosar's racist claims and conspiracy theories wouldn't concern us if we didn't know that millions of people in this country are listening and acting on them.   Thank you for helping us hold the GOP accountable.   Let's keep moving, Progressive Majority Progressive Majority PAC is leading the fight against Trump's GOP and their dangerous and divisive agenda by supporting elected progressives, helping elect even more progressive Democrats to Congress, and protecting the gains we made in the past election. This movement is powered by progressives like you.   Paid for by Progressive Majority PAC   Progressive Majority PAC 410 1st St, SE Suite 310 Washington, DC 20003 United States

Sen. Ron Johnson took to Fox News

 

Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson recently went on Fox News to tell millions of Americans that Trump's supporters “weren't rioting” on January 6. They were calmly staying “within the roped lines” and actually “in a jovial mood.” Anything else is a “false narrative,” according to Johnson.   We're not buying it. We remember January 6: Members of Congress in gas masks, confederate flags and neo-Nazi symbols, rioters attacking police officers, a video of Donald Trump telling white supremacists “you're very special” -- that's what we remember.   Investigators have already charged over 500 insurrectionists for breaching the Capitol. Johnson knows that, he just doesn't care. If he can keep his position by spreading conspiracy theories, he can keep radicalizing millions of Americans to keep his own party in power.   Allowing Johnson to stay in the Senate isn't an option, because we know we can flip this seat. The GOP also wants us to forget that Johnson only won re-election by 3 points in 2016 -- while Wisconsin's progressive senator, Tammy Baldwin, won re-election in 2018 by 11 points. Don't let anyone tell you we can't flip Wisconsin blue again.   It's not a question of if we can defeat Johnson, but when -- and we choose now.   Johnson thinks he can turn his back on the American people and get away with it because that's what the GOP has been doing for years. We want to prove them wrong and silence Johnson's conspiracy theories for good by flipping this seat next year with your help. But right now, we're coming up $1,093 short of our daily goal to defeat Johnson and expand our razor-thin Senate majority. If you want to help us get this traitor out of Washington for good, will you rush us anything you can right now? Thank you for your support. Progressive Majority   Progressive Majority PAC is leading the fight against Trump's GOP and their dangerous and divisive agenda by supporting elected progressives, helping elect even more progressive Democrats to Congress, and protecting the gains we made in the past election. This movement is powered by progressives like you.   Paid for by Progressive Majority PAC   Progressive Majority PAC 410 1st St, SE Suite 310 Washington, DC 20003 United States

Out with Abbott, in with O’Rourke

 

Remember Beto O'Rourke, the underdog Texan who inspired Democrats nationwide and came within 2 points of defeating Trump-ally Ted Cruz in 2018? He's getting ready to do it all again and flip Texas Governor Greg Abbott's seat.   Beto knows that “Abbott is killing the people of Texas,” in more ways than one. Hundreds of thousands of his constituents died while Abbott ignored public health guidance and told Americans there was “no reason to be alarmed” at record-setting COVID rates. As many as 700 Texans were killed earlier this year as a result of the deadly winter storm while Abbott spent his time going on TV to blame AOC and the Green New Deal.   He's prepared to keep his death toll going too. Abbott just signed a bill allowing people in Texas to carry handguns without a license or a background check -- just two years after a white supremacist shot and killed 23 people in a Texas Walmart.   There's no shortage of reasons why we need to defeat Abbott this cycle -- or why O'Rourke is the right person to do it. But we're going to need you and every progressive in the country with us if we're going to flip Texas blue.   Republicans saw what we did in Georgia and then launched a nationwide voter suppression campaign to make sure it never happens again. So this cycle, we're doubling our efforts in Texas, and we need to raise $5,000 to do it.   Flipping a state like Texas feels impossible until we do it. If the past few years have taught us anything, it's that we need to be bold to move our country in the right direction. Please, if you're ready to see progressives like O'Rourke leading us, will you donate $10, $25, $50, or anything you can to help us flip Texas blue next year? The same people who thought we'd never flip a state like Georgia want us to believe we can't do the same in a place like Texas. Thank you for helping us prove them wrong.   Progressive Majority Progressive Majority PAC is leading the fight against Trump's GOP and their dangerous and divisive agenda by supporting elected progressives, helping elect even more progressive Democrats to Congress, and protecting the gains we made in the past election. This movement is powered by progressives like you.   Paid for by Progressive Majority PAC   Progressive Majority PAC 410 1st St, SE Suite 310 Washington, DC 20003 United States

These four Senate seats are critical to keeping Mitch McConnell in the minority

 

Democrats won historic victories in 2020, but the reality is this: We're one Senate seat away from losing our majority. Not only do Democrats need to defend all our current incumbents, we need to expand our majority to make sure that we can continue to deliver progressive change for all four years of President Biden's first term.   In short, we need to make sure that we don't miss any opportunities when they're given to us -- and it just so happens that we've got at least four excellent ones.   Republican senators are retiring in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, and Missouri in 2022. These are undoubtedly going to be our best opportunities to expand our slim Democratic majority. Open seats mean the Republicans will be fighting themselves all the way through the primary -- giving us critical time to prepare our Democratic nominees for the tough task ahead.   But the GOP knows this too, so they're investing big in voter suppression and misinformation. With 47 out of 50 states considering devastating voter suppression policy in their state legislatures, we're in for an uphill battle, and so we have to start climbing now.   We have enough time to stop the GOP, but only barely. The Republican Party has had a record-breaking fundraising year, and we cannot afford to fall further behind.   We need to raise $2,297 more this week to get back on track, so please, if you know just how important it is for the Democrats to keep control of Congress, can you chip in anything you can right now to hold on to our majority? With your support, we can win these seats and make sure President Biden and the Democratic Party have another two years to build America back better. Thank you for all you do.   Progressive Majority Progressive Majority PAC is leading the fight against Trump's GOP and their dangerous and divisive agenda by supporting elected progressives, helping elect even more progressive Democrats to Congress, and protecting the gains we made in the past election. This movement is powered by progressives like you.   Paid for by Progressive Majority PAC   Progressive Majority PAC 410 1st St, SE Suite 310 Washington, DC 20003 United States