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gristy

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Tue Jan 28, 2020, 12:34 AM Jan 2020

Donate to MoveOn to support impeachment advertisements

https://act.moveon.org/donate/impeachment-ads-senate

Here's what the email that I got this evening from MoveOn looked like:

Gristy - There are currently 12 television ads on the airwaves about impeachment. Want to know how many supported Donald Trump's conviction and removal until today? Zero.

That's right. More than a week into Trump's impeachment trial, every single ad hitting TV audiences about impeachment has been paid for by Trump supporters. But we're going to change that. Over the last five days, more than 27,000 MoveOn members have chipped in so that we can buy time to run our ads on television targeting GOP senators who are most likely to break away from Trump.

We've almost raised what we need to run impeachment TV ads, thanks to the generous support of more than 27,000 MoveOn members in the past five days. But we're still $100,000 short. Can you chip in now, so that we can get our ads on television tomorrow?

Because you've saved your payment information with MoveOn, your donation will go straight through.

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For more details on this campaign, see our recent email below:

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Dear MoveOn member,

Today is day six of the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump, and for the past week there has not been a single ad on TV putting pressure on the Republican senators most likely to break with Mitch McConnell to force witnesses to be called and for the White House to hand over documents related to the Ukraine scandal.2

Yet a new poll shows that about 72% of Americans agree that the trial "should allow witnesses with firsthand knowledge of the impeachment charges to testify," including 69% of Republicans.3 Yes, 69% of Republicans agree! Rachel Maddow called the results "stunning."4

And just last night, news broke that John Bolton has confirmed in his forthcoming book that Trump said explicitly that the aid to Ukraine would remain frozen until Ukraine announced investigations into the Bidens, and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Attorney General William Barr, and acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney were also in on the scheme.5

It would take only four Republican senators to join with the Democrats to turn Mitch McConnell's kangaroo court into a fair trial that can uncover the full extent of Trump's transgressions, and these John Bolton bombshells make it more likely than ever that some Republicans will break away.

We urgently need to turn up the heat, Gristy. There has not yet been a single ad targeting Republican senators to demand a fair trial and hold Trump accountable, causing Chuck Todd of "Meet the Press" to ask, "Why aren't Democrats making life miserable for vulnerable Republicans on impeachment?"6

MoveOn's Creative Lab, which has created powerful ads seen by millions of Americans, has swung into action to produce hard-hitting ads and start to get them up on TV in the states with senators we can influence, after more than 27,000 MoveOn members chipped in to help fill the void in the last three days. But it's very expensive to run TV ads. We still need to raise $100,000 to get an expanded TV ad buy on the air in the key states and keep it going through the planned Senate vote on whether to hear from witnesses, which is likely to take place late this week.

Will you make an emergency donation right now to help us run hard-hitting impeachment ads on TV in key states?
Because you've saved your payment information with MoveOn, your donation will go straight through.

Express Donate: $15
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