| Friend,
I want to talk to you about someone you might know.
Maybe it's a neighbor. Maybe it's family. Maybe it's someone you grew up with who has gone along with a misleading politician – someone who believed the promises to keep us out of dumb wars, bring down gas prices, and make government efficient.
It would be easy to write that person off. To assume they're a political lost cause, too far gone to reach.
I don't believe that.
I think most people – wherever they land politically – want the same basic things. Safer neighborhoods. Good schools. A job that pays enough. Healthcare you can actually afford. A government that looks out for you instead of the people with the most money.
The world isn't divided into good people and bad people. We're all capable of good and bad things. And nobody is good or bad, as a human, because of how they voted.
What I do believe is that some leaders don't deserve the loyalty they've been given. Not because their supporters are foolish – but because those supporters were promised something real, and they got something else entirely.
So when I think about how to reach across that divide, the message is not: how could you possibly support that? It's: he doesn't deserve you. He doesn't deserve your loyalty, your support, or your vote.
That opening exists right now. And openings are not forever.
The other side is not sitting still. They're spending – heavily, right now – to manipulate maps, flood airwaves, and make sure that opening never leads to realignment. Every day we don't match that energy is a day they use to make the next election harder to win.
I’m doing my part to help build that energy and turn that work into something bigger, but I need you by my side. Please, consider joining me by making a contribution today:
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Thank you,
Pete
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