Danielle, My life's work has been around one central question: What's happening to hardworking people in America? What's happening to hollow out America's middle class? Why has the road to economic security gotten so rocky and steep — and even rockier and steeper for people of color? Well, here's the answer: It wasn't an accident. It was because a series of decisions changed who Washington actually works for. I saw a government that only works great for those with money and power — for those who can hire armies of lobbyists and lawyers. That's corruption, plain and simple, and we need to call it out. I'm fighting for a government that works for people trying to fill a prescription — not just giant drug companies. I'm fighting for a government that works for families trying to make it payday to payday without getting ripped off — not just giant financial institutions. I'm fighting for a government that works for everyone who sees the climate crisis bearing down on us — not just Big Oil. I'm fighting for a government and an economy that works for everyone. That means endorsing and supporting working-class champions up and down the ballot and across the country who will help shift who our government works for. But none of us can get this done alone. It takes a grassroots movement where we fight side by side. So Danielle, if you're able to, can you please pitch in $15 or anything you can to support this movement, power our re-election, and ensure Democrats can come out of the 2022 midterms strong? If you've saved payment info with ActBlue Express, your donation will process automatically: | Here's how I see this: We need to make change as a country. Not a nibble here, a piece over there. Big, systemic change. The kind of change that will make this government reflect the will of the people. And in a couple of weeks, we've got a big opportunity to do just that. Yes Democrats are facing headwinds, and it's going to take a massive mobilization effort, but Danielle, this isn't unfamiliar territory. Turnout for the 2020 election was huge. Two-thirds of America's eligible population voted, the highest percentage in more than a century. An estimated twenty million new voters turned out. Millions of young people voted. Millions of people of color voted. It was a massive outpouring of faith in the idea that voters — not a group of rich, distant power brokers — controlled this country. And it made a difference. With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the White House, and slim Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, we've started to change who our government works for. We beat Big Pharma by allowing Medicare to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices for the first time. We passed the biggest-ever investment in fighting climate change, which will lower carbon emissions by 40 percent over ten years. And President Biden canceled all student debt for 20 million Americans and reduced it for another 23 million. I'll be the first to say there's more we've got to get done, including codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law. If we can come together and expand our Senate majority, and if we hang on to the House, we can make more transformational change — not just by the skin of our teeth anymore, but as an unapologetic Democratic majority. If you're in a place to make a contribution, can you donate $15 or whatever you can to help build our grassroots movement and build a government that fights for working people? Thanks for being a part of this, Elizabeth | 
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