9/1/2020 - post-RNC thoughts, fear mongering and bilious hate
Friends,
If it wasn't clear to you before, it certainly must be now: it's game-on. After four days of bilious hate, fear mongering and lies coming out of the RNC, Dear Leader continues to double down on racial strife, polarization and vilification of those protesting peacefully and labeling anyone doing so as "marxists", "leftist radicals" and worse. It was great to see Joe come out swinging yesterday with a powerful and pointed speech, calling out Trump's lies, gaslighting and deceit. That being said, the Republicans are running a very effective psyops campaign in their parallel universe that runs the risk of instilling enough fear to get swing voters to tip the wrong way. WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN. As I've said to some of my contacts within the Biden campaign, I think Joe needs to go full-on aggressive, both rebutting Trump's lies while actually talking about the few things most prominent on people's minds: jobs; healthcare; and the fact that they matter. We can't let this turn into a game of identity politics - it has to be about issues and helping people in their day to day lives. It can't be empty promises and proclamations. And Biden has lots of good stuff to talk about here.
So now more than ever, we need to give, call, text, postcard, and doing whatever we can to support Biden's candidacy along with other down-ballot Democratic candidates in state and federal races.
I've attached the upcoming list of events. Two of note for me are:
Biden Action Fund Virtual Conversation
on Responding to an Economic Crisis
from the White House
with Austan Goolsbee, Christina Romer, & Cecilia Rouse
https://secure.joebiden.com/a/0902-conversation?attr=101663562
Contact: Luke Branscum at lbranscum@joebiden.com
and, of course, fellow Poly dad and neighbor JBJ!
Thursday, September 10
Biden Action Fund
Virtual Reception and Musical Performance
with VP Joe Biden,
Gov. Phil Murphy & First Lady Tammy Murphy,
along with Jon Bon Jovi & Dorothea Bongiovi
https://secure.joebiden.com/a/jersey-reception?attr=101663562
Contact: Joelle Sherman at TSFinanceRSVP@joebiden.com
And if you can't attend an event and have the ability to give to support the campaign, please do so here.https://act.joebiden.com/BVFraiser?attr=101663562.
Thanks as always for your support.
In solidarity,
Roger