Received this e-mail today from Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes (D. KY), who is running against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R. KY) next year, regarding the government shutdown he helped cause:
Just when you thought that Senator Gridlock Mitch McConnell’s Washington dysfunction couldn’t get any worse, he hit a new low by following through with his dangerous plan to shut down the government.
This government shutdown is Washington at its worst. McConnell has abandoned middle-class families across our Commonwealth, and our nation, in order to pursue an extreme partisan agenda.
Americans are being turned away from their jobs and sent home without the pay they rely on to support their families, simply because McConnell would rather risk the economic future of our country than work towards reasonable compromise.
We can’t afford to let this continue. Tell Senator Gridlock: Stop the political games and end the government shutdown:
http://action.alisonforkentucky.com/...
It’s never been clearer that we need new leadership in Washington. The Republican shutdown is already devastating our economy and Kentucky's middle-class families. And the longer this shutdown lasts, the worse it will get.
The hardworking men and women of the Commonwealth deserve a Senator who leads – not one missing in action. It’s time for Senator McConnell to step up and deliver for his constituents back home.
But with this kind of politics as usual approach, it’s going to take all of us coming together to get our government back to work.
Add your name and demand that McConnell stop holding our economy hostage and end the shutdown right now:
http://action.alisonforkentucky.com/...
Thank you for all you do.
Alison
You can click here to add your name:
http://action.alisonforkentucky.com/...
P.S. PCCC is going after McConnell for trying to make Citizens United even worse:
Today, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell argued in front of the Supreme Court.
He didn't seek to end the shutdown or raise the debt ceiling. He asked for the wealthiest Americans to be able to give unlimited campaign contributions to politicians.
Mitch McConnell is America's biggest opponent of campaign finance laws -- and today's McCutcheon case is Citizens United part 2.
We are leading the way to defeat McConnell in 2014. Can you chip in $3 for the next 12 months to help us end his 30-year Senate career?
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McConnell is the most vulnerable Republican Senator up in 2014. He's also the lead obstructionist on every issue we care about. Defeating him would send shockwaves.
We have already run over $120,000 on TV ads against McConnell -- showing voters that he is in the pocket of big-money donors.
I'm in Kentucky right now organizing our thousands of local PCCC members, and we just finished a big campaign training.
Can you chip in $3 for 12 months to help continue our effective activism against Mitch McConnell? Click here to donate today.
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In the coming year, we'll relentlessly hold McConnell accountable. And with your help, we'll defeat him in 2014.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- Karissa Gerhke, PCCC organizer
P.S. If you haven't already, click here to endorse the PCCC's Take Back Democracy agenda.
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