Republican senators just voted to confirm the right-wing fanatic, conspiracy theorist, perjurer, and alleged sexual predator Brett Kavanaugh for a lifetime appointment to the United States Supreme Court. It’s a horrific outcome, perpetrated on the American people by a gang of GOP senators who represent a minority of the country—and by admitted predator Donald Trump, who of course lost the popular vote.
These Republicans, though, think they can hide from the fact that they’re forcing Kavanaugh on the majority of the country that doesn’t want him, because most of them won’t have to face voters for another two or four years. But they’re wrong: We can punish them, right now. Here’s how:
Two of the Republicans who voted for Kavanaugh are up for re-election next month: Nevada Sen. Dean Heller and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Both are neck-and-neck in the polls with their Democratic opponents. Daily Kos has already endorsed both these Democrats.
In 2020, more than a half-dozen other Republicans who backed Kavanaugh will be up for re-election in potentially competitive states. That election may be two years away, but we have a special tool we can use today to make these Republicans pay: ActBlue’s Democratic nominee funds. You can donate right now to these funds, which will hold all the money they raise in escrow until after each state's Democratic primary, then transfer all those funds to that state's Democratic nominee for the general election.
Make them pay: Donate $1 right now to each of the Democratic candidates and nominee funds targeting vulnerable Senate Republicans running in 2018 and 2020 who just put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court.
These are the Republican incumbents we're targeting right now:
Running in 2018:
- Dean Heller (Nevada)—Daily Kos has endorsed Democrat Jacky Rosen
- Ted Cruz (Texas)—Daily Kos has endorsed Democrat Beto O'Rourke
Running in 2020:
- Cory Gardner (Colorado)
- David Perdue (Georgia)
- Joni Ernst (Iowa)
- Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)
- Susan Collins (Maine)
- Thom Tillis (North Carolina)
- Lindsey Graham (South Carolina)
We're also targeting the seat made vacant by the death of Sen. John McCain, currently held by a caretaker Republican. This special election will be one of Democrats' best pick-up opportunities anywhere in the country in 2020.
Are you angry now? Then there’s something you can do—now.
Punish the Republicans who just put Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court for life: Donate $1 right now to each of these Democratic candidates and nominee funds targeting vulnerable Senate Republicans.