Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D. IL) in support of U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s (D. WI) re-election campaign:
This might be news to Donald Trump.
But we don’t live in a dictatorship or a monarchy.
I swore an oath – in the military and in the U.S. Senate – to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
I’m not here to clap when Trump demands I clap. I won’t be accused of “treason” for opposing him. And I certainly won’t be silent while the Deceiver-in-Chief and his billionaire friends attack my friend and Senate colleague Tammy Baldwin.
That’s why I’m asking you to please help me show Senator Baldwin that we’ve got her back by donating today to her 2018 re-election campaign.
When I ran for the Senate, Tammy Baldwin stood with me. I’m returning the favor because she’s facing the fight of her political life in Wisconsin.
Donald Trump won Senator Baldwin’s state in 2016. Now he wants to turn it deep red by getting her out of the Senate. Trump’s already been to Wisconsin several times to rally his supporters and set the stage for her defeat.
If that weren’t enough, special interests have already spent nearly $9 million against her. According to one count, there has been more spent against Tammy Baldwin than all other Democratic Senate candidates up for re-election this year.
But Senator Baldwin’s a fighter.
As the first openly gay person elected to the Senate, she knows how to take on and defeat bullies like Trump. I need her with me in the Senate to make things better for working families.
Thanks to Tammy Baldwin, children can stay on their parents’ health insurance longer. She’s leading the fight to close tax loopholes that let the wealthiest Americans pay lower tax rates than many middle-class families.
Senator Baldwin and I teamed up on legislation that would make prescription drugs more affordable for seniors … and lower costs for working Americans. At a time when Trump says Democrats are “un-American” for not clapping during his speeches, she’s one of the most outspoken critics of the White House.
Our country needs Tammy Baldwin in the Senate to hold Trump accountable.
We can’t let special interests run her out of the Senate and elect a puppet who will fall in line with Trump. But the only way Senator Baldwin can win is with your help now. So far, she has two Republican opponents.
Each one has a right-wing billionaire backing them.
That’s the other side’s strategy. They’re counting on conservative mega-donors to bury her campaign. She’s counting on people like you to help her fight back. Without your help today, Senator Baldwin can’t win.
The bottom line is, we can’t sit on the sidelines while Trump’s allies try and buy this Wisconsin Senate seat with big donations from secret donors. But we have to act now.
The latest news reports say Senator Baldwin is at the top of the Koch brothers’ Senate target list. That’s why I’m counting on you to stand with me in supporting her today.
Thank you,
Tammy Duckworth
P.S. Trump’s after her. The Koch brothers want her out. And did I mention Tammy Baldwin was elected with just 51 percent of the vote? We can’t lose her voice in the Senate. Join me by donating to her re-election campaign today.