Received this e-mail today from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D. NY-14) on behalf of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in support of Brent Welder’s (D. KS-03) campaign:
This Friday, Bernie Sanders and I are flying to Kansas to hold a rally for Brent Welder – a bold progressive who can flip a red congressional seat. Here’s why...
Right after we shocked the nation with our primary victory in New York, the Associated Press called Brent Welder’s race “the next major test of the strength of the left.” I went on MSNBC the next day and said that Brent Welder is “running the exact same race that I am.”
Like us, Brent’s campaign is a grassroots-first operation.
Like me, Brent is a bold progressive who refuses corporate PAC money.
Like our campaign, Brent’s message of Medicare for All and a $15/hr minimum wage is connecting with families that are tired of worrying about their health insurance premiums (if they have coverage at all), their prescription drug costs, their retirements, and their kids’ college education.
And like me, Brent was a community organizer for Bernie Sanders. He has Bernie’s endorsement and mine. And, like us, Brent is going to win.
Brent’s election is just 3 weeks away. We can usher a progressive wave into Congress by electing bold progressives everywhere from New York to the Kansas heartland. Please rush a contribution of $3 or more to Brent’s campaign right now to fuel his grassroots campaign at this critical moment in American history!
Brent is leading the Republican incumbent by 7% in a poll conducted by the PCCC. Hillary Clinton won this Kansas district – and Bernie won it in the primary.
Brent’s primary opponents include a banker, a corporate attorney, and a guy who emblazoned his website with the words “leading from the center” and boasts of “the courage to compromise.” Brent’s Republican opponent is the #1 recipient of campaign funding from payday loan sharks.
Winning in Kansas will help prove that the majority of Americans are with us on the policies. Americans support Medicare for All, expanding Social Security benefits, gun reform, debt-free college, and a $15 minimum wage.
Please, make a contribution of $3 or more to Brent’s campaign at this critical moment to prove that bold progressive values are popular EVERYWHERE.
Together, we have the people. Together, with your help, we’ll have the votes.
Pa'lante,
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Click here to donate to Welder’s campaign.