In a matter of days, the special election in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, long held by Republicans, will happen. After getting crushed in the 2018 midterms, Republicans are doubling down now on Donald Trump, holding a rally with him on Sept. 9, the day before the special election.
This is after Republicans and their radical allies at the Club for Growth have pumped millions of dollars into the race to save this Republican seat. They've also already sent Vice President Mike Pence and Donald Trump Jr. to the district, hoping to drum up support. Trump's visit is designed to energize his base so they show up at the polls. So we need to make sure that the Democratic nominee, Dan McCready, has all the resources he needs to turn out every vote.
This congressional race isn't important just because a Democrat could win this longtime Republican-held seat. It’s also important because the Republican candidate represents everything that is wrong with the modern-day Republican Party—a party that is now 100% about Trump. They're making it so. And winning this seat? It would strike fear in their hearts for 2020. That could mean a lot more retirements and Republicans having to play defense over the entire House map.
It's a do-over, with the Republicans weaker than they were last November. The former Republican candidate, forever tarnished by election fraud, didn't run again. Instead, the Republicans went with bigoted Dan Bishop, who's infamous for being the author of the state's anti-LGBTQ "bathroom bill." More recently, he sent out a series of tweets in the aftermath of the El Paso mass shooting calling Democrats "clowns"—a loaded term that has become code within the white supremacist world. He even put that in a TV ad.
Bishop has been backed by Trump all the way. Now millions of dollars in dark money are pouring into the district on his behalf. We can help even the playing field for McCready. This race is a perfect chance to grind the Republicans' noses in their losses of 2018 AND set the tone for 2020, when Democrats will have them on the run. In this last week, our financial help will be critical, allowing the campaign to be out doing GOTV instead of trying to raise money for the final stretch.
P.S. If you live in NC-09, Hurricane Dorian is on the way, and elections officials have encouraged everyone to vote today and tomorrow, before the hurricane hits! Find your polling place here and make a plan to vote!
Give now to win the do-over of the race Republicans tried to steal! You can also volunteer to help GOTV either on the ground or virtually to get McCready over the finish line. And to keep Trump and Republicans running scared.