Please allow me to introduce everyone on DailyKos to Mike Ford, the Democrat running to defeat incumbent Republican Representative Andrew Clyde in Georgia’s 9th Congressional District. As a retired lawyer, Mike joined this race at the eleventh hour because he didn’t want to see Clyde run unopposed in the upcoming November 2022 Midterm Elections as the political stakes for our nation are far too high.
Mike believes the people of Georgia’s 9th District deserve much better representation in Congress. We’ve all seen firsthand the damage done by the right-wing extremism, disinformation, lies, and conspiracy theories that have run wild and unchecked across the country and in Georgia.
Mike suffers no illusions that this will be an easy task. He knows full well that in this heavily Republican gerrymandered district, as a Democrat, he’s the underdog in this race. But from Rudy and Rocky, to Hoosiers, Miracle, and The Karate Kid, he also knows that Americans love a great underdog story and by working together, we can pull out an epic upset this November 8th.
The Dire Reality of Unchecked Republican Rule
We know that just like the Republicans in DC, the elected Republicans in Georgia refuse to fight fair and deliberately carved up Gwinnett County GA in a cynical plot to dilute and divide the growing Democratic majority in Gwinnett county. However, the fact that approximately one third of suburban Gwinnett County was drawn into this deeply red district gives us a unique opportunity to flip the tables on Clyde. {See the 2022 map of Georgia’s District 9 in the lead photo.}
We have all felt the ongoing shockwaves of not only the January 6 Committee Hearings revealing the multi-pronged attempted coup and insurrection of Donald Trump, but of the recent Supreme Court rulings coming from the radical 6-3 conservative majority. The six radicalized right-wing Supreme Court justices are engaging in shocking judicial activism never before witnessed in our nation.
In the span of a month, the highest court in our nation has stripped women of their freedom to bodily autonomy, injected religion into public schools, gutted our EPA’s Clean Air Act, eviscerated the tribal sovereignty of Native Americans, decimated states’ rights to enact common sense gun control just to name some of their most recent draconian decisions. Americans are reeling in shock, disgust, fear, and anger at the breakneck pace of the right-wing courts overturning decades and even centuries of legal precedence and established law. People are terrified of what freedoms and laws the Republican-appointed Supreme Court will demolish next as Justice Thomas has stated he wants to make birth control illegal, make gay marriage illegal and criminalize consensual sex in your own bedroom. No joke.
To this end, we are seeing a seismic shift in public opinion away from Republicans who have simply gone too far. There is an awakening happening, an outrage among the American people many of whom always voted the GOP party line or tuned out politics all together due to the misguided belief that “politics don’t affect me” or the ill-conceived notion that “both parties are the same so why bother”. The extreme right-wing power grabs, criminal subversion of our beloved democracy, and un-American overreach of the Republican party has shaken many Americans to their core.
A Little Bit About Mike Ford:
US Army Vietnam Veteran. Lifelong Georgian. Man of Integrity and Decency.
Mike’s values are those of many people of his district: duty, honor, respect, service, integrity, hard work, fairness, compassion, and honesty combined good old-fashioned manners, Southern hospitality, and a heaping dose of common sense. Mike has an unwavering love of the United States of America and our Constitution. When he joined the US Army in 1965, he swore a solemn oath to “Protect and Defend” our Constitution and he still lives by and honor that sacred oath every day
Mike believes in bringing people together to find common ground to solve problems rather than dividing people based on geography, party affiliation, or dangerous conspiracy theories on the internet and Fox News. Mike is working every day to bring Democrats, Independents, and fair-minded Republicans together because he knows that as Americans, we’re all better off when we work together to address difficult issues in a constructive manner rather than pitting neighbors, family, and friends against one another.
In Summary and Mike’s Humble Ask …
Mike is encouraged and inspired by the volunteers and small grassroots donors who have already joined his campaign, but he needs your financial support, social media support, and connection to your greater network of donors, family, friends, and resources to help grow our movement to defeat Clyde this November.
Georgians in District 9, like most Americans who are actually paying attention, are scared and want to do something to fight back against radical Republican overreach. We are seeing people coming out of the woodwork to say that the Republicans have crossed the line and gone too far, that their extremism is destroying the very freedoms we hold so sacred, the freedoms that make us all uniquely Americans.
We are seeing people of all political stripes express their fear of radicalized, emboldened Republicans taking over Congress this November. We are confident that with your financial help, volunteer support, he can quickly build out his campaign infrastructure and get the word out that Georgia’s 9th District is winnable, thereby turn out thousands of Democratic voters who don’t normally show up in midterm elections. If we maximize the number of voters in the rural counties and surge voter turnout in suburban Gwinnett County, Mike Ford could be that winning underdog story that Americans know and love.
Campaigning takes resources, teamwork, and a leap of faith from everyone involved. From the person who donates $5 to the person who donates $50 and connects Mike to 5, 10, 50 other people who can donate or join Mike’s team, every donation, every volunteer is appreciated, and he is humbled by the support.
There is no doubt, at this time Clyde literally has Mike “outgunned” but with your generous donation and support for his campaign, even if it just a follow on social media, connecting us to other donors, volunteers, and resources, we can assemble “the arsenal” we need to fight back and win.
With Sincere Gratitude and Thanks,
Mike Ford
Democratic Candidate for US Congress, Georgia’s 9th Congressional District
Learn more and donate at Mike’s website: www.mike4georgia.com
PS – The added “bang for your buck” of financially supporting Mike’s candidacy is that every vote we turn out in District 9 is another Democratic vote to elect Senator Warnock, Stacey Abrams and the entire slate of statewide Democrats, as well as more votes for down ballot state Democratic candidates. These voters that Mike gets to the polls could make the difference statewide and help us win the elections in the US Senate and Governorship.
Written by Liberal In a Red State who is a volunteer for Mike Ford’s US Congressional Campaign.
Mike Ford for US Congress Georgia’s 9th Congressional District | www.Mike4Georgia.com
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