Dear MoveOn member,
This is a big moment in our work to disqualify Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot.
Right now, voters in several states are suing to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballots in their states under the 14th Amendment, which prohibits someone in public office who has "engaged in insurrection" or "given aid or comfort" to insurrectionists from serving again.1,2
The Colorado trial began yesterday.3 Then on Thursday, the Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments related to the case filed in the state.4
But you can bet that Trump and his MAGA allies will go into overdrive with disinformation about the lawsuits, so we urgently need to raise awareness, educate voters, and continue building momentum for the campaign to disqualify Trump from the ballot in 2024.
To coincide with these consequential legal cases, MoveOn is going all-in on this campaign in Colorado and Minnesota. And with enough resources, we can expand this work to additional states and keep it up for as long as it takes. We'll go into more detail below, but first, we have to ask: Can you chip in $5 a month to power and sustain our democracy-saving work to disqualify Trump from the ballot?
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Andra, Trump is still the unrivaled front-runner for the Republican nomination—and according to new Bloomberg state-by-state polls, Trump would win the presidency if a Biden-Trump election were held today.5,6
But for Trump, his 91 felony counts aren't the only threat to a second presidency. The other is the U.S. Constitution.7
That's why the work MoveOn is doing to hammer home the message to voters about Trump's criminality and why disqualifying him from holding public office could not be more important. More than 400,000 MoveOn members have urged their secretaries of state to disqualify Trump from the ballot. We even ran a powerful ad during the first Republican presidential debate calling for Trump to be disqualified.
Now, we're escalating our efforts and organizing in the states where Trump is facing direct disqualification challenges from voters. Here is just some of what we have planned:
- Running a massive letter-to-the-editor program to raise local awareness of Trump's coup and increase support among voters for Trump's disqualification.
- Launching digital ads to 1) encourage voters to sign their local petition calling for their secretary of state to disqualify Trump from office under the 14th Amendment, and 2) boost our video made with former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich that breaks down exactly why Trump should be disqualified and calls on voters to get involved in our campaign.
We cannot afford to cut back on any piece of this work, but since MoveOn is powered by members like you, we can do it and expand our work only with your support. Can you chip in $5 a month to help make it possible?
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Disqualifying Trump from state ballots is going to be one of the biggest political battles of the 2024 race, and Trump knows it.
It's why Trump is already spreading disinformation and lashing out to rile up his supporters early, posting on his social media platform "Truth Social" that using the 14th Amendment to disqualify him is "just another 'trick' being used by the Radical Left Communists, Marxists, and Fascists, to again steal an Election."8 And it's why in a recent interview with conservative radio host Dave Bongino, he called this effort "election interference."9
It's clear that as Donald Trump battles these lawsuits in state courts, he's also trying to fight back by influencing the court of public opinion—and that's where MoveOn can have a massive impact if we have the resources to fight with all of our might.
Andra, we're able to sustain our campaign to disqualify Donald Trump only because MoveOn members like you are chipping in to fund it. And with your help, we'll continue to go even bigger.
Please chip in $5 a month—or whatever you can afford.
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Mohammad, Bekir, Chrissy, Oscar, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Full List of States Trying to Kick Trump Off Ballot and Where Cases Stand," Newsweek, October 24, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/184866?t=8&akid=367993%2E53570607%2EPkBHJV
2. "14th Amendment, Section 3: A new legal battle against Trump takes shape," ABC News, August 25, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/180133?t=10&akid=367993%2E53570607%2EPkBHJV
3. "Lawsuit to block Trump from Colorado 2024 ballot survives more legal challenges," CNN, October 21, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/184867?t=12&akid=367993%2E53570607%2EPkBHJV
4. "Minnesota Supreme Court to hear arguments on Trump ballot eligibility," MPR News, September 20, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/184868?t=14&akid=367993%2E53570607%2EPkBHJV
5. "Tracking the 2024 Republican Primary," Morning Consult, October 31, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/184593?t=16&akid=367993%2E53570607%2EPkBHJV
6. "Warning signs flash for Biden in recent polling," The Hill, October 25, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/184869?t=18&akid=367993%2E53570607%2EPkBHJV
7. "Opinion: If successful, this case could be the most dangerous to Trump's 2024 presidential run," CNN, October 22, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/184870?t=20&akid=367993%2E53570607%2EPkBHJV
8. Post by Donald J. Trump, Truth Social, September 4, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/180105?t=22&akid=367993%2E53570607%2EPkBHJV
9. "Trump dismisses 14th Amendment push to keep him off the 2024 ballot as 'election interference,'" NBC News, September 7, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/184871?t=24&akid=367993%2E53570607%2EPkBHJV
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