Received this e-mail today from former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold’s (D. WI) group, Legit PAC, in support of U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) & Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election bids:
Friend,
Their elections may be almost a year and a half away, but dark money attack groups are already targeting even more of our champions in the Senate.
One super PAC just started running ads attacking Senator Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, and the groups that spent $64 million trying to defeat Senator Sherrod Brown in Ohio last time have announced they’re planning to surpass that figure this time.
If Warren and Brown file financial disclosures showing high levels of grassroots support, they can make a strong claim to voters that they’re the legitimate options in the race. But the end-of-quarter disclosure deadline is coming up in just a few days.
Elizabeth Warren has become a prominent figure in the fight against corruption and dark money. She’s been a vocal supporter of the Fair Elections Now Act, DISCLOSE Act, and Shareholder Protection Act, and she’s been a leader on investigating conflicts of interest with the Trump transition and taxpayer money.
Sherrod Brown is not only a strong progressive, but has been a leader in the fight for campaign finance reform and voter protection. He introduced the Foreclosure Fraud and Homeowner Abuse Prevention Act to hold too-big-to-fail banks accountable, and he co-sponsored the DISCLOSE Act to tighten protections against illegal campaign contributions.
Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and the billionaires that back them on Wall Street and elsewhere will do anything to defeat these two champions. They don’t care if it’s legitimate or not.
The next elections will be some of the most important for our democratic legitimacy in decades. With only four days until the reporting deadline at the end of the quarter, we can make the biggest early impact on these elections by stepping up now.
These dark money attack groups don’t care if their attacks delegitimize our elections. We can bolster our democratic legitimacy by fighting back.
Thank you for standing up for democratic legitimacy today,
LegitPAC Team
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