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Sep 24, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
NEWS: The GOP is pouring $2 million in dark money to defeat Ron Kind in Wisconsin’s swingiest Congressional district. They know Trump will lose Wisconsin if @KindforCongress wins big. So let’s make sure that Kind soars to victory: secure.actblue.com/donate/dpw-kin…
Why is the GOP pouring so much money into Wisconsin’s 3rd District, a gerrymandered masterpiece that covers western and central Wisconsin? Simple: Because whoever wins here wins Wisconsin. politico.com/news/2020/09/2…
The GOP is freaking out because the Supreme Court vacancy has driven home for everyone that healthcare is on the ballot. Dems won every 2018 statewide election on the promise to protect people with pre-existing conditions. The 2020 stakes: even higher.
As many as 2.4 million Wisconsinites have pre-existing conditions; their right to healthcare is threatened if Trump & the GOP prevail. The stakes in WI03 are intensely personal for voters. The GOP knows Ron Kind will protect & expand care, not take it away.wisdems.org/news/on-day-of…
Ron Kind represents a purple district—and regularly condemns the Trump administration’s repeated attacks on the Affordable Care Act, while fighting for COVID support. That’s an enormous electoral strength. But it also infuriates the GOP. So they’re targeting him.
Meanwhile, the GOP’s Derrick Van Orden moved to the district a year ago & says he decided to run against Kind as payback for Kind’s opposition to Trump. He’s an anti-science, anti-choice extremist—even when the life of the mother is at stake.
Derrick Van Orden has made crystal clear that he would vote to take away the Affordable Care Act, striking down protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Making sure voters know this can help shut down the GOP’s play for votes here.
Obama won WI-03 by 11 points in 2012. Trump won it by 5 points in 2016. Now, in 2020, the right-wing dark money group behind the attacks on Ron Kind claims Trump is ahead there. Having Ron Kind’s back now builds support for Dems at every level.
The GOP has glaring weaknesses. They’re a disaster on COVID. They’ve driven the economy off a cliff—and are still pushing tax cuts for big corporations and the rich, at the expense of Medicare & Social Security. Let’s make sure voters know it.
And in full partnership with Ron Kind’s powerhouse campaign, the @WisDems team will be organizing voters county by county, neighborhood team by neighborhood team.

If you want to help with that kind of work—from wherever you live!—sign up here: wisdems.org/act-now

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