Thread by @benwikler

THREAD: Ron Johnson is saying he’ll announce soon whether he’s running. @WisDems is more than ready—we've campaigned all year. Help us hit our mid-December goal of $10K by 12/15. Chip in any amount to help us make sure Johnson's campaign launch falls flat:
secure.actblue.com/donate/johnson…

Reporters and insiders think the overwhelming likelihood is that Johnson WILL run for reelection—even though his closing argument in the 2016 election was that he’d never run again after that year. We’ll know for certain soon.

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1469005895367630848

If you’ve been following @WisDems, you know we haven’t been waiting around for Johnson to make it official. We spent all of 2021 organizing & communicating statewide—and defining Ron Johnson. Our goal: sear Johnson’s egregious record into voters’ memories.

We wanted all Americans to understand one, clear message: that Johnson has spent his time in Washington focused on his self-serving agenda that has focused on enriching himself and his biggest donors while ignoring the needs of working people. This is how we’ve done that:

When Trump’s insurrection hit the Capitol, @WisDems jumped into action. Ron Johnson had enabled Trump at every turn and fanned the flames fueling the mob. We made sure voters knew about it—by airing the first TV ad of this election cycle in the country:

The ad ran in five Wisconsin media markets across the state, home to the vast majority of the state’s population, as well as online. We were calling on Johnson to resign. He didn’t, so now we’ll just have to end his time in office ourselves.
nytimes.com/2021/01/13/us/…

Johnson kept lying about 1/6. He said it “didn’t seem like an armed insurrection.” Wisconsinites had seen the video. They knew he was wrong. So we made sure they’d remember that he tried to bamboozle them about it:

When the life-changing American Rescue Plan passed—thanks to @POTUS and @TheDemocrats in Congress!—we immediately held Ron Johnson accountable for his obstruction attempt, kicking off a fundraising campaign for billboards:

https://twitter.com/benwikler/status/1377311785670348801

As noxious as Johnson’s lies and obfuscations might be, they can pull attention away from the worst thing about his time in public office: his obsession with looting the treasury to enrich himself & his biggest donors. But a @ProPublica story nailed it.
propublica.org/article/secret…

After @ProPublica exposed how Johnson had rigged the tax system to enrich himself and his biggest donors, we didn’t sit around. We had to make sure Wisconsinites and every American knew that Ron Johnson robbed us.

We held a rally outside Johnson’s Madison office & sounded the alarm. Why did he do all he could to block middle-class tax cuts—when he himself paid almost no state income tax in 2017? Why did he push so hard for tax cuts for the rich?

One year out from the midterm elections, we had the most energizing organizing weekend of the year: #1Year2Win. More than 1000 volunteers, elected Dems, and @WisDems staffers knocked on doors & made phone calls, reaching out to >100,000 voters re '22.

Electing a strong Dem to the Senate next year from WI will change lives for Wisconsinites—and for all Americans. To do that, we need to continue building our multigenerational, multiracial statewide organizing program. That takes investment. Help us build:
secure.actblue.com/donate/johnson…

Meanwhile, throughout the year, we’ve organized virtual news conferences, blasted out press releases, and done everything else in our power to make sure voters learned just how bad for them it’s been to have Ron Johnson in the Senate.

https://twitter.com/WisDems/status/1442555463032139778

All of our work has landed Ron Johnson in a precarious position. With a Democratic President in the White House, and Democrats in charge of Congress, the electoral environment should be very positive for Johnson heading into 2022.

However, that’s not the case for @TheWorstSenator. He’s a national laughing stock, an embarrassment to the state of Wisconsin, and a danger to our democracy and economy. @WisDems are talking to voters about Johnson’s record every single day.

Usually, the party *not* in power wins big the year after a Presidential election. We are working to defy history by defining Ron Johnson early and aggressively.

We know we can continue to drive up Johnson’s negatives. In Wisconsin, elections come down to the wire, and we can't take any chances with democracy on the line. That’s why we’re not waiting around to work. We can’t afford to wait.

No matter when Johnson decides to make his big announcement, we’ll be ready. We’ve been training for this moment all year long—as a party, as Democrats & activists—with the support that built our organizing juggernaut. Chip in now to elevate it in ’22: secure.actblue.com/donate/johnson…

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We’re gearing up for the biggest fight in 2022 but we need your help to do it. Can you chip in by midnight on 12/15? Donate now: wisdems.org/rojo

WOW: In less than 24 hours since we launched our mid-December fundraiser, we’ve reached 25% of our goal!

Help us keep building a successful campaign against Ron Johnson. Can you chip in NOW before our midnight deadline tomorrow? Any amount helps: wisdems.org/rojo