Losing elections sucks, but we didn’t
lose tonight. Tonight, a little-known 30-year-old political newbie came
within a few points of winning Newt Gingrich’s old congressional
district. A couple states away in South Carolina, another political
neophyte shifted a district that leans Republican by 9 points away from
Trump by 6 points. These are not losses. These are the first droplets of
a wave. We’re not there yet, but we’re building toward something big.
Tonight, the resistance proved that it’s strong and growing. Tonight, we
showed we will win.
Keep in mind what a 5- or 6-point
swing against Trump means for the country. It’s HUGE. If we see a
nationwide swing of 6 points next year in the 2018 elections, 52 House
Republicans will lose. With a wave of that size, Democrats retake the
House, stripping Paul Ryan of of his speakership (and maybe even his +5
Republican seat). A wave of that size means we’ll finally have a
legislative branch that actually acts a check on this Administration.
How did such conservative districts
swing so far against Trump? The real thanks goes to the local
Indivisible groups in Georgia 6th and South Carolina 5th who for MONTHS
have been knocking on doors, making calls, registering people to vote,
and getting folks to the polls. This is how it is done. This is how we
will win.
Nobody said this would be easy. We’re
up against enormously powerful forces, cynically focused on dismantling
democracy. But we have one thing on our side: the people are with us.
The energy is with us. And the the movement will be unstoppable.
For months now, you have dared to
believe in Indivisible and the movement we’re building together. We’re
asking you to continue believing in our work. Together, we are building
something historic. Together, we will win.
In solidarity,
Ezra Levin and Leah GreenbergCo-Executive Directors, Indivisible
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