Friends -
Over the weekend, news broke: the Koch brothers are ready to start spending their obscene wealth supporting certain Democratic candidates running in contested primaries.
Now, you would think that having already bought up the entire Republican Party, that they might be satisfied. But apparently that is not the case. They will not be satisfied until they have bought BOTH major parties.
That is not democracy. That is oligarchy. And we cannot let it happen:
This isn't personal for me. I don't know the Koch brothers, but I do know this: one of the most significant realities of modern politics is just how successful they have been at moving the Republican Party to the extreme right.
Now they will try to move the Democratic Party even further to the right.
And the only way to stop them is to build a grassroots progressive campaign that rejects their right-wing ideology.
That is what we are doing on this campaign. But I cannot do it alone:
Please make a $3 contribution ahead of our critical FEC fundraising deadline.
https://act.berniesanders.com/go/koch-brothers
Our vision for American democracy should be a nation in which all people, regardless of their income, can participate in the political process and can run for office without begging for contributions from the wealthy and the powerful.
We are proving that is possible through this campaign.
In solidarity,
Bernie Sanders
Paid for by Bernie 2020
PO BOX 391, Burlington, VT 05402
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