I usually don't read cheesy political emails.
However, I opened this one from Marcus Flowers (attempted run, D-14 in GA). What he wrote in this email is just so beautiful I have to forward it publically. I admit it's the first time a political email teared me up.
A 🧵.
Marcus Flowers wrote:
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I’ve been thinking for a long time about what to say.
Frankly, “thank you” just doesn’t cover it.
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Marcus Flowers:
You didn’t just support a campaign. You started something spectacular.
In case you didn’t know what a difference you’ve made, let me show you.
Because of you:
We knocked over 100,000 doors
We were the first Democrat to earn more than 27% of the vote in GA-14
We hired 16 people who were dedicated to organizing and engaging Democrats in this District leading to record turnout and newly energized local Democrats
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And the additional Democratic voters we turned out in GA-14 were 1/4 of Raphael Warnock’s margin in November.
Those metrics are impressive.
But you did something even bigger and more important.
You sent a message that’s impossible to ignore.
You put your foot down and told the whole country: we’re fighting everywhere.
I’m an Army guy, so I often see things from that perspective. And across the country, Democrats aren't occupying all of the battleground.
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Democrats are ceding territory, retreating where we should be fighting, and – maybe worst of all – flat-out failing to try. Even against the most extreme Republicans.
But that wasn’t the case here, in Georgia-14. With you, we fought – hard.
We forced MTG to answer to voters. We made her come home and answer to her constituents when she wanted to travel the country with Donald Trump. We knocked on doors that hadn’t been knocked on in decades.
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We talked to folks who felt left behind, forgotten, dismissed.
We showed up.
And none of it would have happened without you.
You might be wondering if now that the election’s over, I’m done.
Of course not. I’m not finished.
I doubt you are, either.
Fact is, the mission has just started. Together, we’ve started something really powerful. And this mission – this movement that you're already part of – has only one direction: forward.
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So today, at the beginning of the new year, I wanted to send a personal, very heartfelt, thank you.
Thank you for helping build a movement.
Thank you for sending a message the whole country needs to hear.
And thank you for fighting…everywhere.
Stay tuned – I'll have more about how we can continue the fight together.
-Marcus
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So please Dems, don't forget about this lovely man who looked DIRECTLY into the maw of this hideous neonazi beast and gave a choice.
They could have chosen baseless hatred, or cooperation.
We know which the majority chose.
Please don't forget about Marcus Flowers and I pray for his success. He can run on the fact that he gave people a true CHOICE. Just like Beto did.
Hopefully humanity will be empathetic enough someday to choose more Marcuses and less MTGs.
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