Subject: Bear with me
From: "Hannah Brown, ActBlue" <[email-masked]>
To: "Robert" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:34:14 +0000

Dear Robert,

Donald Trump's candidacy has made one thing clear: Mega-donors have taken the GOP hostage. 

Bear with me while I explain. For years, Republicans have espoused economics that favor the 1% (coincidentally their super PAC donor base), and assumed the rest of the GOP voters were on board. 

But the second Trump, a self-funded Republican, jumped into the race and rejected the super PACs' party line on tax breaks for the wealthy, voters flocked to him.  

Republican super PACs have completely obscured voters' desires, and in turn made "mainstream" GOP candidates utterly distasteful to the primary electorate. At ActBlue, we're working to make sure that doesn't happen on our side by providing Democrats with a powerful grassroots fundraising platform. 

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After watching his poll numbers plummet, Jeb Bush decided to go on the offensive with Trump. 

And he started by talking about economics, calling out Trump for his (gasp) support for increased taxes on the rich. Jeb should have learned from Mitt Romney's mistakes -- regular voters don't want to join their crusade to protect the 1%.

But Bush listens to money, not voters. And his super PAC donors love everything he stands for, so he ignores the desires of the rest of the Republican base. 

That's the kind of insidious influence super PACs have on our democracy. At ActBlue, we're working to ensure Democrats can win with support from small-dollar donors.

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From all of us at ActBlue, thanks. 

-- Hannah, Evan, Meredith, and the rest of the team----

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