EMAIL FROM STOP DONALD TRUMP (via MoveOn)

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From: Stop Donald Trump (via MoveOn) <moveon-help@list.moveon.org>

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Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020, 10:19:50 AM MDT

Subject: Americans still don't know how Trump has botched this crisis

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Today, the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus will surpass Italy's, setting a new world record.1

Deaths are doubling every four days—with no end in sight.2

All because Donald Trump has been asleep at the wheel.

He knew about the threat posed by the coronavirus since January, when he started getting ominous, classified reports.3

Not only that, but he was warned of the dangers again and again and again by his staff. The Washington Post reports that, "a month and a half before President Trump truly acknowledged the gravity of the coronavirus outbreak, his top trade adviser warned that 500,000 Americans could die of it."4

Yet in public, he continued to downplay the crisis until March 16, when thousands of Americans had already been infected.

And what's more inexcusable is that he is STILL FAILING to use the full powers of his office—including the Defense Production Act—to ensure the delivery of masks, gloves, and other critical personal protective equipment.5

But voters still don't know just how horribly Trump has done.

Last week, Trump's approval rating actually increased and hit 49% in one poll—his highest ever.6

If we don't act now to tell voters the truth about Trump's incompetence with hard-hitting messaging that will cause Trump to fall in the polls, we will likely lose the election, and more people will die.

That's why we're running a massive digital ad campaign focused on voters who approve of Trump to educate them about how his botched response helped create this public health disaster.

Our campaign will help build the public pressure needed to force Trump to use the powers he has to save lives now, and it will ensure that voters are educated about Trump's failings so that they hold him accountable in November.

We need to keep these ads up through Election Day, but we can only do it with your help. Will you chip in $5 a month to keep our ads up and running?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

For more information on our campaign—highlighting 10 ways Trump has botched the crisis so far—see our email from earlier this week, below:

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