There is a mailing address at the bottom of her campaign website: https://amymcgrath.com, I live in CT and would really like to help in some way. Let’s vote him out of office, or at least make him minority leader. https://amymcgrath.com, I want to donate to Amy. [In] my family, my grandad fought for desegregation. McConnell has his own bulging campaign fund. Charles Booker is a state representative in Kentucky, and also running on Medicare for All, universal basic income and the Green New Deal. I live in NC. Now, a little truth talk. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell faces a reelection race in Kentucky in November, and Tuesday’s Democratic primary will determine his challenger. “It absolutely gives us momentum because it shows that against an unpopular Republican incumbent, a Democrat can win," McGrath said. McGrath: Right now my campaign is focused on doing our part to help during these tough times. FRANKFORT, Ky. — Calling her party's victory in the Kentucky governor's race a jolt of momentum for her own bid to unseat a Republican incumbent, Democrat Amy McGrath on Friday officially filed to challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in what looms as a bruising, big-spending campaign next year. It’s about changing laws.”. Broihier: Over the last couple years it became more and more evident to me that Trump is just the symptom and McConnell is the problem. And now I'm trying to pay student debts that are criminal that I don't expect to ever pay off, and hopefully not hand this debt down to my two daughters. ELLE participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Brett Hankison, Sgt. Williamson: I've talked about the rural voters in terms of my support for Mike. I want to send money directly to her against McConnell. However, McConnell is one of the least popular senators in Congress, and he “has a 36% approval and 50% disapproval rating in Kentucky.” ( Source ) Amy McGrath won the Democratic primary and has been raising a ton of money, which puts her in as good a position as possible to challenge the deeply entrenched McConnell. He is the epitome of dysfunction in Washington. Broihier: Everything that Marianne says makes a lot of sense. I do not want to do it online. Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. You can sign up to volunteer HERE. I suggest you reach out to the campaign directly. Kamala Harris Is Running for President in 2020, Kanye West Is No Longer Running for President, Erica Vladimer Is Taking Her Advocacy to Congress, Your Guide to Who's Running for President in 2020. Senators should review the evidence and then make a judgment, she said. “If you want more of the same, Mitch McConnell is your guy," McGrath said. I probably could gather 5-8 people to come down to KY for a weekend next summer to help with voter registration, canvassing or whatever. You might also check with the campaign to see if you can phone- or text-bank for them. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said a grand jury found that two of the three officers were justified in their actions on the night of Taylor’s death, saying it was an act of self-defence. Williamson: Well, obviously, defeating Mitch McConnell, that's second in importance only to defeating Donald Trump. “I just really think they’re above the law.”, “I’m here with a couple of colleagues, we kind of exchanged messages last night and decided we needed to come down here,” Jung said. Here's what it was like. I want to donate to Amy but I do not donate Jon Mattingly, and Det. I am fighting for good jobs that pay a living wage, and for 21-century infrastructure so badly needed in Kentucky. Mitch McConnell is a scourge on our country. Amy McGrath, a Democrat who is running against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his Senate seat in Kentucky, also visited Taylor’s memorial, demanding that the Kentucky Attorney General release the full grand jury report for Taylor’s case. I find Mitch McConnell to be an evil force especially after his obstruction to Obama’s nomination to the Supreme Court. So I cannot donate money but I am willing to help in other ways (maybe phone banking). Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. A Kentucky grand jury charged Hankison with three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment for shooting into Taylor’s apartment and potentially endangering her next-door neighbours. Why do you think you're the best candidate in the primary to beat Mitch McConnell in the fall? Please have Amy capitalize on the fact that Moscow Mitch has single handedly kept the voting rights bill from coming to a vote on the floor…IT IS TIME AND WE NEED AMY TO BE VOCAL ABOUT HER SUPPORT. This week, McConnell said he had a direct hand in securing $400 million for a new veterans hospital in Louisville, $25 million to fight Asian carp in western Kentucky … Booker: My platform, it's not that I chose it. At the bottom of her website, there is an address: https://amymcgrath.com. Beshear ran a “great campaign" that focused on issues that hit home for Kentuckians, McGrath said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. I was going to send another check to support Amy McGrath’s campaign. thanks. Hankison was fired from the department earlier this year. Daniel Shular/Insider Amy McGrath, a Democrat who is running against Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell, visited the memorial. He has also been endorsed by New Age guru Marianne Williamson, who joined him in the interview with Salon. Want to help kick Mitch McConnell out of the Senate? Connect with friends faster than ever with the new Facebook app. Another Democrat, Mike Broihier, also filed Friday as a U.S. Senate candidate. Booker: A lot of that people-powered energy, you can't replace when you can't physically be in front of someone. I was just pointing out that I think he does. I meet virtually with regional councils and different constituency groups, such as our Veterans Council, to discuss what issues are important to them in their communities. Republican Governor Matt Bevin's defeat last November by Andy Beshear, whose coronavirus pandemic briefings have become something of a daily fireside chat ritual for Kentuckians, was hailed by some as proof of McConnell's vulnerability. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. I am fighting to stop the corruption in Washington that was created by Mitch McConnell. WASHINGTON – Democrat Amy McGrath, who is challenging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his seat in Kentucky in 2020 raised $10.7 million … You can also find me on:Twitter: @DHStokyoInstagram: @DHStokyoFacebook: Political Charge, Tags: 2020 Elections, 2020 Senate, Amy McGrath, featured, Flip It Blue, Flip the Senate, grassroots, Kentucky, MItch McConnell, voter registration. In 2016, Trump won Kentucky by 30 points, and his net approval in the state is still above water. McGrath said it was premature to say whether she would support the president's acquittal or conviction when the trial takes place. McConnell is just as much of a comic book villain as Trump, if less showy about it, and has spent his time in the top seat carefully dismantling democracy and packing the federal courts with conservative judges, so that Republicans never have to worry about losing again, even as growing majorities of Americans reject their ideology. McGrath said Friday she would work to strengthen the Affordable Care Act. McConnell, the longest-serving Republican leader in the U.S. Senate, and his campaign team have already run an attack ad against McGrath featuring some of her more progressive statements, including her previous support for Roe v. Wade and single-payer health care. Was the check received? On Tuesday, retired Marine and Democrat Amy McGrath announced she's officially running for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky, going up against controversial Republican leader Mitch McConnell. Here’s what to know about the two Democrats vying for their shot to unseat McConnell: Kentucky has been historically red. Join us: https://t.co/c4b0WAp4ji pic.twitter.com/DNLjFkHGua, “He never wrote back," she says to the camera. With Iowa in play and Arizona likely to be flipped, the end of Mitch McConnell's dictatorship of the Senate, seems imminent. Why are you running to be the Democratic challenger to Mitch McConnell? “With Mitch McConnell, we're not going to get any progress on these things.". My husband &I do not do financial things online, but very much wish to donate to Amy McGrath’s campaign for Senate.Can you give us an address, please? I agree that McConnell has way too much power, but that’s how our Senate is designed, for now. But her profile as a former fighter pilot for the Marines (like Broihier, she's a retired lieutenant colonel) and as a more moderate Democrat than her opponents, has led to high hopes she can beat McConnell in 2020 — hopes that have helped her build a nearly $30 million war chest. I would encourage you to How do you think it will affect your run for the Senate? "I’m Amy McGrath, and I’ve often wondered, how many other people did Mitch McConnell never take the time to write back or even think about?” She argues that everything that's wrong in Washington D.C. can be linked to McConnell, who she says has "bit by bit, year by year, turned Washington into something we all despise. She was referring to McConnell's comments that there would be “total coordination” between the White House and the Senate over the upcoming presidential impeachment trial. McGrath became the latest in a crowded field of candidates from both parties to file for McConnell's seat. We need leaders who are willing to reach across the aisle to get these things done. They do voter outreach all year and all types of races. Fantastic! “I can understand they’re frustrated, but I don’t want to take that frustration in violence.”, He added: “I think tonight is going to be a lot calmer.”.

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