Senator Chuck Grassley made his message loud and clear at Dr. Blasey Ford’s testimony: he does NOT believe women, he does NOT support survivors of sexual assault, and he will defend sexual predators, no matter what.
So we decided it was time to send our own message to Senator Chuck Grassley:
Hey Chuck -- we’re the people who worked with Mainers to raise over $1.5 million for Senator Collins’ future Democratic opponent, if she votes to confirm Kavanaugh. But after witnessing your disgusting misogyny and cruelty at Dr. Blasey Ford’s testimony, we decided to try a different approach with you:
We're not waiting for your vote. We are building a campaign to fund your future Democratic opponent.
Because Chuck has already raised $1,078,202 from lobbyists, we need to be prepared to spend big money to defeat him.
Will you fight back against rape culture in the Senate by contributing to fund Senator Chuck Grassley’s future Democratic opponent NOW, and help us match his $1,078,202 from lobbyists?
Your money will go directly to It Starts Today, where it will be held for the Democratic Nominee to run for Senate in 2022. Are you feeling infuriated? Channel that fury into action, and help us vote Grassley out in 2022.
Show your support for this campaign by endorsing it and sharing why!
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Donald & Ida Benard endorsed
“I choose country and our constitution and its obvious GQP don't anymore.”
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David Wood endorsed
“I will never forget Chuck Grassley's spitting, screaming, and yelling in defense of Kavanaugh and against a woman who was sexually abused and gave up everything to tell her story. We NEED to start sharing this campaign once again and make it go viral. We only have 2 years left to raise enough funds so we can finally unseat this vile Republican troglodyte who, like Susan Collins, has been complicit in everything heinous act of injustice Trump has inflicted upon our beloved country. Let's REALLY drain the swamp!”
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RICHARD COHEN endorsed
“if we defeat him and Susan Collins, we need only one more to retake the Senate!”
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SoniaCarmen Arcelay endorsed
“having someone in office for 30+ yrs is authoritarian. this represents failure to democracy.”
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Ed endorsed
“Chuck Grassley's behavior during the Kavanaugh hearings was abhorrently misogynistic and authoritarian. Christine Blasey Ford was honest, forthright, and cared more about democracy and sacrificed a great deal more for it than he, Kavanaugh, and perhaps anyone else in the room.”
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Kevin Lehigh endorsed
“I used to think when I was a kid growing up in Podunk, IA and later Omaha, NE to that under Dwight Eisenhower and with great Senators like Everett Dirksen and Nelson Rockefeller that Republicans were the good guys. After suffering through the long days and months under first Nixon (Watergate), Reagan (Irangate), Bush II (Katrina) I finally had enough. Now under Trump and Grassley I have finally seen them corrupt the final ounce of good in our system, the courts. Church has got to go.”
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Ann Hobbs endorsed
“It's important to send a message now that Grassley's contempt for women will not be tolerated. Most of my current donations are going to 2018 races, but I will be sending more to this effort as 2022 approaches!”
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Carl Williams endorsed
““power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Lord Acton””
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cheryl Gannon endorsed
“Can we focus on the mid-terms and after that, turn our attention to 2020 races? The control of Congress is at stake and several Democrats that voted with us on Supreme Court nomination are in danger of losing their seats and several Democratic challengers are within striking distance of winning. I will donate to this in December. This month, I’m donating to Democrats who are up.”
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Angela Avery endorsed
“Join me today in supporting Grassley's Democratic opponent in 2022. Any amount helps! #IBelieveChristine #ChuckChuck”
September 27, 2018
Chuck Grassley update
Chuck Grassley went to great lengths to avoid the appearance of badgering Dr. Ford during her testimony, even hiring a female prosecutor to hide behind to question Dr. Ford rather allow GOP Senators do it themselves.
In the end, he couldn’t hide who is he.
Seven times during Dr. Ford’s hearing Grassley interrupted, talked over, or condescended to women:
1. He interrupted Senator Feinstein’s (D-CA) opening remarks.
2. He scolded Senator Feinstein for bringing up allegations from Kavanaugh accusers.3. He interrupted the female prosecutor he selected to question Dr. Ford when she went over time, breaking his own rule.
4. Grassley then had the gall to accus Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) of “rudely” interrupting him when she was simply making a point of order!
5. When Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) raised a point about the Anita Hill case, Grassley cut her off.
6. Grassley condescended to Dr. Ford about an offer to interview her in California.
7. Lastly, he asked Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) to “let me not interrupt you,” as he interrupted her when she attempted to enter documents into the record.
None of this is surprising. People who have followed Chuck Grassley’s career know him to be a rampant misogynist accustomed to getting his way from a perch of privileged power.
But when that position of power allows him to put an alleged attempted rapist on the highest court in the land, we MUST take a stand.
He may not be up for reelection soon, but we can’t let his behavior today be forgotten. Now is the time to start building the fund needed to defeat him.
Please share this campaign with your friends and family now to spread the word.
Show your support for this campaign by endorsing it and sharing why!
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Kipchoge Spencer endorsed
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Crowdpac Team endorsed
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Kansas Fair Maps Fund endorsed
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Donald & Ida Benard endorsed
“I choose country and our constitution and its obvious GQP don't anymore.”
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Dan Mecchi endorsed
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David Wood endorsed
“I will never forget Chuck Grassley's spitting, screaming, and yelling in defense of Kavanaugh and against a woman who was sexually abused and gave up everything to tell her story. We NEED to start sharing this campaign once again and make it go viral. We only have 2 years left to raise enough funds so we can finally unseat this vile Republican troglodyte who, like Susan Collins, has been complicit in everything heinous act of injustice Trump has inflicted upon our beloved country. Let's REALLY drain the swamp!”
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Rachel Leuthold endorsed
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RICHARD COHEN endorsed
“if we defeat him and Susan Collins, we need only one more to retake the Senate!”
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SoniaCarmen Arcelay endorsed
“having someone in office for 30+ yrs is authoritarian. this represents failure to democracy.”
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Ed endorsed
“Chuck Grassley's behavior during the Kavanaugh hearings was abhorrently misogynistic and authoritarian. Christine Blasey Ford was honest, forthright, and cared more about democracy and sacrificed a great deal more for it than he, Kavanaugh, and perhaps anyone else in the room.”
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Vinod Srinivasaraghavan endorsed
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Sule Nyoka endorsed
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Will Evans endorsed
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Kevin Lehigh endorsed
“I used to think when I was a kid growing up in Podunk, IA and later Omaha, NE to that under Dwight Eisenhower and with great Senators like Everett Dirksen and Nelson Rockefeller that Republicans were the good guys. After suffering through the long days and months under first Nixon (Watergate), Reagan (Irangate), Bush II (Katrina) I finally had enough. Now under Trump and Grassley I have finally seen them corrupt the final ounce of good in our system, the courts. Church has got to go.”
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Ann Hobbs endorsed
“It's important to send a message now that Grassley's contempt for women will not be tolerated. Most of my current donations are going to 2018 races, but I will be sending more to this effort as 2022 approaches!”
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Donna Martin endorsed
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kat endorsed
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Rachel Wagoner endorsed
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Juan Casero endorsed
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Carl Williams endorsed
““power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Lord Acton””
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cheryl Gannon endorsed
“Can we focus on the mid-terms and after that, turn our attention to 2020 races? The control of Congress is at stake and several Democrats that voted with us on Supreme Court nomination are in danger of losing their seats and several Democratic challengers are within striking distance of winning. I will donate to this in December. This month, I’m donating to Democrats who are up.”
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Amar endorsed
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Angela Avery endorsed
“Join me today in supporting Grassley's Democratic opponent in 2022. Any amount helps! #IBelieveChristine #ChuckChuck”
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Ellen Murphy endorsed
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Mary David endorsed
“He has 2 strikes against him- Anita Hill was the first”
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James Swick endorsed
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Maria H. Conzemius endorsed
“I was disgusted by ol' Chuck's sexist efforts to interrupt and control testimony to steer the Senate Judiciary Committee toward voting to send Brett Kavanaugh to the floor of the Senate. His unprincipled efforts showed no mercy for his accusers.”
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Lisa Morgan endorsed
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Christine Weinmeister endorsed
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Peter deJesus endorsed
