Friends,
The American people have spoken! On Tuesday, voters gave Democrats the House and the Senate. It turns out, We the People reject hate and fear. We want what’s best for our families, our neighbors — and ourselves. That’s what we deserve.
Among the people who helped carry the blue wave were pastors, chaplains, and a seminarian. And you.
James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton in Texas.
Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran minister, flipped a House seat in Iowa, and so did Lindsay James, a Presbyterian minister and chaplain, in Iowa’s 2nd District.
They ran as candidates for the Common Good, and you helped bring them to the finish line — thank you. This is what a blue wave looks like when people of faith refuse to hand their faith over to Christian Nationalism.
To everyone who knocked on a door, hosted a gathering, rode a stretch of The Ride, shared, or gave what you could — you did this. Our work reached the entire nation and our buses traveled across 20 states, and we absolutely could not have done this without you.
Yesterday, Axios ran a story on the progressive faith leaders who won. I told them that this movement is an opening because the Trump administration’s use of religion has pushed people away who hold their faith dear.
