{"id":9345,"date":"2024-07-17T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T18:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miunited.org\/?p=9345"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:11:58","slug":"the-project-3-5-message-update-week-of-7-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miunited.org\/en\/2024\/07\/the-project-3-5-message-update-week-of-7-15\/","title":{"rendered":"The Project 3.5 Message Update, Week of 7.15"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div class=\"brz-root__container brz-reset-all brz\">\n<section id=\"_mFRE0x_E5lIE\" class=\"brz-section brz-css-x00go\">\n<div class=\"brz-section__content brz-section--boxed brz-css-t8jI6 brz-css-g75hQ\" data-brz-custom-id=\"bRSSQnBvtzbH\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg-color\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-container brz-css-fGmxz brz-css-wV8Lv\">\n<div class=\"brz-row__container brz-css-wWneE brz-css-jjUDU\" data-brz-custom-id=\"l46Am4ojl_tl\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg-image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-row brz-css-kBwSg brz-css-q9pZC\">\n<div class=\"brz-columns brz-css-bh1w3 brz-css-cIfhb\" data-brz-custom-id=\"rlegRe_rpI1x\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg-color\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-column__items brz-css-xmSLm brz-css-kquRJ\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-css-xf9l7 brz-css-tjBoi brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-spacer brz-css-trmL8 brz-css-y5icw\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-css-eMdP4 brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-cl2VV\" data-brz-custom-id=\"vjGSSp7aY7UE\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<h1 class=\"brz-fss-xs-px brz-fw-xs-400 brz-ls-xs-0 brz-lh-xs-1_1 brz-tp-xs-empty brz-fs-xs-41 brz-text-lg-left brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-zisFiZL0XOal brz-ft-upload brz-fs-lg-80 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-900 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1 brz-css-z8TuE\" data-uniq-id=\"wb7ri\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-vEyqf\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color8\">Project 3.5 News &amp; Media<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-columns brz-css-bh1w3 brz-css-qyN2P\" data-brz-custom-id=\"cQBtnexfJ2Zl\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-column__items brz-css-xmSLm\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"_x3TtGlpXXAPQ\" class=\"brz-section brz-css-x00go brz-css-q9Hua\">\n<div class=\"brz-section__content brz-section--fullWidth brz-css-t8jI6 brz-css-iqB_5\" data-brz-custom-id=\"fjszQJw_qLfN\">\n<div class=\"brz-container brz-css-fGmxz brz-css-yz6MP\">\n<div class=\"brz-row__container brz-css-wWneE\" data-brz-custom-id=\"yvMqS60vEicF\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-row brz-css-kBwSg brz-css-sBBeH\">\n<div class=\"brz-columns brz-css-bh1w3 brz-css-r7L8E\" data-brz-custom-id=\"cfVnI8Vr20B1\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-column__items brz-css-xmSLm brz-css-qpVO_\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-cl2VV\" data-brz-custom-id=\"qGQ_GHfb2r0r\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<h3 data-uniq-id=\"uQagm\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-rcCW8\" class=\"brz-text-lg-right brz-tp-lg-heading3 brz-css-xH_k3\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color7\"><span class=\"text-population\"><\/span> <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-css-ycmlR brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-line brz-line-default brz-css-tY9R4 brz-css-dRw4a\" data-brz-custom-id=\"k_YOLA3_Hk9O\">\n<hr class=\"brz-hr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-css-aPO_B brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-image brz-css-bURip\" data-brz-custom-id=\"uWSnvn3CzyRD\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"brz-img\" src=\"\" alt=\"'}}\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-css-xf9l7 brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-spacer brz-css-trmL8\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-cl2VV\" data-brz-custom-id=\"lnddN2pzhoPU\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<h3 data-uniq-id=\"td_yu\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-oKonw\" class=\"brz-tp-lg-heading3 brz-text-lg-center brz-css-o3c4T\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Recent Project 3.5 News &amp; Media<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-css-d83lM brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-posts brz-css-qSO_j brz-css-sWad8\" data-brz-custom-id=\"xshoNy4oUgd6\">\n<div class=\"brz-posts__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-posts__item\">\n<div class=\"brz-columns brz-css-bh1w3 brz-css-mbB1E brz-css-s5Czn\" data-brz-custom-id=\"qCXrP7qqf8yV\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-column__items brz-css-xmSLm brz-css-jsQ8A\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-image brz-css-xDLDx\" data-brz-custom-id=\"wnmc8QZFxpqR\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"brz-img\" src=\"\" alt=\"'}}\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp-title brz-css-cqIx5 brz-css-oCb_C\" data-brz-custom-id=\"ti2m5G1qEeJq\"><span class=\"brz-wp-title-content\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp-post-excerpt brz-css-ahCv0 brz-css-qqxmx\" data-brz-custom-id=\"jc8ekMliI5ER\"><span class=\"brz-wp-post-excerpt-content\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-wrapper-clone brz-css-pR0GD\">\n<div class=\"brz-d-xs-flex brz-flex-xs-wrap brz-css-aspzQ\" data-brz-custom-id=\"\">\n<div class=\"brz-wrapper-clone__item\" id=\"ulmmEb8vac9L\">\n<div class=\"brz-hover-animation__container\" data-brz-hover-animationid=\"g8jG_vWQ1CgB\" data-brz-hover-options=\"%7B%22duration%22:600,%22iterations%22:1%7D\" data-brz-hover-reversible=\"true\" data-brz-hover-target=\"%22firstChild%22\"><a class=\"brz-a brz-btn brz-css-ztuVz brz-css-rVL2Z brz-css-szVOl\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-brz-link-type=\"external\" data-brz-custom-id=\"ulmmEb8vac9L\"><span data-brz-translate-text=\"1\" class=\"brz-span brz-text__editor\">READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-columns brz-css-bh1w3 brz-css-lWFAn\" data-brz-custom-id=\"cYQE5EcHggs0\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-column__items brz-css-xmSLm brz-css-kmlp4\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-css-vp3tD brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp-title brz-css-cqIx5 brz-css-sYcVd\" data-brz-custom-id=\"fo2FNUAsvUjF\">\n<h1 class=\"brz-wp-title-content\"><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-cl2VV\" data-brz-custom-id=\"r_uDbW_EnkQU\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<h3 data-generated-css=\"brz-css-pHU8I\" data-uniq-id=\"rX4RG\" class=\"brz-tp-lg-heading3 brz-css-rITDR\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Political Violence, The RNC, and Our Future<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-wrapper-clone brz-css-pR0GD\">\n<div class=\"brz-d-xs-flex brz-flex-xs-wrap brz-css-aspzQ brz-css-i4QCj\" data-brz-custom-id=\"\">\n<div class=\"brz-wrapper-clone__item\" id=\"a2Dk9m232TN0\">\n<div class=\"brz-hover-animation__container\" data-brz-hover-animationid=\"bZ95s1y_ljLM\" data-brz-hover-options=\"%7B%22duration%22:600,%22iterations%22:1%7D\" data-brz-hover-reversible=\"true\" data-brz-hover-target=\"%22firstChild%22\"><a class=\"brz-a brz-btn brz-css-ztuVz brz-css-b5mVv brz-css-rVL2Z brz-css-h7tGX\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-brz-link-type=\"external\" data-brz-custom-id=\"a2Dk9m232TN0\"><span data-brz-translate-text=\"1\" class=\"brz-span brz-text__editor\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-wrapper-clone__item\" id=\"zd4_HL4puiMR\">\n<div class=\"brz-hover-animation__container\" data-brz-hover-animationid=\"bZ95s1y_ljLM\" data-brz-hover-options=\"%7B%22duration%22:600,%22iterations%22:1%7D\" data-brz-hover-reversible=\"true\" data-brz-hover-target=\"%22firstChild%22\"><a class=\"brz-a brz-btn brz-css-ztuVz brz-css-dVlCr brz-css-rVL2Z brz-css-jwfdA\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-brz-link-type=\"external\" data-brz-custom-id=\"zd4_HL4puiMR\"><span data-brz-translate-text=\"1\" class=\"brz-span brz-text__editor\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-css-xf9l7 brz-css-gExmW brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-spacer brz-css-trmL8 brz-css-uWKj0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-row__container brz-css-wWneE\" data-brz-custom-id=\"iIoxVG7axqGa\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-row brz-row--inner brz-css-kBwSg brz-css-gaaQU\">\n<div class=\"brz-columns brz-css-bh1w3 brz-css-qtGua\" data-brz-custom-id=\"ap67_VFHWxuL\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-column__items brz-css-xmSLm\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-dacAx brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-cl2VV\" data-brz-custom-id=\"kGV9fox6WKwe\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<h4 class=\"brz-tp-lg-heading4 brz-css-c23PZ\" data-uniq-id=\"adPYr\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-tbdWe\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Overall Communications Strategy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-hWNoN\" data-uniq-id=\"qzqhU\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-gPoIz\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Keep the focus on the future we want.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-uVVRO\" data-uniq-id=\"muWl6\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-dgDHo\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Contrast our message of hope and community with the violence of the moment, while reminding the public who is instigating violence and division.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-vRrrC\" data-uniq-id=\"zZt6t\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-k0Oho\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Focus on organizing as the way we unify people, including deep canvassing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-oOcb2\" data-uniq-id=\"rxRzz\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-dAIzk\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Use our resources and refocus the conversation on the two futures at play in this election.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-p0Tcf\" data-uniq-id=\"jmdy4\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-tPUGE\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Be smart about what you post on social media, even if it\u2019s on a private account.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"brz-tp-lg-heading4 brz-css-keDR4\" data-uniq-id=\"lPxIG\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-odeYg\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\"> <\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"brz-tp-lg-heading4 brz-css-xDvPk\" data-uniq-id=\"lPxIG\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-odeYg\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Topline Talking Points<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-qHGS2\" data-uniq-id=\"olumD\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-h55Cb\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Michigan United brings people together across differences for a country where we all belong, no matter our race, gender, religion, or ZIP code. That\u2019s what organizing is all about.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-rWQBf\" data-uniq-id=\"eLnec\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-gTLEm\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">In this dangerous moment, we are doubling down on hope. We believe in our vision of the future, and we are working for a country where political violence isn\u2019t the reality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-giaJU\" data-uniq-id=\"f2KSM\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-kx3Ju\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">We condemn political violence of any kind.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-di0oV\" data-uniq-id=\"zE5cJ\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-n2b0R\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">We condemn the violent attack at the Trump rally this weekend and the violent rhetoric that followed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-hTMkV\" data-uniq-id=\"vk22J\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-zUw9E\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">We urge accountability for violent actors or those who threaten or undertake political violence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-v1zvE\" data-uniq-id=\"vRqQm\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-zTaZU\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">We invite everyone to join us in committing to nonviolence and a democracy that settles differences peacefully.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-vAr1m\" data-uniq-id=\"hBceY\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-cwMca\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">We call on Donald Trump and the GOP to reject anyone who incites, threatens, or commits acts of political violence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-ur6tn\" data-uniq-id=\"dgBqq\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-kTmzH\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">The violent rhetoric from Trump and the MAGA movement have brought us to a dangerous precipice in America.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-aR8Lu\" data-uniq-id=\"qde5y\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-fE8OS\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Trump and the MAGA movement\u2019s drumbeat of violent rhetoric that encouraged the Jan. 6 insurrection, white nationalists in Charlottesville, and violence against political enemies must end.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-wfa9C\" data-uniq-id=\"inZXC\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-xZFru\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">At the RNC, Trump will rally his party around his vision of the future: the Project 2025 plot to take over the federal government and to advocate for its \u201crule of law\u201d crackdown on opponents. We call on people across the political spectrum to reject the political violence inherent in Project 2025 and its attack on our families, our freedoms, and our future.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-lyvtR\" data-uniq-id=\"mHAXO\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-beQg2\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">This election is about two futures:<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-w_5Lx\" data-uniq-id=\"kUMbm\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-fn5Be\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Trump&#8217;s future will divide our country and create a climate of fear and insecurity for the majority of Americans. In the future where Trump wins, he will drive our country into a spiral of unprecedented political violence;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-qZFZd\" data-uniq-id=\"hBmch\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-lRSON\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">In the future where Biden wins, threats and acts of political violence will decline and we can better organize our vision for our communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"brz-tp-lg-heading4 brz-css-sHn5z\" data-uniq-id=\"oZEsK\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-a_YxT\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\"> <\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"brz-tp-lg-heading4 brz-css-rh4AF\" data-uniq-id=\"oZEsK\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-a_YxT\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\">More Details<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-cc7Uk\" data-uniq-id=\"vwtgC\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-wooTT\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Michigan United brings people together. We call on everyone to recommit to nonviolence and for Trump and the MAGA Republicans to disavow political violence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-nuQ5T\" data-uniq-id=\"iJg8b\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-kdK4e\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Michigan United believes in bringing people together across differences of race, place, gender, and background to work for solutions to our common problems. Through organizing, we can heal our divisions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-mgDfo\" data-uniq-id=\"kh8q7\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-hHomt\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">We are organizing for a country where people\u2019s basic needs are public goods. We push back when politicians try to hand over our well-being to greedy corporations and expose their agenda. We want the public, not a rich and powerful few, in control of our workplaces. We want the ultra-wealthy and corporations to pay their fair share. And we want a real democracy in which we all have a say, no matter what we look like or where we are from.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-y9F9q\" data-uniq-id=\"w4B1X\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-kW9va\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Through our deep canvassing program and other tactics, we reach out with empathy to those who disagree with us.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-zyx2b\" data-uniq-id=\"rfh1u\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-cqNwo\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">We condemn political violence of any kind, including the violent attack at the Trump rally this weekend\u2013and the violent rhetoric that followed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-nw4xg\" data-uniq-id=\"pr_f4\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-a3T6T\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">We call on Trump, the MAGA Republicans, and the people and corporations who fund them, to reject anyone who incites, threatens, or commits acts of political violence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-pRSsi\" data-uniq-id=\"ap2ea\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-gLivp\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Trump himself, personally, repeatedly uses Nazi rhetoric against immigrants and the people he perceives as his enemies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-2 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-rFsAp\" data-uniq-id=\"oroxv\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-mmeTF\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Examples: He says that immigrants are \u201cpoisoning the blood of our country,\u201d and that his political opponents are \u201cvermin\u201d that he will \u201croot out.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-2 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-hCa4S\" data-uniq-id=\"gNm6v\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-cA2NM\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">He talks about his next term in terms of \u201crevenge\u201d and \u201cretribution.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-2 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-aRLst\" data-uniq-id=\"gn_GL\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-no7Zv\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">In his first term, he stoked political violence repeatedly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-3 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-sfgkI\" data-uniq-id=\"uP81U\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-z7w2t\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">On January 6 when he lost the last election, he instigated the attack on the Capitol and expressed his deep admiration for the attackers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-3 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-prKnL\" data-uniq-id=\"y_Skn\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-gOh9m\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Before that, he called the Neo-Nazis and White Christian nationalists who later plowed a car into protestors and murdered Heather Heyer, \u201cvery fine people.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-gvjJx\" data-uniq-id=\"nMTMV\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-t4nGQ\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">MAGA Republican candidates and officials excuse and encourage political violence:<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-2 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-fPmL4\" data-uniq-id=\"c4NBK\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-gF5hZ\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">For example, Sen. Cotton egged on vehicular manslaughter against protestors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-mO6T_\" data-uniq-id=\"nLSjm\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-vP2V0\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">The Christian nationalists encouraged by Trump cast their opponents as being in league with the devil and use religious language to justify any action against Trump\u2019s opponents, including murder.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-2 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-mwKgy\" data-uniq-id=\"y7Akq\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-iEXHV\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Example: North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson told an audience in a small-town church last month that \u201csome folks need killing,\u201d including members of the left.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-zFJNX\" data-uniq-id=\"yCxsf\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-l7JBB\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">And right now, Trump and his allies are plotting a massive assault on our families, our freedoms, and our futures under Project 2025, including using military violence against people who disagree with him.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-2 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-yehuO\" data-uniq-id=\"ujPK4\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-m3bGp\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Project 2025 calls for using the military against protestors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-2 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-zeKFg\" data-uniq-id=\"ypJ8v\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-o21LN\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">The leader of the behind-the-scenes work on Project 2025 implied violence if their plot met resistance. Kevin Roberts said: \u201cWe\u2019re in the process of a second American revolution, which will remain bloodless\u2026if the left allows it to be.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-tyLw9\" data-uniq-id=\"yheMD\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-sru0H\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Many of the corporations who promised to stop political donations to election deniers after the political violence on Jan. 6 have resumed those donations, including UnitedHealth Group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-m_sWY\" data-uniq-id=\"q0YcO\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-qrB9h\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">We must not let Trump and his allies use this weekend\u2019s despicable act of violence to escape responsibility for what they have done or what they plan to do. Trump wants a \u201crevenge term\u201d and we have to pick a different future at the ballot box.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"brz-tp-lg-heading4 brz-css-zedIU\" data-uniq-id=\"pwFqf\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-yoM53\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\"> <\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"brz-tp-lg-heading4 brz-css-gEG6C\" data-uniq-id=\"pwFqf\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-yoM53\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\">The RNC and the Two Futures<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-rtBbR\" data-uniq-id=\"o7Px8\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-vFySB\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\">This election is about two futures: the one we can work for under Biden, and the future that Trump wants for us.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-ibpcV\" data-uniq-id=\"ilZ3O\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-gXFwt\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Note: We have a larger narrative toolkit prepared on the two futures that details our vision, the Trump vision, and what we can work towards under Biden\/Harris. Below are short RNC-specific talking points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-tq0qu\" data-uniq-id=\"xjeRD\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-f722E\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\"> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-b_C0h\" data-uniq-id=\"xjeRD\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-f722E\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Our Future<\/strong><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\"> Michigan United is working for a people\u2019s economy and society\u2013a place where all of us, of all genders, races, and backgrounds can thrive. We\u2019re working for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-hkF2d\" data-uniq-id=\"u8pAP\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-wrDjy\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">an economy that serves the needs of poor and working class people, not billionaires,<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-lEcXL\" data-uniq-id=\"ahwkB\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-w8Xi7\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">a real multiracial democracy,<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-gJE7X\" data-uniq-id=\"eLZjs\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-zYFI5\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">racial and gender justice, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-qKf9Q\" data-uniq-id=\"tuGQu\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-xvT7k\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">a world where we put people and the planet first, not profits for a few.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-ii5sI\" data-uniq-id=\"uZrr4\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-oK4Wj\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">We believe organizing is the path to the change we want, AND voting lets us choose the organizing terrain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-oGBvk\" data-uniq-id=\"yCUa3\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-iNPkG\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\"> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-qPULG\" data-uniq-id=\"yCUa3\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-iNPkG\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2\">The RNC and Their Future<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-qX5eV\" data-uniq-id=\"rhJKn\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-l7Qg9\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">We already know Trump will be the Republican nominee. The RNC is about Trump rallying his party and the MAGA movement around his plot for a takeover of the federal government\u2013Project 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-mIhEL\" data-uniq-id=\"zmNcf\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-cmcbC\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">His plan is an assault on our families, our freedoms, and our future. It\u2019s an agenda designed to divide, attack, and control poor and working class people to enrich Trump, billionaires, and greedy corporations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-nwyWC\" data-uniq-id=\"xs7ap\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-rsopk\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">This plot is part of the same plan\u2013and funding\u2013that packed the Supreme Court with billionaire-backed MAGA justices. It\u2019s part of the same plan that led to the MAGA justices on the court overturning Roe v. Wade and turning our health and safety over to greedy corporations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-jG994\" data-uniq-id=\"ewHg0\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-ip1Nz\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">They want to cut overtime pay for millions of workers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-xUrA0\" data-uniq-id=\"uZ_ap\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-mTWyO\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">They want to cut Social Security and give Medicare over to greedy corporations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-xf5Mi\" data-uniq-id=\"dXaZb\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-fq0SC\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">They want to gut Medicaid and stop Medicare from negotiating for cheaper prescription drug prices and end protections for people with pre-existing conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-hGtzX\" data-uniq-id=\"oCOnd\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-dCPpw\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">They want to let the government monitor people\u2019s pregnancies and prosecute them if they miscarry, along with denying people access to birth control and abortion services.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-orF6K\" data-uniq-id=\"qYmwN\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-lC_4C\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">They want to carry out the biggest deportation in U.S. history.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1 brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-y9KBB\" data-uniq-id=\"lm_39\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-l4Xkm\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">The list goes on and on.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-l6x5w\" data-uniq-id=\"sSjUq\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-kTf95\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">They want to divide us against each other using racism, sexism, and fear so we cannot effectively resist their plot to monitor and control every aspect of our lives and turn our country over to the billionaires and greedy corporations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-bcp-color2 brz-css-dD8OV\" data-uniq-id=\"r6l73\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-xLM9z\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\">Working people of every race, gender, and background must unite, block this future by voting, and by joining efforts to build the future we want.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-xy870\" data-uniq-id=\"wZKiY\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-qkNXH\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"_ycSHD_1XD2K5\" class=\"brz-section brz-css-x00go\">\n<div class=\"brz-section__content brz-section--boxed brz-css-t8jI6 brz-css-xoxrc\" data-brz-custom-id=\"wrHKmQ4JATRW\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg-color\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-container 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