RUNOFF May 22 - Early Voting 5/14-18 - Laura Moser - Texas CD07 – U.S. Congress
It's Time to Stand Up Proudly for the Values We Share
MEET Laura:
Working mom turned progressive activist running for Congress in TX-07. Founder of dailyaction.org
Taken from a DFA newletter:
There's a reason more women and mothers don't run for public office. It's not just that the endless work-life balancing act really is a lot more complicated than our parents told us it would be when they said we could "do anything we want with our lives."
It's that many fear personal family attacks. Just like the kind I've received in the last 24 hours.
I was shocked to find myself the subject of an unprecedented attack by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). The basis was a single quote that was blatantly taken out of context - a silly joke twisted into a desperate, clumsy smear.
In fact, this attack was launched only hours after our campaign announced that we had outraised the other candidates in 2018. Think that's a coincidence?
This is not about policy. You'll notice that not a single one of my positions, be it on health care, women's rights, or repairing our infrastructure, is out of the Democratic mainstream. It's a matter of people in Washington thinking that they, and not you, should decide who represents us.
Challenging the status quo is a matter of life and death -- for people who need healthcare, and for people whose houses might very well flood again this summer, and for the women whose rights are being taken away one by one by one.
We're in a national emergency. It's not a time for high school shenanigans like quotes ripped out of context, doctored photos, and easily disproved allegations. It's a time for leaders who understand the seriousness of this moment and who are ready to rise to the occasion.
I'm ready to be that leader.
Your friend in the fight,
Laura Moser
Democrat for TX-07
Laura Moser is a leader and organizer, which is how she’ll win against John Culberson.
Following the 2016 election, she founded Daily Action, a text-messaging service that allows people to engage directly in the political process. Daily Action has tapped into demand from 300,000 people to take direct political action daily all over the country.
Daily Action has notched real victories, like pressuring the House GOP to walk back their plans to gut the Congressional Ethics Office. Daily Action members also placed a record number of calls to senators regarding Trump’s terrible choice for Secretary of Labor, who eventually withdrew his name from consideration. Daily Action callers have led the fight against the repeal of Obamacare: The service connected more than a quarter of a million calls to protect the Affordable Care Act.
Laura Moser with FamilyLaura was born and raised in Southside Place and graduated from West University Elementary and St. John’s School. She attended Amherst College and subsequently worked as an editor, author, and national journalist with bylines in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Slate, Vogue, the Jewish Daily Forward, and many other publications.
Laura is also the co-author of four young-adult novels and of many nonfiction books, several of them New York Times bestsellers. After eight years in Washington, Laura now lives in West University Place with her husband, Arun. Laura and Arun have two young children, Leo and Claudia, and three rescue cats.
For the values of decency and respect that are the values of the majority of Americans. For the people who think that healthcare is a right and not a privilege; that the economy of the richest country in the world can benefit everyone; that a good education should be available to every child; that every worker deserves a living wage; that caring for the environment is a matter of life and death.
We’re the Americans who reject racism and believe in treating women and immigrants and LGBT people with respect. We’re the majority of this country. And we deserve a Congress that reflects our values.
Laura's campaign has attracted #MeToo movement leader Alyssa Milano, who came to Houston to campaign with Laura Moser.
When our leadership in Washington failed us, Laura Moser stood up as a citizen-activist to found an organization that has prevented the Trump administration from enacting some of its worst, most damaging goals. Laura's activism led her to the realization that the problem isn't us, the people. It's the politicians.
If you agree that Houston deserves a Democratic representative as forward-thinking as our city, make a donation and join our movement today!
Please Vote for Laura Moser in the May 22nd runoff.