Out of love for you, and a fierce urgency for the challenges before us, I am humbled to take this stand. At a time when we are all sick of politics, my faith burns brighter than ever. I know what this moment means. I know our livelihoods and our future are at stake. I also know that regular people from all backgrounds are done with the status quo and ready to fight back. We’ve proven the doubters wrong before, and told the story about what is possible when people from the hood to the holler lock arms and march together. I believe that if we do that now, not only will we win this Senate seat, we will beat back a rising tide of authoritarianism and change the course of our country.
In many ways, we have laid the foundation to make history. We took on the big money machine in both the Democratic and Republican establishment and shocked the nation. We inspired new voices and disenchanted voters alike, and helped shift the political map in Kentucky. Although change doesn’t happen overnight, and the arc of the moral universe is indeed long, we have proven that the arc still bends toward justice.
Now more than ever, we need leadership that is committed to the work of ending generational poverty and uprooting structural racism, delivering on system changing policies like Medicare for All, Universal Basic Income, Reparations, and Universal Childcare. We need leadership that will protect our small businesses, family farms, and grassroots organizations instead of capitulating to corporate greed. We need leadership that will secure housing as a human right, and make sure our families don’t get crushed by expensive utilities or thrown out on the street because rent is too damn high. We need leadership that will stand up for our service members and veterans, work to end endless wars, and honor their sacrifices by refusing to fund genocides and an ever growing military industrial complex. We need leadership that prioritizes humanity, and won’t look away while marginalized communities are demonized, criminalized, and torn apart by government sanctioned violence from the war on drugs and rogue agencies like ICE.
We need leadership dedicated to keeping every community safe, and finally facing the public health crisis of gun violence. We need leadership that protects the promise and power of organized labor, and will fight like hell to build an economy where everyone can live a life with dignity. Wages have been too low for entirely too long. We need leadership that will drive the charge for bold policies like 40 for 40, so that anyone working a 40 hour work week will make a guaranteed minimum of $40,000 a year.
Family, Kentucky needs a Senator who understands the power of the people, and won’t just offer talking points while families fall off the cliff. That’s why I believe this moment requires leadership with the courage to utilize every organizing tool to deliver our families, including a general strike! I have shown that I am the leader with the courage, credibility, and vision to stand in the gap for you. I am proven, prayed up, and ready.
Yes, the current White House is abysmal. They have failed to show up for regular people at every possible turn, sold us out coming and going, tanked the economy we were already getting pummeled by, trampled on our rights and freedoms, and only made the swamp worse. While it is critical that we push back on these wannabe kings and bring accountability to Washington, the movement has always been bigger than the hate we stand against. I am running for Senate, because I know Kentucky is worth fighting for.
I am asking you to dig deep with me, and find it in your heart to dare to dream again. Let’s lean into love and use our collective voices to make our hopes of justice, healing, and prosperity real for everyone. Mitch McConnell’s 40 year reign is ending. Let’s send him off to retirement the right way. It will be the privilege of my life to earn your partnership and your vote.
Thank you for letting me go on this journey with you. The movement in Kentucky is alive, and we will prove it together.
Solidarity always,
Charles
With you on our team, we’re going to build a strong movement across the Commonwealth — uniting Kentuckians across race, religion, and class — to win.
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