this is long, but important.

I'm not going to lie to you.

After the last debate, we were outraised. Not just on that night, but for a few days afterward, as well.

I'm going to explain why this matters in a minute. But if you're already all in for Bernie, and are ready to help reach our 500,000 donation goal before our FEC fundraising deadline, here's a link for you to donate $2.70 before Bernie gets on the stage tonight:

Please donate $2.70 to help reach our goal of 500,000 contributions by Saturday night — and to help report a HUGE amount of money raised to shock the corporate media.

All right. Here we go.

We set a goal of raising 500,000 contributions to our campaign in the final week of the month. That's for our FEC fundraising deadline.

After the debate last week, we got outraised by one of our opponents, according to news reports.

And no, this doesn't even count that candidate's brand new super PAC.

Yes, every one of our opponents accepts contributions from billionaires, or are billionaires themselves. And yes, every non-billionaire has super PACs spending millions of dollars on their behalf.

We do not have that.

But that is why we are going to win.

Together we are building a grassroots movement that will win the nomination, defeat Donald Trump, and transform our country. And we are doing it with millions of contributions, at an average of about $18 a piece.

No billionaires. No super PACs. No high-dollar fundraisers.

The ONLY way we can win this election is with an unprecedented movement dedicated day in and day out to making Bernie Sanders our next president.

So let's do this. We can win. If we all stand together, we can win this election, defeat Donald Trump, and transform our country. But it will only happen if we all act TOGETHER.

We need to get 500,000 contributions by our FEC fundraising deadline Saturday night. Are you in? Can you contribute $2.70 before Bernie gets on the debate stage tonight?

Please contribute $2.70 to our campaign today so that we can win this election and transform our country. Add your donation before our FEC fundraising deadline.

Thank you, sincerely. Bernie deeply appreciates your support of, and contributions to, our campaign. You are why we can win.

In solidarity,

Faiz Shakir
Campaign Manager

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