House Democrats have sent at least 6 emails fundraising off their sit-in

Democrats stage a sit-in on the House floor until they are granted a vote on a gun control bill.

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published 23 June 2016

At least six fundraising emails seeking to capitalize on the event's publicity have gone out since Democrats began their gun control sit-in at the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The emails were sent by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which works to fund and organize Democratic House races, and were signed by representatives including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California.

"This is an historically important moment! John Lewis has been leading a sit-in on the House floor for 11 long hours now. We’re fighting to prevent gun violence," one Pelosi email says. "The Republicans refuse to lift a finger. It’s shameful. I need your help to defeat them once and for all." The note asks for 6,000 donations from supporters, though it is unclear how sending campaign contributions will help already-elected representatives pass a bill.

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.