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Friends,Yesterday, the Biden-Harris campaign launched a first-of-its-kind organizing effort to engage with our Latino community during the highly anticipated Copa América games. As part of that effort, we invite you to take part in this momentand see the work we are building and uplift the content to reach Latinos across the country.In the News:NBC News:Biden courts Latino voters with ad blitz during Copa América soccer tournamentWashington Post:Biden plans Latino organizing, advertising push around Copa América.Team Biden-Harris Launches First-of-its-Kind Latino Organizing Efforts and Paid Media Blitz for Copa AméricaNew seven-figure ad campaign for duration of tournament targets Latinos in battleground statesTeam Biden-Harris will host tailgates and watch parties to energize and register voters at matches in battleground statesAlongside today’s kick off of Copa América, Team Biden-Harris 2024 is launching afútbol-centric push to engage, mobilize, and reach Latino voters in battleground states, including new organizing efforts and a new seven-figure paid media blitz around the tournament, including a new ad, “Gooaalll!” slamming Trump for failing America during COVID. Copa América is one of the largest and highest viewership men’s soccer tournaments in the world, and is expected to be themost-watched Spanish-language TV program of the yearprior to the November election, including by the some60 millionMexican national team orEl Trifans in the United States. Driven by young diverse audiences, soccer is also growing significantly in popularity in the United States,especiallysince Lionel Messi’s recent move to Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami CF along with the popularity of U.S. shows focused on thefútbollife and culture likeTed LassoandWelcome to Wrexham. Copa América will be a critical moment in capturing the enthusiasm of Latino voters and the growing U.S. soccer fan base that Biden-Harris 2024 will capitalize on.“Our campaign knows the power of showing up to earn the Latino vote, and today’s historic announcement to organize and mobilize around Copa América is a perfect example of doing that important work,”said Biden-Harris 2024 Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez.“Throughout the next few weeks, we will harness the energy of Copa to mobilize and reach the Latino voters who will decide this election in their communities, on the airwaves, and at Copa matches – all with a simple message: President Biden has had our back for his whole career and is fighting for our community every single day, while Donald Trump has spent every chance he gets fighting for himself, while attacking and failing our community.”###

Biden just made it harder for domestic abusers to get guns - Closing the ‘gun show loophole’ is part of an effort to tighten background checks and stop the cycle of allowing abusers and others with legal red flags to buy firearms, officials say.Semi-automatic firearms are displayed for sale on a shelf at a gun store. - Semi-automatic firearms are displayed for sale on a shelf at McBride Guns Inc., in Austin, Texas. The Biden-Harris administration has announced a new rule classifying more people as licensed gun sellers — including those who operate at gun shows and through online storefronts — and requiring them to run background checks before the completion of a sale. The move would set up the largest and most significant expansion of the background check requirement for gun purchases since the passage of the Brady Bill in 1993. It is one of several actions that the White House is undertaking to think holistically about combating the gun violence epidemic — and the way it intersects with gender-based violence.The new rule, passed through the Department of Justice, closes what is known as the “gun show loophole,” in which people who know they cannot pass a background check often turn to unlicensed sellers in order to evade the background check system. It follows requirements laid out in the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act’s expansion of firearm background checks.The new rule is expected to have a significant impact on those who experience domestic violence and other forms of gender-based violence specifically. https://lnkd.in/e6WQVrFc

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The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, 1 Year Later - The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first major federal gun safety bill passed in nearly 30 years, has closed gun law loopholes and implemented new gun violence prevention policies, as well as made significant investments in school and community safety that are saving livePresident Joe Biden delivers remarks during an event commemorating the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, July 11, 2022, in Washington. (Getty/Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)Introduction and summaryLess than two weeks after the racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, in May 2022, the third-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history claimed the lives of 21 people in Uvalde, Texas, including 19 children.1Following decades of inaction, these horrific events spurred action in Congress. Responding to calls from victims’ families and gun violence prevention activists, President Joe Biden and Democratic senators, including Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, and Republican senators such as Texas Sen. John Cornyn and North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis reached across the aisle to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA)2—the most significant gun violence reduction legislation in 30 years.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 21, 2024 / DNC Talking Points - Trump’s MAGA Veepstakes: Elise Stefanik Led the Charge on a National Abortion Ban and Endorsed Cruel Bans Across the CountryAs Trump VP contender Elise Stefanik speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: “Self-proclaimed ‘ultra-MAGA’ VP contender Elise Stefanik co-sponsored a national abortion ban, celebrated Trump’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, and called draconian abortion bans across the country ‘life saving’ while women are being turned away from emergency rooms. Stefanik is a champion for anti-choice extremism and in lockstep with Trump’s dangerous MAGA agenda.”Self-described “ultra-MAGA” VP contender Elise Stefanik co-sponsored a national abortion ban and — just like Trump — has endorsed draconian abortion bans around the country that Trump made possible when he overturned Roe v. Wade.Washington Examiner: “House GOP conference chairwoman calls for 15-week federal abortion ban post-Dobbs”“When pressed on a definitive statement regarding a federal abortion ban, Stefanik said that ‘we do have a role’ at the federal level … ‘We should embrace this debate,’ Stefanik said, noting the vital role of the local, state, and federal governments in fulfilling the ‘promise of new and better policies.’”WNYTV: “Stefanik backs federal ban on most abortions after 15 weeks”Stefanik: “Since Roe was overturned and the Supreme Court restored the correct interpretation of our Constitution, 25 states have life saving laws on the books.”2024: Stefanik received an A+ rating from extreme anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.Stefanik: “I am ultra-MAGA, and proud of it.” REMINDER: Trump said he’d sign a national abortion ban if elected to a second term and is "proudly" the reason millions of women live under cruel abortion bans today.Associated Press: “Trump says he will support national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy”Rolling Stone: “Trump Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide: Report”Trump: “There of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life. And it’s very important.” Rolling Stone: “Trump Claims Credit for All Abortion Bans”Trump: “I was proudly the person responsible for the ending of … Roe v. Wade.”Trump: “We broke Roe v. Wade and we did something that nobody thought was possible. We gave it back to the states, and the states are working very brilliantly … But they’re working, and it’s working the way it’s supposed to.”Trump: “For 54 years they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it, and I’m proud to have done it. … Nobody else was going to get that done but me, and we did it, and we did something that was a miracle.”###