Celebs focus on Dems winning House in 11th hour midterms fundraising

With less than two weeks before the midterm elections, some high-profile names are adding their voices to a flurry of fundraising pitches warning of the dangers of Republicans maintaining control of the House.

A slew of famous faces — including Barbra Streisand, “West Wing” star Bradley Whitford, documentarian Ken Burns and scientist and TV personality Bill Nye — have splashed their names on money-raising efforts for Democrats in recent weeks.

In a Tuesday email to supporters sent by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) bearing Streisand’s name, the Academy Award winner wrote, “As someone fortunate to have a platform larger than most, I believe it is both my right and my duty to speak up when I see injustice in the world.”

Streisand, one of the Democratic Party’s top celebrity fundraisers and a fierce critic of President Trump, said in the DCCC pitch, “We can’t have a president who doesn’t respect our constitution and relies on his GOP puppets in the House majority to carry out his every whim.”

“We need a Democratic House Majority if we have any hope of putting a check on this president,” Streisand, 84,........

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