Editing MoveOn (section)

==== United Against Hate ====
In response to the rhetoric of [[Donald Trump]] during the 2016 presidential election, MoveOn ran a general-election campaign in 2016 under the headline "United Against Hate" which hired dozens of organizers in key battleground states<ref>{{Cite web|title=MoveOn.org Hiring Dozens of Organizers in 8 Battleground States, Kicking Off Major 'United Against Hate' Field Effort to Defeat Trump, and Win the Senate|url=https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2016/08/25/moveonorg-hiring-dozens-organizers-8-battleground-states-kicking-major-united|access-date=May 6, 2021|website=Common Dreams|language=en}}</ref> and utilized volunteer-to-voter contact, digital advertising, video production, and cultural organizing to try to affect the outcome of the election. Celebrity supporters of this effort included Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington, Julianne Moore, Macklemore, and Neil Patrick Harris.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Mic|title=Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington Join More Than 100 Celebrities in Campaign to Stop Trump|url=https://mic.com/articles/149731/shona-rhimes-kerry-washington-join-more-than-100-celebrities-in-campaign-to-stop-trump#.fBjx6CJ1T|access-date=November 18, 2016|work=Mic|date=July 26, 2016 }}</ref> It has taken credit for helping to promote the [[2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest]], and for paying for printing protest signs and a banner.<ref name="ShutItDown">{{cite news|last1=Seitz-Wald|first1=Alex|date=March 12, 2016|title=How Bernie Sanders Supporters Shut Down Donald Trump's Rally in Chicago|publisher=[[MSNBC]]|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/how-bernie-sanders-supporters-shut-down-donald-trump-s-rally-n537191|access-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="MoveOnConfirms">{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=Eugene|last2=Johns|first2=Joe|date=March 12, 2016|title=Sanders: Don't blame my supporters for violence at Trump rally|publisher=[[CNN]]|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/12/politics/bernie-sanders-donald-trump/|access-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref> The goal of the campaign was to stop Trump, whom MoveOn viewed as a "dangerous" and "divisive" leader.<ref>[http://www.inquisitr.com/3352446/united-against-hate-michael-stipe-mark-ruffalo-over-100-artists-form-coalition-to-defeat-trump/ "United Against Hate: Michael Stipe, Mark Ruffalo, Over 100 Artists Form Coalition To Defeat Trump". ''The Inquisitr News''. Retrieved 2016-11-18]</ref> Trump went on to win the 2016 presidential election.