Democrats are using the SCOTUS leak to fundraise like crazy for the 2022 midterms

• Democrats blasted supporters with fundraising messages about the Supreme Court's draft abortion ruling.
• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are leading the fundraising effort.

Democrats jumped at the opportunity to fundraise for the 2022 midterm elections after a leak from the Supreme Court revealed the majority's willingness to overturn Roe v. Wade, the decision that gives women a constitutional right to an abortion.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was among the Democrats soliciting donations.

"The only way to protect reproductive rights is to build on our Democratic majorities in the House and Senate and DEFEAT every last anti-choice Republican who made this happen," her campaign wrote in an email. "I need a ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME response -- 50,000 gifts in the next 24 hours -- to put us in a position to win this fight and protect our fundamental rights. Are you with me? >>"

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also stumped for cash on Tuesday, asking for donations to help "vulnerable Democratic Senators" who are up for reelection. "We knew this day would come, but it still hurts," his campaign wrote.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee joined the fray as well, calling on "grassroots Democrats" to "rise up and fight back against Republican attacks on reproductive rights" by filling out their petition.

Incumbent Democratic Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, and Mark Kelly of Arizona also used leak as a chance to fundraise.

"Today, Roe v. Wade is the law of the land and I'll do everything I can to protect that right," Kelly said in a campaign email. "But I cannot continue that fight if we lose this November. So I need to ask for your help."

Sen. Alex Padilla of California explained in an email to his supporters that the draft was not currently binding, and asked his supporters to forego donating to him, and instead donate to Planned Parenthood of California and NARAL Pro-Choice California, two reproductive health nonprofits that lobby for abortion rights.

"Every penny will go directly toward fighting to protect the right to choose, not a cent to my campaign," Padilla wrote in the campaign email.

"This is bullshit," Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota wrote in a message that promised to steer donations to the National Network Of Abortion Funds, which advocates removing "financial and logistical barriers to abortion access."

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, followed Padilla and used the leak as an opportunity to ask for donations to the National Network of Abortion Funds.

"As we wait for a decision to be finalized, their work to support people seeking reproductive care will be more important than ever before," Jeffries wrote.

A variety of yet-to-be-elected state- and federal-level Democratic candidates also asked their supporters Tuesday to donate to their campaigns.

Republicans slow to fundraise off abortion

Politico published the leaked drafted opinion of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday night.

"We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled," Alito wrote in February in a draft opinion for a ruling that the high court has not yet been released.

Democrats currently maintain control of both the House and Senate with small margins. But the party stands to lose its majorities in the 2022 midterm elections.

In addition to direct email solicitations, the DNC and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, a political advocacy arm of Planned Parenthood, were among liberal organizations to purchase ads on Facebook that asked for money, according to Facebook's library of political and issue advertisements.

"By this summer, the court could overturn Roe v Wade, ending nearly 50 years of precedent and with it, the constitutional right to abortion," Planned Parenthood Action Fund wrote above a large, pink "DONATE NOW" button.

On the Republican side, Supreme Court-themed fundraising was comparatively muted, although several conservative candidates and committees did ask for cash.

The National Republican Congressional Committee on Tuesday asked supporters to "stand right now and make an emergency pledge to fight for pro-life values." After providing one's contact information, the NRCC asks: "Will you chip in just $5 or more to DEFEND LIFE, PROTECT CONSERVATIVE JUDGES, and STOP THE FAR LEFT?"

The re-election campaign of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California on Tuesday asked supporters for contributions via email, saying, "THE DEEP STATE IS COLLUDING TO STOP THE COURT FROM OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE!"

Former President Donald J. Trump, a Republican who former Vice President Mike Pence vice president dubbed "the most pro-life president in American history" also fundraised online following the leak.

But when asking Tuesday for $45 donations to unlock a "SECRET video message," Trump never mentioned the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion or the issue of abortion, in general.