DON’T LET TRUMP HIDE HIS CRIMES

ACTION ONE: CALL YOUR SENATORS

SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WYDEN AND MERKLEY:

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
Even with Trump’s chaotic actions — from abusing frightened children to stopping 10 minutes short of war with Iran — I’m not going to forget that Mueller documented Trump’s crimes. He has obstructed justice and now he is obstructing Congress. I implore the Senator to please call for an impeachment inquiry. If Trump is not held accountable for his crimes, these serial outrages will continue until he stumbles into a war.

ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR HOUSE REPS

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SAMPLE SCRIPTS FOR REPRESENTATIVES:

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
For Blumenauer and Bonamici: Even with Trump’s chaotic actions — from abusing frightened children to stopping 10 minutes short of war with Iran — I’m not going to forget that Mueller documented Trump’s crimes. He has obstructed justice and now he is obstructing Congress. I thank the Representative for his/her call for an impeachment inquiry but he/she must keep making the case for how important this is the future of our country. If Trump is not held accountable for his crimes, these outrages, each one greater than the last, will continue until he stumbles into a war.
FOR ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIVES: A lot has happened recently, from “concentration camps” to a near war with Iran. But we can’t forget that Mueller has documented Trump’s obstruction of justice. And daily, you see his obstructions of Congress’s sworn duty to hold the president accountable. Therefore I ask that the Representative sign on to the impeachment process.

ACTION THREE: STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY AT THE STATE LEVEL – ATTEND A “PLEASE RETURN TO WORK RALLY” TODAY

STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY AT THE STATE LEVEL AND JOIN LOCAL ACTIVISTS AT THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING IN SALEM TO SUPPORT THE “CLEAN ENERGY JOBS BILL.” REPUBLICANS HAVE GONE INTO HIDING TO HOLD HOSTAGE A VOTE ON THIS BILL. THE COPS ARE AFTER THEM BUT ARMED MILITIA ARE SAID TO BE OFFERING SAFETY. THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING AN ARMED THREAT TO THE DEMOCRATIC FUNCTIONING OF GOVERNMENT. IN OUR DEMOCRACY, WE DON’T BEND TO THREATS BY THUGS BUT FOLLOW THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
SALEM — SENATE ROLL CALL 10 AM IN THE SENATE GALLERY 3RD FLOOR OF THE CAPITAL.  THEN JOIN US TOMORROW AT 11:30 ON THE CAPITAL STEPS. REGISTER HERE: HTTPS://ACT.MYNGP.COM/FORMS/2563956662368993280?MIDQS=83UACPC8VGY7XCCPKPSS7G==
BEND: 5PM TUESDAY, JUNE 25 AT PEACE CORNER
PEACE CORNER IN BEND (GREENWOOD / NEWPORT) 1077 NW WALL ST, BEND, OR 97701  
HOOD RIVER: WEDNESDAY, 11AM AT OVERLOOK MEMORIAL PARK, STATE ST, HOOD RIVER, OR 97031. PARKING: RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH HAS SAID PROTESTERS CAN USE THEIR PARKING AND FACILITIES.

BACKGROUND:

Once again we ask our Members of Congress to call for impeachment proceedings. We ask this not only because Trump is a corrupt racist, a rapist, a perpetual liar, and a child abuser on a horrific scale.
We ask it primarily because it is the last line of defense for our democracy. As Mueller found, Trump has clearly obstructed justice. Daily, he obstructs Congress’s duty to hold the president accountable.
Trump has responded to these impeachable offenses by dialing up his outrage machine, which diverts attention with:
  • lies about Mueller’s findings,
  • a treasonous invitation to rogue nations to interfere in our elections,
  • the criminal abuse of terrorized children,
  • a looming war with Iran.
The goals of these head spinning outrages are to cause us to discount his impeachable crimes and to exhaust us so thoroughly that our fight becomes apathy.
Nevertheless, we persist.
We urge you to return focus to the documented impeachable offenses: obstruction of justice and obstruction of Congress. One is a violation of law which Trump thinks doesn’t apply to him. The other is an attack on the Constitution, America’s directions back to democracy.
This fight to defend democracy is the test of a lifetime.

SOURCES: 


CNN, JUNE 23, 2019: “MEDIA FATIGUE OVER ASSAULT ACCUSATIONS AGAINST TRUMP?”        HTTPS://WWW.CNN.COM/VIDEOS/BUSINESS/2019/06/23/MEDIA-FATIGUE-OVER-ASSAULT-ACCUSATIONS-AGAINST-TRUMP.CNN  
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, NOV. 10, 2016: “AUTOCRACY: RULES FOR SURVIVAL”   HTTPS://WWW.NYBOOKS.COM/DAILY/2016/11/10/TRUMP-ELECTION-AUTOCRACY-RULES-FOR-SURVIVAL/
USA TODAY, JUNE 24, 2019: “WRITER E. JEAN CARROLL ACCUSES TRUMP OF RAPE. WHY ARE WE SO RELUCTANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?”
WNYCSTUDIOS, ON THE MEDIA (TRANSCRIPT), JANUARY 21, 2018: “MASHA GESSEN ON OUTRAGE FATIGUE IN TRUMP’S AMERICA”  HTTPS://WWW.WNYCSTUDIOS.ORG/STORY/OUTRAGE-FATIGUE-TRUMPS-AMERICA
THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE, FEB. 13, 2017: “TRUMP OUTRAGE FATIGUE”  HTTPS://WWW.THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE.COM/DREHER/TRUMP-OUTRAGE-FATIGUE/