TRUMP COULD WIN AGAIN – WITH RUSSIA’S HELP

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…
FOR WYDEN: I am calling to thank Sen. Wyden for his work at the border this weekend and for fighting to make our elections safe from cyber attacks. I ask the Senator to:
  • Keep pushing the Senate to vote and make cyber protection measures mandatory nationwide.
  • Join Sen. Merkley to call on the House to do its constitutional duty and hold the president accountable for his crimes and other impeachable offenses.
FOR MERKLEY: the 2020 election is still vulnerable to attacks by Russia and other countries. I ask the Senator to
  • demand that Mitch McConnell allow votes on bills that will make our elections safer.
  • call upon the House again to do its constitutional duty and hold the president accountable for his crimes and other impeachable offenses.

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, BONAMICI AND DEFAZIO:
The House needs to fulfill its constitutional duty and hold the president accountable for his crimes and his other impeachable offenses and I thank the Representative supporting an impeachment inquiry.  Over the recess I ask the Representative to:
  • educate the public about the impeachment process
  • make the case that our election infrastructure is still vulnerable to attacks from Russia and that Senator McConnell must stop his obstruction and allow a vote on election security bills
FOR SCHRADER AND WALDEN:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because the House needs to fulfill its constitutional duty and hold the president accountable for his crimes and his other offenses. I ask that the Representative
  • Please join their Oregon and Washington State colleagues in the House and Senate by calling for an impeachment inquiry.  
  • To make the case that our election infrastructure is still vulnerable to attacks from Russia and that Senator McConnell must stop his obstruction and allow a vote on election security bills.

ACTION THREE: HELP REGISTER VOTERS

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BACKGROUND:

Russia attacked the 2016 presidential election. Robert Mueller warned last week the Russians will attack the 2020 elections. “They are doing it as we sit here,” Mueller testified.
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell won’t allow a vote on any of the bills designed to protect the 2020 election from foreign attack.
 Why would McConnell refuse to defend the 2020 elections?
Possibly it’s because of recent large Russian investments in McConnell’s home state of Kentucky. Or maybe it’s because he has taken “donations” from the manufacturers of election machines that are known to be vulnerable to hackers.
Whatever his reason, the effect is indisputable: Russian meddling will again boost the chances of reelecting Trump. 
Securing elections is not difficult but it takes money. Steps include:
  • Providing paper backup copies of voter registration databases.
  • Purchasing voting machines that leave a paper trail.
  • Implementing post-election audits to ensure accuracy and legitimacy of the results.
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden wants cyber security protections mandatory nationwide.
Bills to harden voting systems are awaiting votes in the Senate and should be passed. If they are not, the foundation of our democracy will be destabilized – which has been Putin’s objective.

SOURCES: 

NPR, JULY 24, 2019: “MUELLER ON RUSSIAN ELECTION INTERFERENCE: ‘THEY’RE DOING IT AS WE SIT HERE’”     HTTPS://WWW.NPR.ORG/2019/07/24/743093777/WATCH-LIVE-MUELLER-TESTIFIES-ON-CAPITOL-HILL-ABOUT-2016-ELECTION-INTERFERENCE
CNN, JULY 25, 2019: “SENATE REPORT WARNS OF ONGOING ELECTION THREAT AS REPUBLICANS BLOCK SECURITY BILLS”   HTTPS://WWW.CNN.COM/2019/07/25/POLITICS/SENATE-INTELLIGENCE-COMMITTEE-ELECTION-SECURITY-REPORT/INDEX.HTML
NEWSWEEK, JULY 25, 2019: “REPUBLICANS BLOCK FOURTH ELECTION SECURITY BILL DESPITE MUELLER’S WARNING RUSSIA IS INTERFERING ‘AS WE SIT HERE’”   HTTPS://WWW.NEWSWEEK.COM/REPUBLICANS-BLOCK-THIRD-ELECTION-SECURITY-BILL-DESPITE-MUELLER-WARNING-RUSSIAN-INTERFERENCE-1451162
WASHINGTON POST, JULY 27, 2019: “READ THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE’S REPORT: ‘RUSSIAN EFFORTS AGAINST ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE,’ VOLUME ONE
THE ATLANTIC, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018: “WHAT PUTIN REALLY WANTS”     HTTPS://WWW.THEATLANTIC.COM/MAGAZINE/ARCHIVE/2018/01/PUTINS-GAME/546548/