“U.S. IN THE MIDST OF A WHITE NATIONALIST TERRORISM CRISIS”

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, AUSTRALIA 8/4/19

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…
I am concerned about the rising level of racist talk and action by the Trump Administration. I want you to 1) use your powerful voice to publicly name this Administration’s immigration agenda as a white supremacist agenda; 2) preserve the guardrails on DHS, ICE and CBP that are in the House’s 2020 appropriations bill and 3) keep speaking out about the need for an impeachment inquiry. Thank you.

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 all but Schrader and Walden: I am concerned about the rising level of racist talk and action by the Trump Administration. I want you to 1) use your powerful voice to publicly name this Administration’s immigration agenda as a white supremacist agenda; 2) preserve the guardrails on DHS, ICE and CBP that are in the House’s 2020 appropriations bill and 3) keep speaking out about the need for an impeachment inquiry. Thank you.
For Schrader and Walden: I am calling because I am concerned about the rising level of racist and talk and action by the Trump Administration. I want you to 1) use your powerful voice to publicly name this Administration’s immigration agenda as a white supremacist agenda; 2) preserve the guardrails on DHS, ICE and CBP that are in the House’s 2020 appropriations bill and 3) support an impeachment inquiry. Thank you.

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BACKGROUND:

Trump’s language is a threat to national security. Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald named it. Yet American media and politicians still hesitate to call the rise of racism, led by our President, the national emergency that it is.
Members of Congress must use their bully pulpit. These attacks on Black and Brown people are carried out by white supremacists inside and outside the White House, and they are leading us toward totalitarian rule.
Also, our MoCs, particularly our Senators, must fight to limit and control any new funding for DHS and its immigration agencies, ICE and CBP. The agencies are the tip of the spear for Trump’s most racist immigration policies. Any funding for 2020 must include the minimal guardrails that the House passed in its appropriations bill for DHS.
Our congressional leaders have powerful voices and powerful votes. Let’s ask them to shine a light on white nationalist domestic terrorism, and put controls on government agencies that are carrying out Trump’s racist policies.
And don’t forget to work for an impeachment inquiry. White supremacy and racist policies are a threat to national security.