CONGRESS MUST STOP TRUMP FROM DESTROYING OUR ECONOMY!

ACTION ONE: CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM TO PASS LIMITS ON TRUMP’S TRADE AUTHORITY

SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WYDEN AND MERKLEY:

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
Trump’s unhinged behavior and destructive trade and tax policies are damaging our economy. He must be reined in. Please join the bipartisan group of Senators that support the Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019, S. 287, to limit his ability to levy tariffs. And urge your colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee to expand the Impeachment Inquiry to include an examination of Trump’s many tweets and lies that manipulate the markets. Thank you.

ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR HOUSE REP AND TELL HER/HIM TO PASS LIMITS ON TRUMP’S TRADE AUTHORITY

Not sure who your U.S. Representative is? Find out here. 

SAMPLE SCRIPTS FOR REPRESENTATIVES:

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR REPRESENTATIVES SCHRADER AND WALDENTrump’s unhinged behavior and destructive trade and tax policies are damaging our economy. He must be reined in. Please join the bipartisan group of Representatives that support the Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019, H.R 940, to limit his ability to levy tariffs. And join your colleagues in the Oregon delegation who are supporting an impeachment inquiry now. Thank you.
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR REPRESENTATIVES BLUMENAUER, DEFAZIO, AND BONAMICI: Trump’s unhinged behavior and destructive trade and tax policies are damaging our economy. He must be reined in. Please join the bipartisan group of Representatives that support the Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019, H.R. 940, to limit his ability to levy tariffs. And urge your colleagues on the Judiciary Committee to expand the Impeachment Inquiry to include an examination of Trump’s many tweets and lies that manipulate the markets. Thank you.

ACTION THREE: FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS

Pass along this action alert, especially to friends in Red states. Tell them to KEEP CALLING! 

BACKGROUND:

Trump is the “number one single risk factor in economics in the world…” Not surprisingly, the man who bankrupted his businesses SIX times, is wreaking havoc on the world’s two largest economies, ours and China’s, and is on the verge of dragging the rest of the world into recession.  
Despite inheriting a strong, expanding economy from Obama, Trump has taken a wrecking ball to our livelihoods with his ruinous economic policies. Trump’s China tariffs: 
  • Cost American households $1000/year  
  • Caused China to cancel all US agricultural imports, the loss of a $19.5B market, resulting in $28B in taxpayer subsidies to farmers  
Trump’s Tax Scam legislation has been equally destructive, resulting in: 
  • A deficit approaching $1 trillion  
  • Widening income/wealth inequality as middle-class incomes stagnate  
  • Only 5% of the growth needed to offset tax-cut losses  
Trump’s tweets and lies cause the markets to gyrate wildly, potentially benefiting him and his allies. Businesses are reluctant to invest because of Trump’s trade policies. The manufacturing sector is in recession. Key economic red flags, like the inverted yield curve, are waving.  
 Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi says, “[Trump’s] policies are driving the economy into the ditch.” Congress must stop him! 

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