STOP TRUMP’S RACIST AGENDA. DEMAND IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS
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 continually appalled by how Trump treats immigrants and refugees. I ask the Senator to demand that this country
- fulfills our obligations for Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria.
- aids and welcomes evacuees from Hurricane Dorian and all natural disasters.
- holds Trump accountable for his impeachable offenses by holding immediate impeachment hearings.
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
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…
I am continually appalled by how Trump treats immigrants and refugees. I’m calling to ask the Representative to demand that this country
- fulfills our obligations for Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria.
- aids and welcomes evacuees from Hurricane Dorian and all natural disasters.
- holds Trump accountable for his impeachable offenses by holding immediate impeachment hearings.
CALL SUZANNE BONAMICI (OR-01)
CALL GREG WALDEN (OR-02)
CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)
CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)
CALL KURT SCHRADER (OR-05)
BACKGROUND:
The desire for what Trump calls his “big beautiful wall” springs from the ugliest place in our national psyche. It’s a physical symbol of the policies spawned by the xenophobia and racism within America that he continuously stokes for his personal political gain. And it comes at great cost.
There is an economic cost, of course.
But primarily there is a terrible human cost, and not just at the border.
Thousands died in Puerto Rico in the months following Hurricane Maria due to the lack of critical aid, while Trump tossed them paper towels and racist tweets. Puerto Rico has still not received most of the funds allocated by Congress.
Despite our long history of welcoming evacuees of natural disasters, Trump is blocking Bahamian refugees of Hurricane Dorian. His reasoning? Black people fleeing the devastation of their homes without travel visas are likely to be “very bad people, some very bad gang members…” Which translates to not white. Just as it does at the border.
As long as Trump is in office, his racist rhetoric will continue to encourage hate. And his racist agenda will continue to eat away at the soul of this country. He must face impeachment hearings.
