TRUMP’S ASSAULT ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS CONTINUES
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 calling to ask that while the Senator speaks out for a fair impeachment trial, one that includes witnesses and documents, that he also continue to fight against this administration’s attacks on our social safety net. Proposed cuts and changes to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and Social Security Disability Insurance designed to reduce or deny benefits are a danger to our most vulnerable neighbors and must be stopped.
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR HOUSE REP
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…
For All Representatives except Walden:
I am calling to ask that while the Representative speaks out for a fair impeachment trial in the Senate, one that includes witnesses and documents, that he/she also fight against this administration’s attacks on our social safety net. Cuts and changes to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and Social Security Disability Insurance designed to reduce or deny benefits are a danger to our most vulnerable neighbors and must be stopped.
For Walden:
I am disappointed that my Representative continues to put party above country and voted against impeachment. It is time for him to support a fair impeachment trial in the Senate, one that includes witnesses and documents. It is also time for him to finally put the health and well-being of his constituents first. Cuts and changes to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and Social Security Disability Insurance designed to reduce or deny benefits are a danger to our most vulnerable neighbors and must be stopped.
CALL SUZANNE BONAMICI (OR-01)
CALL GREG WALDEN (OR-02)
CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)
CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)
CALL KURT SCHRADER (OR-05)
ACTION THREE: TAKE ACTION IN 2020
Plan to call Congress with Indivisible Oregon on a weekly basis. Set goals for your election work in 2020. Swing Left holds regular letter writing parties. You can sign up at: Take Action Now. If you are in the Portland area, join Indivisible Oregon letter writing parties with Swing Left/Vote Forward . You can also contribute to Swing Left Fundraiser. We are all in this together.
BACKGROUND:
(Background — Throwback Thursdays actions attempt to shift the focus from the Trump outrage of the moment and remind us that the brutality imposed by his policies is ongoing daily.)
Last week, Donald Trump nestled comfortably among billionaires and corporate heads in Davos. Switzerland. From there he stated that he would be open to making cuts to Social Security and Medicare, earned benefits that are vital to millions of elderly and disabled Americans.
It’s no surprise. Attempting to gut programs that serve the most vulnerable among us has been one of the cornerstones of this administration.
Our social safety net has been in danger from the moment Trump took office focused on dismantling the Affordable Care Act. There have been endless attacks on life-sustaining programs like Medicaid and food assistance. Newly proposed rule changes to Social Security Disability Insurance would make maintaining eligibility more difficult for older workers and people suffering from mental health conditions.
The GOP has always wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare or privatize them for profit. Another term for Trump would open the door. Call on your MOC’s to protect our most vulnerable neighbors now. Get involved to protect all of us in the future.
