NO JUSTICE NO PEACE. CONGRESS MUST DENOUNCE POLICE BRUTALITY.
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…
George Floyd’s murder lays bare America’s sins of racism, white supremacy, and policy brutality. Trump calls for the murder of black American’s seeking justice for George Floyd. Congress must do two things immediately. Congress must censure Trump and pass Representative Pressley and Omar’s resolution to condemn police brutality. We are counting on the Senator to make these things happen. If Congress does not, they share the responsibility in the consequences of these racist actions.
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…
George Floyd’s murder lays bare America’s sins of racism, white supremacy, and policy brutality. Trump calls for the murder of black American’s seeking justice for George Floyd. Congress must do two things immediately. Congress must censure Trump and pass Representative Pressley and Omar’s resolution to condemn police brutality. We are counting on the Representative to make these things happen. If Congress does not, they share the responsibility in the consequences of these racist actions.
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:
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BACKGROUND:
George Floyd’s murder by racist police officers lays bare America’s sins of racism, white supremacy, and policy brutality.
Trump is a racist. He defends armed white supremacists while calling for the murder of black Americans seeking justice for George Floyd.
Congress must immediately, unequivocally censure Trump. Any MoC who refuses shares responsibility for the consequences of Trump’s racist, violent actions.
Congress must denounce police brutality. Police brutality is escalating to police rioting. They are attacking the very people they are supposed to protect. Congress must immediately pass Representative Pressley and Omar’s resolution to condemn police brutality.
“Riot is the language of the unheard.” (Martin Luther King Jr). Congress please hear us.
“This should not be ‘normal’ in 2020 America. It can’t be ‘normal’. If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and must be better.” (President Obama). Congress please be better.
“If we are complacent, if we are silent, we are complicit in perpetuating these cycles of violence. None of us can turn away. We all have an obligation to speak out.” (Vice President Joe Biden). Congress please speak out.
Censure Trump. Pass the Pressley-Omar resolution. Now.