SEIZE THE MOMENT AND DEMAND A BETTER CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE
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, based on his press briefing yesterday, Trump momentarily seemed open to a better coronavirus response. You must quickly demand:
- More research money to develop tests that give results in minutes to hours, not days to weeks.
- An efficient supply chain to get PPE to health care workers, and workers in meat packing facilities and nursing homes.
- Financial relief to states, a continued supplement for unemployment insurance, and extended eviction moratorium.
Most importantly, Trump must back off his push to reopen schools. Like the economy, schools can reopen safely only when the virus is driven to low levels in the community.
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, based on his press briefing yesterday, Trump momentarily seemed open to a better coronavirus response. You must quickly demand:
- More research money to develop tests that give results in minutes to hours, not days to weeks.
- An efficient supply chain to get PPE to health care workers, and workers in meat packing facilities and nursing homes.
- Financial relief to states, a continued supplement for unemployment insurance, and extended eviction moratorium.
Most importantly, Trump must back off his push to reopen schools. Like the economy, schools can reopen safely only when the virus is driven to low levels in the community.
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: DUMP TRUMP, FLIP THE SENATE, ELECT REPS WHO WILL PROTECT OUR RIGHTS, AND KEEP EDUCATING YOURSELF.
-Keep learning about racism — how it is baked into our country’s design and how it works today. Justice in June has 10-, 25-, and 45-minute actions you can take every day.
–Dump Trump, Flip the Senate, Stop Gerrymandering, Get Out The Vote.
- Turn out for elections work! Indivisible Oregon is partnering with Swing Left and its smart Super State Strategy. We’ve adopted Arizona—where we are working to flip the White House, the Senate, and the state legislature (to roll back Republican gerrymandering). Action is the antidote to anxiety (and despair)!
- Join our letter writing events on Zoom every Saturday —sign up at https://swingleft.org/group/indivisible-oregon. Or join any of hundreds of letter-writing parties all over the country, whenever it fits your schedule.
- Write letters to voters from home, whenever it’s convenient for you. Register with votefwd.org and get started.
- Host your own virtual letter-writing party through Swing Left. It’s easy and fun.
- Coming soon: Indivisible Oregon phone-banking parties!
BACKGROUND:
A humbled Trump yesterday acknowledged that the outbreak of coronavirus will get worse before it gets better.
Reading from notes, he encouraged people to wear masks, wash hands and maintain “at least” six feet from one another.
His goal, he said, was to protect workers, schools and families from what he calls the “China virus.”
The dishonest, divisive bully momentarily vanished.
His longstanding lies, bluster and profound ignorance crippled a thriving economy, trashed scientists, and, as always, fueled conspiracy theories that left Americans both bitterly divided and a feast for the virus.
It has left 143,000 Americans dead.
If this new Trump lasts longer than a daily news cycle, our representatives in Washington must quickly demand:
- More research money to develop tests that give results in minutes to hours, not days to weeks.
- An efficient supply chain to get PPE to health care workers, and workers in meat packing facilities and nursing homes.
- Financial relief to states, a continued supplement for unemployment insurance, and extended eviction moratorium.
Most importantly, Trump must back off his push to reopen schools. Like the economy, schools can reopen safely only when the virus is driven to low levels in the community.
SOURCES:
Fox News, Trump’s briefing on the coronavirus, July 21, 2020: Trump speaks at Coronavirus Task Force briefing | 7/21/20 – YouTube
New York Times, July 21, 2020: Inside Trump’s Failure: The Rush to Abandon Leadership Role on the Virus – The New York Times
Washington Post, July 19, 2020: U.S. coronavirus cases and deaths rising amid ineffective response to pandemic – The Washington Post
Los Angeles Times, July 17 2020: Trump waging dangerous and inexplicable war on public health – Los Angeles Times
Washington Post, July 14, 2020: Former CDC directors: Trump has politicized science more than any past president. – The Washington Post
CBS News, July 21, 2020: Trump says wearing a mask is “patriotic” – CBS News
NPR, July 21, 2020: Scientists Study How Much A Difference Wearing A Mask Makes : NPR
New York Magazine, July 20, 2020: The Republican Revolt Against COVID Science and Common Sense
New York Times, July 16, 2020: Opinion | Testing Is on the Brink of Paralysis. That’s Very Bad News. – The New York Times
New York Times, July 21, 2020: Opinion | Elizabeth Warren: My Coronavirus Must-Do List – The New York Times
The Hill, July 17, 2020: Biden rolls out school reopening plan amid coronavirus pandemic | TheHill
Politico, July 14, 2020: Former CDC chiefs rebuke Trump for ‘undermining’ agency’s guidelines – POLITICO
