INDIVISIBLE North Coast Oregon: ACTION: WHILE USING USPS TO STEAL ELECTION, TRUMP VIOLATES CONSTITUTION TO CUT BENEFITS & GUT SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE

AUGUST 11, 2020

WHILE USING USPS TO STEAL ELECTION, TRUMP VIOLATES CONSTITUTION TO CUT BENEFITS & GUT SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE

ACTION ONE: JOIN US FOR #INDIVISIBLE TUESDAY

Join Indivisible Hillsboro for Indivisible Tuesday with Congresswoman Bonamici. Register for the call here https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlc-ipqD8pGty_Fc-5f02FacRqAhM9tzfQ and you will be sent a link to join the call.

ACTION TWO: 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…

It is past time to investigate Trump’s lawlessness, especially his:

deliberate sabotage of mail service to steal an election
unconstitutional use of executive order to cut unemployment and gut social security and Medicare.

Democrats must use every available method to publicly call out Trump and McConnell’s lawlessness, voter suppression, and responsibility for mass suffering and death. While you keep pushing for the HEROES Act, the Senate must immediately allocate $25B to USPS and investigate Trump’s lawlessness and abuse of USPS.

CALL SENATOR MERKLEY

Portland: 503-326-3386

Washington DC: 202-224-3753

Salem: 503-362-8102

Eugene: 541-465-6750

Medford: 541-608-9102

Bend: 541-318-1298

Pendleton: 541-278-1129

CALL SENATOR WYDEN

Portland: 503-326-7525

Washington DC: 202-224-5244

Salem: 503-589-4555

Eugene: 541-431-0229

Medford: 541-858-5122

Bend: 541-330-9142

La Grande: 541-960-7691

ACTION THREE: 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 Blumenauer, Bonamici, DeFazio, and Schrader:

It is past time to prosecute Trump’s lawlessness, especially his:

deliberate sabotage of mail service to steal an election
unconstitutional use of executive order to cut unemployment and gut social security and Medicare.

Please use every available method to publicly call out Trump and McConnell’s lawlessness, voter suppression, and responsibility for mass suffering and death. The House must immediately allocate $25B to USPS and prosecute Trump’s lawlessness and abuse of USPS.

For Walden:

I am appalled that Trump is undermining the post office when vulnerable people will die without their medicines and take enormous risks voting in person, simply to further suppress voting that does not seem to be going his way. I am also appalled that he refuses to respect the Constitution, instead violating separation of powers and using executive orders to cut unemployment and gut social security and Medicare. It is up to Republicans like you to stand up for our democracy and for your constituents.

I urge you to prioritize your constituents’ lives and well-being, as well as our right to vote.

CALL SUZANNE BONAMICI (OR-01)

Oregon: 503-469-6010

Washington DC: 202-225-0855

CALL GREG WALDEN (OR-02)

Medford: 541-776-4646

Washington DC: 202-225-6730

Bend: 541-389-4408

La Grande: 541-624-2400

CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)

Oregon: 503-231-2300

Washington DC: 202-225-4811

CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)

Eugene: 541-465-6732

Roseburg: 541-440-3523

Coos Bay: 541-269-2609

Washington DC: 202-225-6416

CALL KURT SCHRADER (OR-05)

Salem: 503-588-9100

Oregon City: 503-557-1324

Washington DC: 202-225-5711

BACKGROUND:

The HEROES Act, which passed the House in May, reveals the difference between Democrats and Trump-McConnell’s GOP. Democrats care about our struggles and want to help us. Trump-McConnell’s GOP doesn’t care about us. They use our suffering to grab more money and power for themselves. They don’t care that their greed exacerbates the impact of long-standing racist policies that have left BIPOC communities more vulnerable to COVID-19. They care only about themselves.

Republicans pretend their egregious behavior helps us. McConnell and Trump refused to negotiate, blaming Democrats for rejecting their demands. McConnell ignored the HEROES Act, proposing last-minute, trickle-down “economic stimulus” bills even his Republican Senate wouldn’t pass.

Trump only cares about protecting himself. He usurped power granted to Congress by the Constitution with dubiously legal Executive Orders that cut unemployment benefits and gut social security and Medicare. His sycophant postmaster general continues to sabotage USPS, targeting ballots to steal the election and obliterating essential services and jobs.

Democrats must use every available method to publicly call out Trump-McConnell’s lawlessness, voter suppression, and responsibility for mass suffering and death. Democrats must prosecute Trump’s lawlessness and assaults on USPS and our vote.

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