RBG'S LEGACY: DISSENT & THE RULE OF LAW
Jump to today’s actions:
Background
Democrats help us and uphold the rule of law. Trump's GOP help themselves and uphold the rule of Trump.
Trump knew the danger COVID-19 posed in January. He lied, undermined federal agencies designed to help, and 200,000 of us have died. Barr corrupted our DOJ to serve Trump's legal needs and authoritarian demands -- and lied to Congress. We and the Constitution demand the House impeach them.
Senate Democrats must be a strong opposition party. They must use every procedural tool at their disposal to block confirmation of yet another unqualified GOP ideologue and Trump sycophant.
RBG's last wish "... should not be read as the fleeting hope bubbles of a dying old lady, but as an exhortation to fight from the fiercest defender of women’s rights of her generation. This was her dying dissent: a message not about what Trump and McConnell should do, but about what we must do." We must honor her legacy with our dissent. We must call our MOCs daily to insist they protect us and our democracy. We must work, despite our grief, to get out the vote and win the Presidency, flip the Senate, and hold the House. Together we must. Together we can.
1. Call the Senate.
Script for Sen. Merkley
Script for Sen. Wyden
2. Call the House.
Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Script for Greg Walden (OR-02)
Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Script for Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
3. Get 2020 Ready.
Oregonians are joining with activists across the country to power a LANDSLIDE democratic victory in November 2020, from the White House to the Senate to the State Houses. The Election Season is underway now! Here’s how you can get involved:
Elections Power Hour weekly strategy call. Mondays at 5pm
Write letters to voters with Swing Left and Vote Forward.
Write postcards to Voters of Color with Reclaim Our Vote. Sundays 3-5pm
Sources:
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-dissent/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/opinion/ruth-bader-ginsburg-senate-democrats.html?referringSource=articleShare
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/18/why-mitch-mcconnell-intends-confirm-new-supreme-court-justice-now-when-he-wouldnt-2016/
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/09/abraham-lincoln-supreme-court-slavery
https://www.justsecurity.org/69650/timeline-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-and-u-s-response/
https://thebulwark.com/warnings-ignored-a-timeline-of-trumps-covid-19-response/
https://www.citizensforethics.org/the-case-for-impeachment-of-attorney-general-bill-barr/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/us/politics/william-barr-sedition.html#click=https://t.co/ayHzrbKDyg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-protest-lafayette-square/2020/09/16/ca0174e4-f788-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/justice-dept-targets-new-york-seattle-and-portland-over-protests/2020/09/21/9e85e46a-fc08-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/14/7-ways-trump-his-cabal-are-using-government-corrupt-election/
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