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Welcome to my newsletter, John.
This is a tool I will use to keep you apprised of all the
important news going on in Georgia, Washington DC, and around the
country.
Of course, right now everyone’s overwhelming focus is on
the COVID-19 pandemic. The sad truth is that we are behind in our
response right now because President Trump didn’t take it
seriously until last week. He ignored the spread across our
country, sinking into denial, thinking that we would take care of
the 15 cases and soon get down to zero. He failed to listen to
the health care professionals or they were not forceful with
their advice so as not to anger him, or both.
The biggest mistake he made was the decision to forgo
using the coronavirus test kits offered by the World Health
Organization (WHO), opting instead to develop one ourselves. The
test we developed was faulty, and it took another 3 weeks to come
on line with reliable test kits. By then, there were too many
infected people to be able to identify known carriers and prevent
community spread.
That brings us to now, where many, if not most of us,
are social-distancing on a massive scale -- bringing gatherings
of people to a halt. That means shutting down commerce and
government operations. The impact on the economy and on the lives
of the people is devastating, as is the impact of mass infection
on the health care delivery infrastructure. We are in a crisis of
unprecedented scale and seriousness with a President who to this
moment insists that he has done a great job handling this crisis.
The only thing that really matters to him is his own ego, which
should now be clear even to his most delirious of supporters.
My friends, times will probably get worse before they
get better, but we have overcome difficult times before, and we
most certainly will rise to this challenge and beat adversity
again! It’s also important for us to not lose sight of other
crucial developments in our government, which is why I encourage
all of you to read this newsletter in full to have complete
awareness of everything that’s going on.
Yours,
-- Hank
Petition Update →
Last week, we circulated a petition calling on Donald
Trump to put a doctor or scientist in charge of the COVID-19
response. We’ve already gotten over 13,000 signatures, and while
Donald Trump hasn’t officially changed leadership of the
response, his rhetoric has slowly started to reflect the wisdom
of scientists, doctors, and public health experts.
Our grassroots pressure has made an impact, and we won’t
stop pushing for accountability until the threat of COVID-19 has
abated.
Mitch Watch →
While Mitch McConnell wanted to vacation back in
Kentucky last weekend instead of passing critical legislation
regarding COVID-19, he apparently has had plenty of time to try
to stack the courts.
The New York Times reports that McConnell has been
personally reaching out to judges appointed by past Republican
Presidents to encourage them to retire while Donald Trump is
still in office. There’s more than 90 justices who have been
appointed by Presidents George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, or
Ronald Reagan that McConnell could be trying to push out of
office.
This comes only days after Mitch McConnell lectured on
the importance of an independent judiciary. From denying
President Obama the right to pick a Supreme Court Justice, to
abolishing the filibuster to force through extreme right-wing
justices, to stacking the court, and now pressing judges to
resign, Moscow Mitch proves he’ll stop at nothing to rig the
courts in his favor.
Democracy Updates →
Have you all heard about the primary elections being
cancelled and rescheduled in Ohio? While public health is
extremely important, it’s disturbing that an executive official
had the power to overrule a court judge who ordered the elections
to go forward. With all the problems we already have in Georgia
with voter suppression, we need to be extremely vigilant going
forward that executive powers don’t make additional foul play
with our democracy.
Which is why it’s important to remember that Georgia’s
Presidential Primary Election will now be the same day as our
Congressional Primary election! Both elections will now be on May
19th, 2020.
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Congressman Hank Johnson is a former defense
attorney, DeKalb County commissioner, small business owner, and
magistrate judge who now serves in Congress as a champion for the
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