Friend - The millions of marchers, demonstrators, protestors, and
people out on the streets yesterday, today, and the last few weeks in big
cities and small towns across our country show the very best of who we can
be. People are rising up for long needed, urgent change to stop police
brutality, end structural and all racism, and defund the police* in order
to defend Black lives and build a nation that is better, safer, and
healthier.

In this powerful and critical moment where people are coming together to
demand racial justice under the leadership of organizations like the
Movement for Black Lives, President Trump unlawfully ordered troops to use
force to disperse protestors. He also threatened to unlawfully call in
active duty troops to intimidate and attack protesters exercising our
First Amendment rights under the constitution. [ [link removed] ]

TAKE ACTION: [1]Tell President Trump to resign — and, importantly, also
call on Congress to condemn Trump’s military attack on people peacefully
exercising their First Amendment rights and his threat to use military
action against protesters.

MomsRising is joining the Movement for Black Lives, and dozens of other
organizations, in telling President Trump to resign, [ [link removed] ]so when you add
your voice here, your action will help continue to create a tsunami of
change.

Thank you for all you do!

* Want more info on what defunding the police means? Here’s background on
this policy from the Movement for Black Lives: “We call on localities and
elected officials across the country to divest resources away from
policing in local budgets and reallocate those resources to the
healthcare, housing and education our people deserve. More officers, guns,
jails and prisons are not a solution to longstanding problems of racial
disparities, injustice and police violence.”

→ [ [link removed] ]See below for the message you may have missed on Friday.

[1] [ [link removed] ]Dempsey: Trump's 'inflammatory' threat to use active duty troops
hurts US military

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[ [link removed] ]Trump Must Resign
Tell President Trump to resign - and, importantly, also call on Congress
to stand up and condemn Trump’s military attack on people peacefully
exercising their First Amendment rights and his threat to use military
action against protesters.
[ [link removed] ]take action
[ [link removed] ]Take Action

Dear Friend,

On Monday, moms across America were appalled, disheartened, aghast,
stunned, unnerved, outraged, dumbfounded… (all the words!!) when law
enforcement officers were ordered to deploy tear gas and shoot rubber
bullets on peaceful protestors who were standing against police brutality
while assembling near the White House before a curfew for President
Trump.[1] This is a violation of First Amendment rights under the U.S.
Constitution, and a breach of our democracy.[2] Then, President Trump
doubled down, praising the attack on peaceful protestors, as he also went
on to threaten to deploy the U.S. military to cities and states.[3]

WHAT?!

[ [link removed] ]TAKE ACTION: *Tell President Trump to resign -- and, importantly, also
call on Congress to stand up and condemn Trump’s military attack on people
peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights and his threat to use
military action against protesters.

MomsRising is joining the Movement for Black Lives, and dozens of other
organizations, in telling President Trump to resign, so when you add your
voice here, your action will help create a tsunami of change.

Why tell President Trump to resign? President Trump too must be held
accountable for his part in encouraging police violence and for his
threats to use military action against protesters. Not only has Trump
initiated violent attacks on peaceful protesters, he has also long
actively encouraged both police brutality -- such as telling police to
“Please, don’t be too nice,” to the people they are arresting [4] -- as
well as condoning white supremacist violence.[5]

It’s beyond appalling. Trump has given a green light to police and
militias to beat, maim and kill people with impunity. He has now illegally
activated the military to maintain power and use force on civilians. The
red line has been crossed too many times. He must resign. Lives and our
democracy depend on it.

So we are joining the Movement for Black Lives, and dozens of other
organizations, to hold President Trump accountable. President Trump lives
in his own bubble and hears only what he wants to hear. But he must be
held publicly accountable for his role in encouraging police to use
violence both in the past and during the current protests.

The right to protest is one of the bedrock foundations of our democracy
and has led to vitally important advances throughout our history. In the
United States of America, we have the right to protest, to make our voices
heard, and to speak truth to power. The brutal murder of George Floyd by
Minneapolis police deserves the sustained, furious national response it
has generated, with people taking a stand against the horrific racism that
has long pervaded our criminal justice system – and our society – and time
and again takes innocent lives. This is our First Amendment right and our
civic responsibility. That is why it is so alarming that President Trump
brutally unleashed military and police force on people who were peacefully
protesting in front of the White House and on independent media covering
the demonstrations.

[ [link removed] ]*Join us in telling President Trump to resign -- and, importantly, join
us also in calling on Congress to stand up and condemn Trump’s military
attack on people peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights and
his threat to use military action against protesters.

What happened in the District of Columbia earlier this week – when heavily
militarized forces used tear gas, rubber bullets and then low-flying
helicopters to move and then terrorize law-abiding, peaceful protesters –
was an outrage. Trump’s call for militarized armed violence against
protesters was shocking in both its naked authoritarianism and its
instigation of violence - and is not a direction the moms of America will
allow our country to take in the future. The escalation President Trump
seeks is especially dangerous in a country with more guns than people; and
where gun policy, including the Second Amendment, which the President
referenced earlier this week in a way that to many appeared to condone
more violence, has been used as a force to advance white supremacist
organizations.[6]

America’s moms are horrified and repulsed by this President’s words and
actions. For the sake of the freedoms and ideals our country has always
strived to embody, and for the safety of people struggling to be heard, we
must take action now.

*Don’t forget to tell President Trump to resign -- and also to tell
Congress to stand up and condemn Trump’s military attack on people
peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights and his threat to use
military action against protesters:
[ [link removed] ][link removed]

The more of us who take action, sign on, and spread the word; the faster
we’ll make change happen. So please forward this email to 3 friends, share
this action link on Facebook and Twitter, and help spread the word.

Thank you for helping to build a nation where everyone can thrive!

-Kristin, Gloria, Donna, Jordan, Monifa, and the MomsRising Team

 

P.S.– We thank the Movement for Black Lives for leading on the Trump Must
Resign effort. To find out more about The Movement for Black Lives, please
go here: [ [link removed] ][link removed]

[1] [ [link removed] ]"Some clarity a day after reports of tear gas in Lafayette Square,
but questions remain," Dan Friedell
[2] [ [link removed] ]"Former Commanders Fault Trump’s Use of Troops Against
Protesters," Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Jennifer
Steinhauer
[3] [ [link removed] ]"Tear Gas Clears Path for Trump to Visit Church", [ [link removed] ]"Barr
personally ordered removal of protesters near White House, leading to use
of force against largely peaceful crowd," Carol D. Leonnig, Matt
Zapotosky, Josh Dawsey and Rebecca Tan
[4] [ [link removed] ]"Trump tells cops they should rough people up more during
arrests," Kelly Swanson
[5] [ [link removed] ]"Twitter Adds Warnings to Trump and White House Tweets, Fueling
Tensions," Davey Alba, Kate Conger and Raymond Zhong
[6] [ [link removed] ]"Trump mentioned the 'second amendment' in his speech about the
protests and people are terrified," Greg Evans

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