[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress To Do Its Jo
Hi John,
When was the last time a foreign government gave you a multimillion dollar
gift? Well, if you're President Trump, you can answer "really recently,
thanks."
Just a few weeks ago, [ [link removed] ]the U.S. government accepted a Boeing 747 from
the government of Qatar, a gift that is supposedly valued anywhere from
200 to 400 million dollars. And President Trump has ordered the plane to
be retrofitted ([ [link removed] ]at incredible expense to taxpayers) as Air Force One.
Look, we aren't dumb. We know that gifts to a president rarely come
without expectations of a quid pro quo. And our founders knew that too.
Which is why the Constitution, in what's known as the Emoluments Clause of
Article 1, says that Congress has to sign off on any significant gifts to
the President or other federal officials from a foreign state.
Accepting this gift doesn't just enrich the president; it undermines our
democracy by placing the personal benefit of the president above the needs
of the people. And that's how coups happen: not with dramatic actions but
with the small, steady erosion of norms and laws every day, until the only
thing left is authoritarianism.
But we, the people, have power. Our voices have power. We know that
pressure works — Congresspeople themselves have admitted that calls and
letters from their constituents matter. So let's make our voices heard and
[ [link removed] ]tell Congress we demand oversight and accountability of the executive
branch.
[ [link removed] ]Call Congress Now
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