Hello from Washington, D.C.
Just hours ago, Trump federalized the national guard and D.C. police and reiterated his plan to remove homeless people living in D.C. Click here to read our statement on the anti-homeless order and watch this morning’s Save D.C. rally here. Trump has stated himself that this backwards and illegal approach to homelessness is starting in D.C. but will expand to the whole country.
When a fascist tells you who they are, believe them.
Let’s be clear: this moment is not surprising. Trump has talked for years about his inhumane and illegal desire to round up homeless folks and force them into government-run detention camps. He has reversed course on real solutions to homelessness and proposed a budget that would gut funding for housing and support.
Right now, they are coming for homeless folks, trans folks, and migrants. Soon, they will come for everybody who is not a white, straight, wealthy, Christian man. The only solution is solidarity and collective action.
We have to be honest: Trump is a white supremacist. His targeting of homeless folks who, in D.C., are over 85% black is intentional. He traffics in racist lies and stereotypes to peddle policies that will disproportionately harm Black and brown folks.
Despite Trump’s fearmongering and scapegoating – which he uses to distract from his own failures – the truth remains the same: the leading cause of homelessness is rents that are too high and wages that are too low. The true solution to homelessness is getting people the affordable housing and support they want and need.
TAKE ACTION
The Housing Not Handcuffs Act has been introduced in Congress to stem the tide of federal arrests and ticketing of our unhoused neighbors. Use your voice to demand Congress invest in true solutions to homelessness: housing, not handcuffs.
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