Hey friends! 

Jeff, Anna, Madeline, Dave, & Han here from the [ [link removed] ]Indivisible NJ-5
steering committee in Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s district. On Tuesday, the
Indivisible team launched an issues ad campaign calling out Rep.
Gottheimer for his votes and other work supporting ICE. 

We’ve reached out to Indivisible’s national office
for help amplifying our accountability efforts. And,
National answered our call. We feel really strongly that these ads are
needed and we’d like to explain to you all, our fellow members of this
grassroots organization, why.

We’re part of the work with Indivisible movement because we want to
influence policy to make people's lives better. We believe in our
collective vision of progressive policy rooted in fairness, empathy, and
compassion.

Over and over again, Rep. Gottheimer has proven that he ISN’T representing
that vision. 

This isn’t about one vote. If it were, then calling this an overreaction
would be understandable. But, Rep. Gottheimer has:

* Voted to add anti-immigrant language to gun violence prevention
legislation.
* Refused to sign a discharge petition to restore net neutrality, which
would have protected us from cable companies deciding what we can do
and see online.
* Rallied others to join him in urging financial regulators to gut a
provision of Dodd-Frank that protects insured depository institutions
from risky trading.
* Voted for funding for Trump’s border wall in the 2017 Defense
Appropriations Bill.

Moreover, Rep. Gottheimer co-chairs the Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of
Democrats and Republicans who use “bipartisanship” as a guise to promote
moderate and conservative policies that undercut our core values. Under
Gottheimer’s leadership, they’ve added “poison pills” into important
bills, forced through Republican priorities and made it easier for
conservative extremists to obstruct progressive legislation. 

These are hardly the actions of a representative who’s helping us achieve
our goals in Congress. 

Holding our members of Congress accountable means thanking them when they
do something good, and criticizing them when they do something bad.
Forcing a vote for a bad version of a bill that will give a blank check to
ICE? That counts as something bad.

In short, we are elated that Indivisible is running these ads because
people should be aware of his role in the caucus, and his constituents
should call and make their voices heard. 

If you have not seen the ad, [ Indivisible ]click here to watch it. If you can, please share it on [ [link removed] ]Facebook or
[ [link removed] ]Twitter to help amplify our message. We’re proud to be a
part of this team, and proud of what we’ve accomplished together and will
accomplish in the days to come. 

Thank you, so much. 

In solidarity,

Jeff, Anna, Madeline, Dave, & Han
Indivisible NJ 5th District Steering Committee

[ [link removed] ]P.S. Rachel Maddow also talked about it Tuesday night!

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