I’m reaching out to update you on the latest developments regarding President Trump’s deployment of unmarked secret police against protesters in cities across our country.
Despite the terrifying images and stories coming out of Portland, Oregon where people have been subjected to excessive use of force by federal officers and thrown into unmarked vans without being told what crime they have committed, Trump announced last night he is preparing imminently to expand federal police deployments to Chicago, IL and Albuquerque, NM. And the president has named Baltimore as one of the cities that could be next.
Local officials, including the Mayor of Baltimore, are concerned that these actions will inflame the situation in their cities — endangering more lives — just as in Portland. Trump wants to portray himself as someone who is bringing “law and order” when, in fact, his sick strategy appears designed to provoke and escalate chaos and violence.
That’s why this week I joined with Senators Merkley, Wyden and others to introduce urgent legislation that would prohibit President Trump, and all future presidents, from deploying unmarked federal police on the streets of American cities in disregard of the wishes of local elected officials.
Add your name here to demand that Mitch McConnell permit a vote on our legislation to prevent President Trump from sending secret police into American cities to violate the Constitutional rights of American citizens.
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Cities like Baltimore DO need federal support — just not the kind Trump is interested in providing. Municipal budgets have been decimated by COVID-19 and are badly in need of increased federal funding for schools, transportation and housing — support that President Trump and his Senate allies have been BLOCKING.
Instead of addressing the very real challenges facing struggling Americans, Donald Trump has responded in a uniquely un-American way — by declaring war on our cities.
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We must oppose this abuse of power if we want to prevent the slippery slope to tyranny that comes with permitting leaders to act outside the Constitution.
Chris
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