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Consistency is key. Indivisibles,
When Senate Republicans tell you who they are, believe them. This morning, Trump’s enablers in the Senate are eagerly betraying the American people by moving forward with Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing. With the election only a few weeks away and a COVID-19 relief package nowhere in sight, it’s clear that we are not the priority of our elected officials. Check out our Save SCOTUS hub to learn what you can do to block this confirmation:
Senator Lindsay Graham asked us to use his words against him so we’re calling it as we see it: this hearing is illegitimate and shouldn’t be happening at all. As of yesterday, 7.5 million people have already cast their ballots in what they know is the most consequential election of our lifetimes. By moving forward with the hearings anyway, the Senate is ignoring an active process that very well may end in many of them being voted out of office. And, despite that an unknown number of Republicans have been infected with COVID-19, they are still willing to put politics over public welfare. Americans just want to be able to pay their bills -- instead, the Republicans are offering to confirm an anti-health care and anti-choice justice for life. Senator Elizabeth Warren laid it out pretty clearly:
If you’re infuriated at the hypocrisy of it all, there’s still time for us to push back. This week is our fourth Windivisible Week of Action, and we’re going all in to make calls in states with critical Senate races. By talking to voters about what’s at stake, we empower them to hold our elected officials accountable for what we see during this confirmation process. Do your part to send Trump and his Senate enablers packing by signing up to make calls, triple your vote, and write letters to the voters we need to win -- click here to get involved this week.
Today is also Indigenous People’s Day, so we invite you to take a moment to honor and acknowledge Indigenous people and their land. Use this map to learn more about the Indigenous community on which your city was built and learn its name and customs. The history of erasure of Indigenous people continues today in the form of voter suppression. With most people mailing their ballots, rural tribal communities may struggle to have their vote counted due to location, lack of access to transportation, or other socio-economic barriers. Learn more about the movement to re-enfranchise Indigenous people by reading about the advancements made this year and where we can go from here.
Today marks a massive checkpoint for our movement, get to work with your weekly to-dos:
Your weekly to-dos
- Help us secure the last two Senators we need to block Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court. Now that several Republicans have tested positive for COVID-19, Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell are quite literally risking their own lives and the lives of everyone around them to install an anti-healthcare and anti-choice justice for life. So here's what we can do: Keep fighting and keep calling. It is definitely making a difference. We still only need 2 more senators to win this thing! After you call, make sure to continue to take action using our save SCOTUS hub here.
- Check out our new Protect the Results event map to demand a peaceful transition of power after the election. Indivisibles all over the country are getting ready to mobilize ahead of a potential constitutional crisis if Trump refuses to accept the results of the election. Join or host an event to demand that every vote is counted. If you’re curious about hosting an event for your community, click here for our event host toolkit and click here to RSVP for any one of our host training webinars.
- Take this pledge to triple your vote. Multiply your impact by getting three people you know to turn out and vote. Once you’ve signed the pledge, check out our message templates and tips on how to start reaching out.
- Find more ways to make an impact on the outcome of the election by taking a look at this list of action items. We put out this list when we still had 50 days to go before Election Day. Now, with less than 30 days before November 3, make sure you and the people you care about are doing everything you can to send Trump and his friends in the Senate packing.
2020 Update
- Trump can’t seem to make up his mind on whether he wants to negotiate for a COVID-19 relief package or if he would rather hold it over our heads until after the election. Either way, he’s using the suffering of millions of Americans as a political ploy to help him get re-elected. Trump is losing to Biden in the newest CNN/SSRS poll in a key voter demographic that helped Trump in the 2016 election -- voters 65 and older. Biden holds a 21 point lead at 60% support from seniors, while Trump trails at a mere 39%. Scrambling to close the gap and regain support, Trump promised to send $200 prescription drug discount cards to seniors before the election. We see right through his tactics: if Trump actually cared about the well-being of seniors he would be talking about lowering prescription drug costs or preventing price gouging.
- Trump would have had to answer to voters this Thursday during a town hall-style debate. Instead, his commitment to downplaying the virus and demanding an in-person format left the Commission on Presidential Debates with no choice but to cancel. After the chaos of the last debate, it seems like the president would rather spend his time talking directly to his supporters -- like yesterday when he held a mask-optional Trump rally outside the White House.
- Just because Trump is getting desperate doesn’t mean we’re getting comfortable. With so much on the line, do your part and mobilize your friends by signing our pledge to Triple your Vote! After you’ve had powerful conversations with the people in your life, join us to talk to voters all over the country by signing up to phonebank with Windivisible.
Find a virtual event "near" you
More People Doing More to Defend our Democracy
When: Monday, October 12, 6:15 PM
Where: Virtual, Washington, DC
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Get ready for November 3
Indivisible National Phonebank
With the election coming up so quickly, we need to take every opportunity to talk to voters. If you want to get involved, sign up for this phonebanking training followed by calling voters in key states!
Date: October 14, from 8:15 pm to 9:45 pm ET -- Register here.
GOTV Call-A-Thons
Join the Indivisible team for our three Call-A-Thons to get out the vote. We'll be making calls to voters in key states -- and having a lot of fun doing it together! Each Call-A-Thon will have a different unique theme, but they'll all be dedicated to getting out the vote.
Dates: October 17, from 3 pm to 6 pm ET -- Register here.
October 24, from 3 pm to 6 pm ET -- Register here.
October 31, from 3 pm to 6 pm ET -- Register here.
The GOP is still moving ahead with ACB’s nomination
As if taking back the Senate wasn’t important enough already, the start of an illegitimate SCOTUS confirmation hearing just a few weeks before the election makes it undeniably crucial. We’re driving calls to key senators’ offices to build up the pressure, so they know we demand and deserve senators who will fight for our rights, not ones who will just fall in line with Trump and confirm his nominee. These calls are crucial to protecting our rights by protecting the Supreme Court from a right-wing majority.
We know this is a fight we can win, so we’ve invested an emergency $20,000 spend on ads to recruit callers in states with persuadable senators. That $20k wasn’t in our budget at the beginning of September, so we need your help make up the difference: can you make a one-time $10 donation to fund our Supreme Court ads and all the crucial work we’re doing?
We owe it to her
Indivisibles didn’t waste a second letting their senators know that this is a sham confirmation hearing. Protestors, like this group from Indivisible Brooklyn, have been gathering outside of the Supreme Court to be heard. We’ve said it many times and we’ll say it again: we can win this fight. We are grateful for everyone who has done their part -- whether you made calls to senators or showed up to a protest, by adding your voice you’re making sure they can hear us. Let’s get loud.
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team 
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