Dear John, 

Have these just felt like the longest four years of your life? You wake up every day and Donald Trump is doing something: stationing military equipment in the Persian Gulf to provoke a war with Iran, endlessly trying to overturn the election. Now, during his last days in office, he wants a bonanza arms sale — $478 million — to Saudi Arabia. Congress has only a couple of weeks to stop it. Can you send a message now to your congresspeople asking them to introduce and support a joint resolution of disapproval? ACT NOW! 

A joint resolution of disapproval falls under the Arms Export Control Act of 1976 which provides special procedures through which lawmakers can block a proposed arms sale. Winning the necessary two-thirds majority approval might be challenging, but there is broad and bipartisan support in Congress for ending U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen. Write now to your rep and senator and tell them to introduce and support a joint resolution of disapproval to stop Trump’s arms sale to the Saudis. 

Selling weapons to the Saudi government is especially abhorrent because of the horrible war they are waging in Yemen. If you are a long time CODEPINKer, you know all about Yemen. A beautiful, resilient country that is being subjected to unprecedented violence and deprivation. Instead of respecting Yemeni self-determination, Saudi leaders decided to start a war almost six years ago that is starving and systematically killing Yemeni civilians. Saudi Arabia does not need more weapons, and as America’s top customer of military equipment, the US has a heightened responsibility to #STOPARMINGSAUDI. 

It’s plain and simple: The Trump Administration is making the war crimes carried out by aggressive nations possible. Trump, in “facilitating” the not-peace deals between Israel and the UAE, included a massive weapons deal with the UAE, which is also committing war crimes in Yemen. We must oppose new arms sales at every front, especially this new one to Saudi Arabia. Will you call on Congress to introduce and support a joint resolution of disapproval? 

Biden is going to have a lot on his plate. We know this because we are going to pile it on as soon as he takes office! One thing is for sure, the Biden Administration is obligated to not sell any more weapons to Saudi Arabia. Part of this call on the Biden Administration will start on January 25th, just days after Biden is inaugurated. CODEPINK, along with over 200 organizations, is calling for a global day of action called “The World Says No to War On Yemen”. As we know, the US-Saudi relationship is a driving force behind the disastrous Yemen war, and Biden has a lot of promises to keep on that issue. Join us on January 25th and RSVP to one of the events — DC, LA, Chicago, NYC, London — and find out more about this global day of action.

Toward peace, 
Ariel, Danaka, Ann, Angela, Carley, Caty, Cody, Emily, Jodie, Kelsey, Leila, Leonardo, Maxine, Mary, Medea, Nancy, Paki, Teri, and Yousef