The attempted coup at the US Capitol is changing very rapidly with many
conflicting reports. This message is up to date with the most current
information we have as of 6:45pm ET.
And a note to our DC neighbors -- Hey, it's the writers behind Indivisible
Team. Like you, we live in DC and sometimes get frustrated being asked to
call senators we don't have. Usually we try and exclude DC from asks like
this, but since this is happening here at home, we wanted to make sure you
saw our call to action. If you're able to share on social please do, and
please make sure to [ [link removed] ]join the National Activist Call tomorrow (Thursday)
as well. #DCStatehoodNow
Indivisibles,
This is a scary moment in our nation’s history, and we’ll be honest, we’ve
struggled to know what to say. We don’t know how to respond to a violent
uprising at all, let alone one in the middle of a pandemic, on a day that
began joyfully with wins in Georgia, when the Senate and House were in the
process of certifying the results and confirming Joe Biden as our next
President.
What we’re witnessing in the nation’s capital now is a violent
insurrection intended to overturn our democratically-elected government,
chosen by the people. And what is perhaps even more harrowing is that this
isn’t being done by some splinter faction: the President of the United
States is cheering on the people who are storming the Capitol. And
shockingly little has been done to stop it.
This is an attempt to ignore and overturn the most fundamental basis of
our democracy, the peaceful transfer of power -- and the president incited
it. We’ve seen enough. The House must act quickly to introduce new
Articles of Impeachment. And the Senate must hold a trial and remove Trump
from office and then vote to disqualify him from ever holding federal
office again. [ [link removed] ]Click here to call your member of Congress and ask them
to impeach the President. Then follow through to the next page and call
your senator to ask them to vote to convict him and disqualify him from
ever holding office again.
We know it may feel a little redundant to impeach and remove just weeks
before Trump’s term ends. But we simply cannot just wait for Trump to
leave office as his threat level to our democracy continues to increase.
In the wake of the coup attempt at the Capitol, Republicans must face an
explicit choice as to whether or not they will fully and completely reject
Trump and Trumpism and ensure that he can never hold elected office again.
Impeaching and convicting him is the first step toward reversing the tide
of violence -- at the Capitol, in Georgia, in Kansas, and elsewhere --
that he has directly incited.
It's also crucial that the House and Senate send a strong message that the
United States will not tolerate attempts to usurp democracy, now or ever.
If we react with anything less than impeachment and removal, it sends a
message to future wannabe authoritarians, following the Trump blueprint,
that their plans can succeed if they rally a big enough mob.
Finally, there’s also a really important logistical reason to do this:
we’re calling on the Senate not just to convict Trump but to disqualify
him -- and that’s an additional vote that would ensure he can never hold
federal office again. We already know he’s planning to try in 2024 and
disqualification would ensure he can’t.
Removing Trump from office and ensuring he’ll never return won’t end
Trumpism -- we have a lot more work to do to do that. But it is one very
important piece of the puzzle and after today it’s clear how absolutely
essential it is. Impeaching and convicting him is the first step toward
reversing the tide of violence, insurrection, and white supremacist terror
that he has incited, at the Capitol and beyond. [ [link removed] ]Please, pick up your
phone today and leave a message for your member of Congress telling them
they must impeach without delay. Then continue to the next page to be
connected to your senators.
Beyond this important ask, one more thing we want to say: a democracy
isn’t a place, or a government. A democracy is a people, and we are
American democracy. There is no one we’d rather be working with to get
through this and build our future with. Thank you, thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you for everything you do. Stay safe, stay healthy, stay
engaged.
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team
P.S. -- One additional ask: please plan to [ [link removed] ]attend tomorrow’s (Thursday)
National Activist Call at 8pm ET, 5pm PT, where we’ll give you the most
up-to-date information we have, and keep an eye on our social media and
your email for more.
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