Urge Congress to impeach Trump immediately; and for the Vice President and
Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from office ASAP!
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Dear Friend,
We are horrified by the violence pro-Trump terrorists and white
supremacists committed at the U.S. Capitol and across Washington, D.C.
yesterday, and the swarming of state capitals across the country.
[ [link removed] ]→ *Join us in urging Congress to impeach Trump immediately and for the
Vice President and Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from
office ASAP.
These were not peaceful protests but rather an outrageous attempt by a
pro-Trump mob to use force and violence to overturn a free and fair
election. There is no question that Donald Trump, aided and abetted by
unprincipled Republican members of Congress, is responsible for this
attack on our democracy -- both by inciting the violence and exacerbating
the structural racism and bigotry that drives it. He made a dangerous
situation even worse with his incendiary speech at his rally, tweets, and
disgraceful video yesterday.
It would be irresponsible and dangerous for lawmakers to allow Trump to
complete the last two weeks of his term. Trump obviously can not be
entrusted to be our Commander in Chief with access to our nuclear codes.
He must be removed from office now. We are asking Congress to impeach him
and also for Vice President Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th
Amendment to remove him from office. [ [link removed] ]*Click here to join us in calling
on Congress to take action to remove Trump now: [link removed]
That Trump supporters were able to breach the Capitol with relative
impunity stands in stark contrast to the response we saw to the
anti-police brutality protests throughout 2020 and Black Lives Matter
demonstrations this summer, and highlights how deeply structural racism
and white supremacy is woven into our society. We must remember Miriam
Carey [1], a Black mom who crashed her car near the Capitol and was shot
five times and killed by the Capitol Police. Every leader in this country
must recommit to ending systemic racism, doing everything in their power
to ensure the safety of marginalized groups of people, and continuous
advocacy for equity and justice for every single person. This includes
holding accountable members of Congress, along with the President, whose
insurgent language and false claims clearly stoked the violence that took
place yesterday.
Our democracy is being tested like never before, but we will prevail.
Yesterday, when the violence broke out, Congress was in the process of
counting the electors and declaring Joe Biden to be the president-elect,
and Kamala Harris the vice-president elect, that they are. That
declaration was delayed but could not be denied.
[ [link removed] ]→ *Join us in urging Congress to impeach Trump immediately and for the
Vice President and Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from
office ASAP.
Moms will never stop protecting our democracy. In Georgia, MomsRising
joined with local partners, including the Georgia Coalition for the
People’s Agenda along with the Transformative Justice Coalition to drive
voter turnout, sending 380,000+ handwritten postcards to low-frequency
voters, involving 3,000 volunteers in phone banking to get out the vote,
and sharing information about when to vote through traditional and social
media in English and Spanish. Moms will increase our activism getting out
the vote in upcoming elections, and when Congress returns to its business
we will continue to demand meaningful pandemic relief, paid leave,
affordable child care, health care, fair immigration policies, gun
violence prevention, fair wages, non-punitive, non-carceral approaches to
community safety that lead states to shrink their criminal-legal systems
and center the protection of Black, Indigenous, and Latino lives, and
more. We are more determined than ever to end the racism in policing that
is evident when we contrast the frequent, horrific police assaults on
Black and Brown people, like the killing of Miriam Carey, with the way
white Trump supporters were able to breach the U.S. Capitol yesterday.
[ [link removed] ]→ The more people who call for Trump’s removal, the faster it can
happen. So please share this action link on social media, with friends,
and far and wide. Here’s that link again so you can share it:
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America’s moms, parents, and grownups stand together, in solidarity,
against all those who threaten our democracy. And we thank you for
standing with us and for our democracy now.
- Kristin, Donna, Gloria, Monifa, Nate, Ruth, Tola, Xochitl, Anita, Sili,
Jordan, Sue Anne, Amber, Aryan, Beatriz, Beth, Casey, Christina, Claudia,
Diarra, Diana, Donna, dream, Elyssa, Felicia, Gloria, Hanna, Jessica, Joy,
Julia, Karen, Keisha, Kelle, Linda, Lisa, Lucrecer, Maggie, Marysol,
Monifa, Nadia, Nancy, Nina, Rocío, Ruby, Ruth, Sara, Shanette, Sheila,
Tasmiha, Taylor, Tina, Tola, and Xochitl, and the whole
MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder Team
References:
[1] "[ [link removed] ]Woman killed during D.C. chase was shot five times from behind,
autopsy shows."
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