John,

Last week’s horrific, insurgent attack on the U.S. Capitol has become even more unsettling as more details have emerged showing how close the insurrection came to achieving their goal of mass, televised executions of members of Congress.

We’ve learned that members of both bodies of Congress were still in their chambers when the Capitol was breached by White Supremacist anti-democracy rioters. We’ve seen disturbing footage of the violent attacks. And, at least one police officer has succumbed to his injuries, resulting in the launch of a murder investigation in conjunction with the failed coup.

And yet, nearly 150 Republican members of Congress sided with these insurrectionists in their attempt to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.

Over 400,000 people have already signed the petition to expel members of Congress who incited the coup attempt. Join Social Security Works and our allies by signing the petition today!

Those who added to the incitement of Wednesday’s riot must be held accountable.

Alex Lawson
Social Security Works

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John,

After spending the entire post-election period lying about the integrity of our elections and attempting to overturn our democracy, Republicans finally whipped their supporters into a violent frenzy that led to five deaths at the Capitol on Wednesday.

This isn’t new. Ronald Reagan warned that Medicare would lead to “spend[ing] our sunset years telling our children, and our children’s children, what it once was like in America when men were free.”¹ And while there are certainly different levels to political rhetoric, Trump and his sycophants in Congress took this to a new level, resulting in bloodshed and a seditionist attack on our democracy.

Donald Trump must be impeached and removed immediately. But the Republican members of Congress who added to the incitement of Wednesday’s riot must also face consequences.

This isn’t normal politics. There were bombs brought into a joint session of Congress with the goal of preventing the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. And afterwards, more than 100 members of Congress sided with these insurrectionists to invalidate the Electoral College count.

There have to be consequences.

Already, more than 250,000 of our allies have signed the petition backing Rep. Cori Bush’s resolution to expel members of Congress who incited the coup attempt. Can you help us get to 300,000?

In solidarity,

Michael Phelan
Social Security Works