An update, John:
On Monday, Rep. Cori Bush introduced a resolution to investigate and expel the 147 Republican members of Congress who voted to overturn the results of the presidential election. Since then, we have seen a huge groundswell in support.
54 members of Congress have now signed on as co-sponsors of Rep. Cori Bush's resolution — and more than 500,000 people have signed the petition in support.
Add your name as a co-signer of Rep. Cori Bush’s bill to investigate and expel these members from Congress:
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In just the last couple of days, the facts surrounding the involvement of Republican members of Congress in the violent events of January 6th have grown more disturbing.
We've learned that some may have led far-right groups on "reconnaissance" tours of the Capitol grounds on the preceding day, January 5th.
And we've learned that at least three Republican members of Congress were directly involved in helping set the events of January 6th into motion, according to one of the main organizers of the insurrection.
Now that the House has impeached Trump, they must turn their attention to the next step in repairing the harm: They must expel members who voted for this failed attempt to overthrow the election.
Add your name here as a co-signer of Rep. Cori Bush’s bill to investigate and expel these members from Congress.
And if you missed Cori's email from earlier this week, you can read it in full below.
In solidarity,
Team WFP
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From: Cori Bush
John,
My skin burned for 22 hours after I was pepper-sprayed during a protest against police brutality in Florissant, Missouri last summer.
The memory of that burn stung with a new kind of pain on Wednesday as I, now a newly sworn-in member of Congress, watched in horror and disbelief as white supremacists overran the Capitol.
Many have said that what transpired on Wednesday was not America. But this is the America that Black people know. To declare that this is not America is to deny the reality that Republican members of the U.S. House and Senate incited this coup by treasonously working to overturn the results of the presidential election — members like one of my senators, Josh Hawley, who went out of his way to salute the white supremacists before their attempted coup.
They must face consequences. That's why I just introduced a resolution today to expel them from Congress. Will you add your name and join me in calling for those members of Congress to be expelled?
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This wouldn't have happened if the rioters were there to fight for Black lives rather than white supremacy. We've been tear-gassed for much less, beaten for much less, and shot at for much less. We've been assaulted by law enforcement for much less.
We faced police dogs when we fought for justice for Mike Brown in Ferguson in 2014. There were police dogs at protests for Black lives this year, from the East Coast to the West. The president himself tweeted in May that the "most vicious dogs" awaited protesters standing up for Black lives at the White House.
But no police dogs were awaiting the white supremacists who gathered outside the Capitol. And my colleagues who fueled the violence that ensued broke their sacred Oath of Office. None of them should have the honor of representing the American people in Congress any longer, and all of them need to be held accountable.
Please support my resolution to investigate and expel every member of Congress who incited violence at the Capitol through their attempts to overturn the election.
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In solidarity,
Congresswoman Cori Bush
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