Dear,

Insurrectionists who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 have appeared in court, and they have been clear: they believed they were doing the bidding of Donald Trump and the members of Congress who called on them to help overturn the election.(1)

But so far, there have been no consequences for Republicans who incited the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Seditious Seven California representatives who helped stoke Trump's flame of sedition -- Devin Nunes, Kevin McCarthy, Doug LaMalfa, Jay Obernolte, Ken Calvert, Mike Garcia, and Darrell Issa -- think they got away with it.

Courage California is flooding Congress with phone calls, demanding that these members of Congress be held accountable -- and with your help, we'll turn up the heat with ads and billboards calling them out publicly.

Will you donate to help hold the Seditious Seven accountable?

Now that President Joe Biden is in office, the Seditious Seven are back to business as usual.

Nunes is trying to get Parler -- the extremist social media platform that promoted hate and violence -- fully back online.(2) Issa is accusing Biden of being divisive with the executive orders he's written.(3) Doug LaMalfa accused Biden of trying to make America "a European socialist country," once again relying on the rhetoric that the right-wing extremists used in Trump's term.(4)

But having members of Congress -- including these Seditious Seven, who tried to overturn a democratic election and the votes of millions of people of color -- is anything but business as usual. And they shouldn't be allowed to sweep their crimes under the rug and return to work when it's clear they don't believe in their constitutional duty to serve ALL of us.

Courage California has joined with a coalition of California organizations to remind the public and Congress that the Seditious Seven tried to subvert our democracy with their actions. Our system relies on justice and representatives who uphold their oaths of office, and the Seditious Seven must go.

Will you donate to help demand that the Seditious Seven be expelled from Congress?

Yours in the fight for our democracy,

Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Caitlin, Deepthi, Jay, Lindsay, LisaMarie, Molly, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team)

Footnotes:
1. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/pro-trump-rioter-historical-art-defense.html
2. https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/marek-warszawski/article248435145.html
3. https://www.kusi.com/rep-darrell-issa-weighs-in-on-president-bidens-executive-actions-on-day-one
4. https://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/California-Congressmans-statement-about-Bidens-first-day-573638541.html