Trigger Warning: The content of this email contains language about sexual assault.
John,
Last night, over 150,000 people tuned in to watch Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Instagram Live as she spoke about the insurrectionist attack on January 6th and the chilling experiences she lived through that day.
In telling her story, AOC also revealed that she is a survivor of sexual assault. She spoke about the trauma that this attack evoked and compared the abusive tactics men so often use to avoid consequences for their actions, to the tactics the GOP is currently using to run from accountability.
It was a powerful reminder why it’s so important we hold those responsible for inciting this attack accountable for their actions. The terror that AOC and so many others lived through that day — from other members, to their staffers, to Black and Latino essential workers — was an attack on our bodies and our democracy and must never happen again.
But as long as seditionists like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Josh Hawley, and every other member of Congress who fueled the white supremacist attack on the Capitol remain in Congress, our democracy remains in danger. They’ve made it clear that they will go as far as manipulating election results and inciting insurrection to score a political point.
We cannot understate the threat these seditionists pose to our country’s future and the urgency to remove them.
Together, we organized and defeated Trump. If we channel that grassroots power again, we can defeat Trumpism next and make sure those who enabled this attack on our democracy lose their political power as well.
We cannot forget the fact that Supervisor Harvey Milk and the Mayor of San Francisco were murdered by their own colleague in City Hall. We cannot ignore the fact that there are very real security threats that are still being investigated between Republicans in Congress and the insurrectionists who breached the Capitol. And we cannot pretend that unity is possible unless meaningful action is taken toward accountability first.
Since Rep. Cori Bush introduced legislation calling to expel members of Congress who incited the coup, Rep. Marjorie Greene has made racist attacks against Cori on Twitter, harassed her team in the hallways, and threatened their safety by refusing to wear a mask. As a result, Cori’s team has moved their office so they don’t have to keep looking over their shoulders, wondering if a white supremacist colleague is conspiring against them. These seditionists have no place in Congress, John.
Together,
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