Friend,
Last week, Capitol Police officers shared harrowing testimony of how white
supremacists were “sent by Trump” to attack the U.S. Capitol and prevent
the peaceful transfer of power on January 6. But most Republicans refused
to listen to the testimony, and even doubled down on their lies about the
election and the insurrection in the media.(1)
And yet Dianne Feinstein says she will only support ending the filibuster
“if democracy were in jeopardy . . . and I don’t see it being jeopardy
right now.”(2)
She’s got to be kidding.
Republicans not only aided and abetted the January 6 insurrection but also
used the filibuster to block an independent, nonpartisan commission to
investigate the attempted coup.(3) And now they’re defending the attack
and downplaying the horrific day as a tourist visit.(4)
This is a five-alarm fire for our democracy, and to put out the, blaze
Sen. Feinstein needs to step up and end the filibuster -- or step down.
We’re printing up thousands of posters to paste all over her hometown of
San Francisco, demanding she do just that.
[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in $5 to help urge Dianne Feinstein to
FINALLY stand up for our democracy and support ending the undemocratic
filibuster rule?
Feinstein clings to the myth that the U.S. Senate is or could be a place
of bipartisan comity, where the filibuster fosters broad consensus on
major policy issues of the day.(5)
It's complete fantasy.
GOP senators won’t even support an independent investigation into a
violent insurrection that put their own lives at risk, making it clear
that they don't care about truth or democracy. They're willing to do
whatever it takes to hold onto their power, no matter how much it hurts
the rest of us.
The GOP is still the party of Trump -- a minority party desperately
grasping for relevance, trying to score political points with an
increasingly extremist and violent base. The filibuster is their weapon to
make American "great again" by stopping progress and imposing Jim Crow-era
laws.
Republicans are invoking the filibuster to block the bipartisan commission
and voting rights legislation. At the state level, they’ve already passed
30 voter suppression laws, and literally hundreds of more potential laws
are in the hopper.(6) They’re all fueled by the same Big Lie that incited
the Jan. 6 riot.
Feinstein has given some signs that she’ll vote to reform the filibuster
-- but we’re quickly running out of time to protect voting rights, raise
the minimum wage, stem the climate crisis, and more.
We're printing up posters and distributing PDFs that people can print on
their own -- to send a clear message to Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Step up or
step down.
[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in to demand that Sen. Feinstein face the facts and vote
to end the filibuster?
Yours in the fight for democracy,
Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Caitlin, Jay, Lindsay, LisaMarie, Molly,
Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team)
PS: Courage California is fighting for equity and justice across the state
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