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[ [link removed] ]Impeaching President Biden? Shutting down the Janauary 6 Select Committee?
Those are the top items on the far-right extremists' agenda...
Dear People For Supporter,
This is a make-or-break year for the future of American democracy, as
far-right extremists try to drag us down the slippery slope towards
authoritarianism.
[ [link removed] ]As the end of the quarter approaches, we ask for your financial support
to help us fight the Far Right, defend democracy, and ensure freedom,
equality, opportunity and justice for all. Please chip in with a generous
renewal donation today >>
We wish this was simply a case of alarmism, but we need only look at what
far-right leaders have already announced they’re planning to do.
If far-right extremists are able to pick up just a few House seats in
November:
* The Jan 6th select committee will be shut down, likely ending this
critical bipartisan avenue for accountability for the seditious
conspiracy aimed at overthrowing our government ... and they’re
already discussing retaliatory sham investigations into leading
Democrats.^[1]
* Yes, they’re also talking about impeaching President Biden. (When this
talk comes from far-right Rep. Jim Jordan, who would become chair of
the Judiciary Committee – where the impeachment process begins – we
have to take it seriously.)^[2]
* Extremists like Reps. Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who were
stripped of committee assignments due to their overt calls for
violence against Democrats, will be restored to "better”
committees.^[3]
The consequences are looking equally dire if the Far Right is able to pick
up just one seat in the current 50-50 Senate:
* Chances of passing meaningful voting and reproductive rights
legislation at the federal level will evaporate.^[4]
* A complete halt to confirmation of President Biden’s judicial
nominations, from the lower levels all the way up to the Supreme
Court.^[ [link removed] ]
* Senator Rick Scott’s tax plan, which would hike taxes on middle- and
lower-income families by $100 billion, will become the starting point
for future budget negotiations.^[ [link removed] ] His proposals would also sunset
Medicare and Social Security after four years,^[ [link removed] ] and waste billions
on the pointless border wall – and even name it after Donald
Trump!^[ [link removed] ]
* Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has already announced he’ll be
leading the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act. ^[ [link removed] ]
If these extremists gain control of Congress, they’re also likely to make
gains in state legislatures as well. So we can expect more and sharper
attacks on the right to abortion care, book bans and other restrictions on
the freedom to learn in our public schools, and all-out assaults on the
foundation of our democracy itself – our right to vote in free and fair
elections.
Is this
the America we want to leave to our kids and grandkids?
[6]Please rush in a donation today to renew your People For membership and
help us stop the Far Right’s designs from becoming America’s reality. >>
This fall, we’re planning extensive voter registration and turnout
projects to catalyze a movement of voters in key races and nationwide, and
save pro-voting rights majorities in both houses of Congress. But we
simply can’t do that without your financial support.
[8]So please, if you’re able, renew your People For membership with a
donation to support our pro-democracy work today. >>
Thank you in advance for your support, and for everything you do to
support freedom, equality, opportunity and justice for all – the American
Way.
Sincerely,
The People For Digital Team (Ben, Sarah, Meg, Zach and Will)
[ [link removed] ]RENEW TODAY →
Sources:
1. "[ [link removed] ]Republicans Will Have Their Revenge on Democrats for the January 6
Committee," The New Republic, 12/16/21
2. " [ [link removed] ]GOP plots onslaught of Biden probes in the run-up to 2024,"
CNN.com, 01/13/22
3. "[ [link removed] ]McCarthy pledges to restore Greene, Gosar to committees if GOP
wins House," The Hill, 11/18/21
4. "[ [link removed] ]Voting rights bill blocked by Republican filibuster," PBS.org,
01/19/22
5. "[ [link removed] ]McConnell: I'd block Biden SCOTUS nominee in 2024," Politico,
06/14/21
6. "[ [link removed] ]Scott’s “Skin In The Game” Plan Could Raise Taxes By $100 Billion
In 2022, Mostly On Low- And Moderate-Income Households," Forbes, 02/24/22
7. "[ [link removed] ]GOP's new plan: Raise taxes on working people, end Social Security
and Medicare," Salon.com, 03/14/22
8. "[ [link removed] ]Rick Scott Wants to Name New Border Wall After Donald Trump,"
Newsweek, 02/22/22
9. "[ [link removed] ]Wisconsin’s Republican Senator Still Wants to Take Away Health
Insurance," Up North News, 03/22/22
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