CONGRESS MUST DO ITS DUTY: PROTECT US FROM WHITE SUPREMACY AND GUN VIOLENCE
ACTION ONE: GO TO #IndivisibleTuesday
Join us at #IndivisibleTuesday today, Tuesday, March 19th at 11:30AM in the courtyard of Senator Merkley’s office: 121 SW Salmon Street. We will ask Senator Merkley to protect us from white supremacy and gun violence by:
- Rejecting Trump’s white supremacy by pushing for passage of the Muslim Ban and Asylum Ban Repeal (S246).
- Rejecting Trump’s racism by overriding his veto, thereby stopping emergency wall funding
- Addressing gun violence by passing background checks and an assault weapons ban.
ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR SENATORS
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WYDEN AND MERKLEY:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
Congress must protect us from white supremacy and gun violence. I ask the Senator to:
- Reject Trump’s white supremacy by pushing for passage of the Muslim Ban and Asylum Ban Repeal (S246)*.
- Reject Trump’s racism by overriding his veto, thereby stopping emergency wall funding
- Addressing gun violence by passing background checks and an assault weapons ban.
*Senators Merkley and Wyden have co-sponsored this bill
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
ACTION THREE: CALL YOUR House reps
Not sure who your U.S. Representative is? Find out here.
SAMPLE SCRIPTs FOR Representatives:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
For all Blumenauer, Bonamici and Defazio: Congress must protect us from white supremacy and gun violence. I ask the Representative to:
- Reject Trump’s white supremacy by pushing for passage of the Muslim Ban and Asylum Ban Repeal (HR810)*.
- Reject Trump’s racism by overriding his veto, thereby stopping emergency wall funding
- Addressing gun violence by passing an assault weapons ban. Thank you for passing background checks
*Reps Blumenauer, Bonamici, and Defazio have co-sponsored this bill
For Schrader: Congress must protect us from white supremacy and gun violence. I ask the Representative to:
- Reject Trump’s white supremacy by co-sponsoring and pushing for the passage of the Muslim Ban and Asylum Ban Repeal” (HR810).
- Reject Trump’s racism by overriding his veto, thereby stopping emergency wall funding
- Addressing gun violence by passing an assault weapons ban. Thank you for passing background checks
For Walden: Congress must protect us from white supremacy and gun violence. I ask the Representative to look past his party, do his duty to help people and:
- Reject Trump’s white supremacy by co-sponsoring and pushing for the passage of the Muslim Ban and Asylum Ban Repeal” (HR810).
- Reject Trump’s racism by overriding his veto, thereby stopping emergency wall funding
- Addressing gun violence by passing an assault weapons ban.
CALL Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Call Greg Walden (OR-02)
CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)
CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)
CALL Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Background:
#NoBanNoWalls #EndGunViolence #NewZealandMosqueAttack
While praying, 50 people were gunned down by a white supremacist terrorist. As we mourn and stand with our Muslim brothers and sisters, we must face white supremacy and gun violence in America.
White supremacy and racism are in the White House. Trump leverages presidential power to inflict hate – starting with the Muslim ban and continuing with revoking Dreamers/TPS status, defunding programs to tackle white supremacy, speaking up for Nazis in Charlottesville, family separation, and declaring a national emergency to build the ultimate racist monument – his border wall. Congress must make a full-throated rebuke of white supremacy/racism starting with revoking the Muslim Ban and overriding Trump’s veto, thereby stopping emergency wall funding.
America is awash in gun violence. In addition to mass shootings that terrorize the country and our children, gun violence robs communities daily. Congress must break through their paralysis of inaction and work to save lives starting with passing background checks (in the Senate) and an assault weapons ban.
Members of Congress have the honor of serving their country to help people. They must look past partisanship and power, do their duty, and work to protect us from white supremacy and gun violence.
Sources:
Know the names of those who died in the New Zealand Mosque Terror Attack
New Zealand shooting is a warning for the US; get serious about white supremacy terrorist threat
Donald Trump’s long history of racism
Trump cuts funding to fight anti-right violence
Trump bans refuges and citizens of 7 Muslim countries
America’s unique gun violence problem
