TRUMP ATTACKED ELECTION OFFICIALS AFTER REALIZING HE LOST
Trump had his minions intimidated and attacked election officials and workers to turn enough votes around so he could take the election (illegally).
QUICK READ: During its fourth public hearing the January 6 Committee presented gripping testimony of the aggressive effort launched by Trump and his co-conspirators within weeks of the 2020 election to convince state election officials of their “mistaken” vote counting.
TAKE ACTION NOW:
BACKGROUND
Senior state Republicans from Arizona and Georgia testified yesterday about pressure by the White House to “find” enough votes to reelect Trump.
Despite telling Trump over and over that there was no widespread fraud and that Joe Biden would be declared the winner, Trump insisted, without evidence, that miscounting ballots had cost him the election. Trump told Georgia officials: “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have.”
Specifically, he accused two Black election workers, Shaye Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman, of harvesting votes more than a dozen times during the call and published their names and addresses to his followers. Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani had previously claimed that Moss and Freeman were “passing around USB sticks full of doctored votes” which Moss testified was really gum.
Moss gained 60 pounds as a result of this harassment, and both were forced to go into hiding to protect themselves from Trump’s mobs.Trump’s troops even invaded Moss’s grandmother’s home, seeking to make a “citizen’s arrest.”
“Pressuring public servants into betraying their oaths was a fundamental part of the [Trump] playbook,” committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson said of Trump and his allies.
At the end of the hearing, panel members left the dais and, one by one, lined up to thank and hug Moss and Freeman.
ACTION One: Call the Senate.
Script for Oregon Senators
SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753
My name is [--] and I'm a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Please widely broadcast what the Jan. 6 panel has discovered: Although state election officials reviewed the voting meticulously and reported they could find no votes to give Trump the win, Trump repeatedly lied about having won the election and tried to strong-arm these officials to change the vote totals in their jurisdictions.
SEN. WYDEN:
Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Please widely broadcast what the Jan. 6 panel has discovered: Although state election officials reviewed the voting meticulously and reported they could find no votes to give Trump the win, Trump repeatedly lied about having won the election and tried to strong-arm these officials to change the vote totals in their jurisdictions.
Script for Republican Senators
D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], [state], [zip code].
I hope you are listening with an open mind. What the Jan, 6 panel is showing is proof for Trump’s many efforts to swing the election – illegally – in his favor.
ACTION TWO: Call the House.
Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Please widely broadcast what the Jan. 6 panel has discovered: Although state election officials reviewed the voting meticulously and reported they could find no votes to give Trump the win, Trump repeatedly lied about having won the election and tried to strong-arm these officials to change the vote totals in their jurisdictions.
Script for Cliff Bentz (OR-02)
Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I hope you are listening with an open mind. What the Jan, 6 panel is showing is proof for Trump’s many efforts to swing the election – illegally – in his favor.
Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Please widely broadcast what the Jan. 6 panel has discovered: Although state election officials reviewed the voting meticulously and reported they could find no votes to give Trump the win, Trump repeatedly lied about having won the election and tried to strong-arm these officials to change the vote totals in their jurisdictions.
Script for Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Please widely broadcast what the Jan. 6 panel has discovered: Although state election officials reviewed the voting meticulously and reported they could find no votes to give Trump the win, Trump repeatedly lied about having won the election and tried to strong-arm these officials to change the vote totals in their jurisdictions.
Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Salem office: 503-588-9100 | DC office: 202-225-5711
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Please widely broadcast what the Jan. 6 panel has discovered: Although state election officials reviewed the voting meticulously and reported they could find no votes to give Trump the win, Trump repeatedly lied about having won the election and tried to strong-arm these officials to change the vote totals in their jurisdictions.
ACTION 3: GOOD TROUBLE
GOOD TROUBLE: Below are opportunities to fight for our democracy. As John Lewis said, go make some “good trouble.”
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FURTHER READING:
Takeaways from the January 6 hearings day 4 - CNNPolitics
Georgia officials fact-check an infamous Trump phone call in real time : NPR
Trump Had 'Direct and Personal Role' in Phony Elector Scheme - Rolling Stone
Live coverage: Arizona Speaker Rusty Bowers offers dramatic testimony on Trump election | The Hill
The defense of democracy depends on the power of honorable individuals - The Washington Post
