Save the Post Office
Daily Action for August 10th, 2020
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Background
After only eight weeks on the job and with elections around the corner, Trump’s new Postmaster General has reassigned 23 senior executives, instituted a hiring freeze and ended overtime for carriers.
This is not just a plan to sabotage the post office and then serve it up for privatization. It is an ambitious national voter suppression plan. Add the sudden announcement that the Census will end a month early even as Census taker hiring lags, and we see stolen elections and consolidation of anti-democratic rule.
We must pull out all the stops. Wisconsin progressives were able to stop a last-minute multi-pronged plan to suppress voting and steal a special election for the State Supreme Court. They organized online and by phone to help people vote, and a progressive won the seat by ten points. The numbers are on our side, but we can’t save our country if we leave it to chance.
Now is the time to phone bank, write letters, send postcards, and text voters. If we don’t dump Trump, ditch Mitch and flip the Senate we will wake up on Nov. 4 to a USA we really don’t want to live in.Sources
How you can help
Calling your members of Congress xyz.
1. Call the Senate.
+ Script for Sen. Merkley
Portland office: 503-326-3386
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
I agree that Trump’s Postmaster General is conducting deliberate sabotage to disrupt mail service and steal the election for Trump and the GOP. Fight for $25 billion to the USPS in the next COVID relief bill and demand investigation now. Thank you for championing the postal service.
+ Script for Sen. Wyden
Portland office: 503-326-7525
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
I agree that Trump’s Postmaster General is conducting deliberate sabotage to disrupt mail service and steal the election for Trump and the GOP. Fight for $25 billion to the USPS in the next COVID relief bill and demand investigation now. Thank you for championing the postal service.
2. Call the House.
+ Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Oregon office: 503-469-6010
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
I agree that Trump’s Postmaster General is conducting deliberate sabotage to disrupt mail service and steal the election for Trump and the GOP. Fight for $25 billion to the USPS in the next COVID relief bill and demand investigation now. Thank you for championing the postal service.
+ Script for Greg Walden (OR-02)
Medford office: 541-776-4646
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
Shame on your for refusing to stand up to Trump through all these months and enabling his march toward autocracy. I ask you to stand up now and condemn sabotaging the post office in order to steal an election. Your voice can still make a difference.
+ Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Oregon office: 503-231-2300
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
I agree that Trump’s Postmaster General is conducting deliberate sabotage to disrupt mail service and steal the election for Trump and the GOP. Fight for $25 billion to the USPS in the next COVID relief bill and demand investigation now. Thank you for championing the postal service.
+ Script for Peter Defazio (OR-04)
Eugene office: 541-465-6732
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
I agree that Trump’s Postmaster General is conducting deliberate sabotage to disrupt mail service and steal the election for Trump and the GOP. Fight for $25 billion to the USPS in the next COVID relief bill and demand investigation now. Thank you for championing the postal service.
+ Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Salem office: 503-588-9100
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
I agree that Trump’s Postmaster General is conducting deliberate sabotage to disrupt mail service and steal the election for Trump and the GOP. Fight for $25 billion to the USPS in the next COVID relief bill and demand investigation now. Thank you for championing the postal service.
3. Get 2020 Ready.
Oregonians are joining with activists across the country to power a LANDSLIDE democratic victory in November 2020, from the White House to the Senate to the State Houses. Here’s how you can get involved:
Elections Power Hour weekly strategy call. Mondays at 5pm
Call Arizona voters. Thursdays, training at 5pm, calling begins at 5:30
Write letters to voters with Swing Left and Vote Forward. Saturdays 12-2pm
Write postcards to Voters of Color with Reclaim Our Vote. Sundays 3-5pm
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