We Do, Due Process
Now is not the time to be silent
If you have every attended a 4th of July celebration, hung an American flag on your front porch, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, or felt pride in your country regardless of its flaws, we need you to stand up right now and speak out. We are in a constitutional crisis and it’s going to take every one of us to turn this around. I’m not the only one with this opinion, it is a wildly held belief.
The President of the United States is defying the Supreme Court ruling to bring back a man he sent to a concentration camp in El Salvador without due process. In this country we do due process. Our laws state “innocent until proven guilty” it’s a fundamental right. Everyone deserves representation.
Donald Trump is literally saying the constitution does not apply to him. These are the actions of a dictator.
If Trump can ignore the Supreme Court, snatch up people in the night and send them away to another country without due process, it can happen to anyone of us, regardless of our skin color, or our citizenship. You might say, ’but I am a law-abiding citizen’ so was the Abergo Garcia and according to 60 Minutes 75% of the people sitting in a El Salvador prison. Without due process any one of us who speaks out, disagrees or disapproves could be jailed in a heartbeat, without representation.
This is a pivotal moment in our history. Congress could stop Donald Trump’s constitutional dismantling. They could ban together and threaten him with impeachment if he doesn’t back off, but they are cowards, all of them.
We the people are not cowards. We have the power to stop this madness.
Get loud, be seen and heard, call your representatives, write letters to the editor and make your voice heard.
This weekend, Saturday, April 19th, you have 4 opportunities in Spokane to be heard.
It only takes 3.5% of the population to make policy changes and remove a dictator. On April 5th’s Hands Off protest, 6 million people hit the streets. We are halfway there!
Tesla Takedown - Liberty Lake Tesla Dealership -10AM
“Rally for Science” - Mission Park - 11:00 - 1:00
JPALS - Money for People, Not for War Protest - 2:00 -BA Clark Park, 3922 N Normandie St.
Indivisible Supported 50501 National Event - also at BA Clark Park, 3:00-5:00
Maybe you are not comfortable attending a protest, that’s okay there are other ways to help.
Make some phone calls. 5Calls.org makes it so easy. When you go to 5Calls and type in your zip code it immediately displays your representatives phone numbers and gives you a script to use for several different issues.
Two-minute 5Call.org tutorial.
Put pressure on your representatives
CD05 Representative Michael Baumgartner is on Recess and back in Spokane from April 20 - April 28th
Call Mr. Baumgartner’s office, make an appointment and invite friends to join you. Spokane office phone: 509-353-2374, 528 E Spokane Falls Blvd #115, Spokane WA
Contact your Senators
Senator Patty Murray’s Spokane Location: 920 W Riverside Avenue, Ste 485, Spokane WA. 509-453-7462 or Olympia office, 306-205-2878
Senator Maria Cantwell- Olympia office, 202-224-3441
Phone calls are making a difference, keep calling.
Thursday May 1st International Workers Day - Save the Date
We have the power
Breathe. Resist. Rest. Repeat
Sami
Spokane Indivisible Team