Call to Action: September 14, 2018

DAYS UNTIL MID-TERM BALLOTS WILL BE MAILED: 33

DAYS UNTIL MID-TERM BALLOTS ARE DUE: 53


 KAVANAUGH IS BAD FOR AMERICA

HIS NOMINATION MUST BE STOPPED


We already knew Kavanaugh would undermine/abolish access to health care, women’s control over their own bodies, voting/labor/immigrant/disability/LGBTQ rights, equal opportunity/affirmative action, environmental protections, gun laws, church-state separation, and the judiciary’s ability to control a reckless president. Four-days of confirmation hearings have revealed other reasons to stop the proceedings:

  • Roe’s status as settled law is meaningless, and birth control is an “abortion-inducing drug”
  • Kavanaugh has been accused of racism and sexism by former colleagues
  • Kavanaugh’s misleading senators is not new; he lied under oath in two previous confirmation hearings about involvement in
    • Bush’s torture policy
    • Warrantless wiretapping program
    • Accessing/using documents stolen from Democratic staff
    • The nomination of two right-wing judges
  • Kavanaugh exposed that he is unsympathetic to the rights of indigenous peoples
  • Kavanaugh stated that net neutrality is both illegal and unconstitutional
  • He ignored a grieving father of Parkland shooting victim, claiming he thought the father was an activist
  • He wouldn’t answer questions on women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, presidential power, voting rights
  • Kavanaugh wouldn’t say if there was blame on both sides for Charlottesville’s neo-Nazi rally
  • He wouldn’t say if it is acceptable to attack a judge based on race/heritage
  • He wouldn’t commit to uphold ACA’s requirement to cover pre-existing conditions
  • Kavanaugh refused to recuse himself

And, Senate Democrats have referred a letter concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI for investigation.

Our Senators must demand that given Kavanaugh’s propensity to lie, (1) the Senate needs complete documentation to determine if additional dissembling exists, and (2) the confirmation process cannot proceed unless Mueller clears Trump.


**ACTION ONE: CALL OUR SENATORS**

SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR SENATORS MERKLEY AND WYDEN:
(Leave a message if you can’t get through)

“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling to thank Senator [*] for his continued opposition to the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh, who was nominated by a president “with no clear relation to the truth,” has a propensity to lie under oath, and the Senate cannot know the full extent of his duplicity until all documentation is released. Only then will we be able to discern the extent to which he would roll back our rights and the protections that safeguard our well-being. Please do everything you can to ensure that there is no Senate vote until all the records are released and the Mueller investigation has cleared Trump. Thank you.”

SENATOR RON WYDEN 

Portland: (503) 326-7525, DC: (202) 224-5244
Salem: (503) 589-4555, Eugene: (541) 431-0229
Medford: (541) 858-5122, Bend: (541) 330-9142
La Grande: (541) 960-7691
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/

SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY 
Portland: (503) 326-3386, DC: (202) 224-3753
Salem: (503) 362-8102, Eugene: (541) 465-6750
Medford: (541) 608-9102, Bend: (541) 318-1298
Pendleton: (541) 278-1129
https://www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/


**ACTION TWO: BE ACTIVE, BE A VOTER, SAVE AMERICA**