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INVESTIGATE THE TRUMP-PUTIN CONNECTION


Before and after the election, Trump has behaved in ways that are both strangely aligned with Putin’s goals and harmful to US interests. From the Oval Office, Trump has followed a script that could have been written by Putin himself. Trump has:

  • threatened to withdraw from NATO and destroy alliances that successfully contained Russia, keeping the peace in Europe for over 70 years
  • relaxed sanctions on Putin ally, Deripaska, refused to enforce sanctions imposed for Russian election crimes and failed to impose sanctions to deter Russian aggression against Ukraine
  • acted hostilely towards US neighbors and long-time allies
  • incited domestic unrest by pursuing divisive, hateful, harmful, racist policies
  • attacked the rule of law and our election system
  • caused the longest partial shutdown in US history
  • undermined our economy and society by passing tax cuts for the rich that increased the deficit
  • concealed records of his secret meetings with Putin even from his own Administration

Not surprisingly, Trump has been the target of an FBI national security investigation into whether he was a Russian asset.

Hillary Clinton was right. Trump is Putin’s puppet and the American people deserve to know whether Trump has violated his oath of office.

CONGRESS MUST INVESTIGATE!


**ACTION ONE: CALL OUR SENATORS**

SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR SENATORS MERKLEY AND WYDEN:

“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [town/city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because I am concerned about the national security threat posed by Trump. He acts in ways that benefit Russia’s interests and seeks to destroy NATO. We must find out why Trump appears beholden to Putin. As you work to end the shutdown please 1) call for an immediate investigation into this grave threat to our democracy, and 2) pass SJ Res 62 to oppose withdrawal from NATO and to authorize a lawsuit if Trump does attempt to do so. 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: CALL COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN**

SAMPLE SCRIPT: “ My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [town/city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because I am concerned about the national security threat posed by Trump. He acts in ways that benefit Russia’s interests and seeks to destroy NATO. We must find out why Trump appears beholden to Putin. It is now time for you to put country before party. Please work to end the shutdown and call for an immediate investigation into this grave threat to our democracy. Thank you.”

COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN

DC (202) 225-6730, Medford: (541) 776-4646
Bend (541) 389-4408, La Grande (541) 624-2400
https://walden.house.gov/contact-greg/email


**ACTION THREE: MAKE PLANS TO CALL CONGRESS ON WEDNESDAY TO END THE SHUTDOWN**

Indivisible National is hosting a NATIONAL CALL DAY, tomorrow, January 23, to tell Congress to end the shutdown with no wall funding.  Please check out our Call to Action tomorrow morning for scripts for Oregon Members of Congress. 


**ACTION FOUR: BE AN ACTIVIST**

Visit the ORD2 Indivisible Event Calendar on a regular basis to keep updated on our local activities. Participate with us as often as you can. Check out the following:

Non-ORD2 Indivisible Sponsored Event: Town Hall With U.S. Senator Ron Wyden – Medford
January 23 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/non-ord2-indivisible-sponsored-event-town-hall-with-u-s-senator-ron-wyden-medford/

Non-ORD2 Indivisible Sponsored Event: Town Hall With U.S. Senator Ron Wyden – Grants Pass
January 23 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/non-ord2-indivisible-sponsored-event-town-hall-with-u-s-senator-ron-wyden-grants-pass/

Save the Date: Sunday, February 17: ORD2 Indivisible Teach and Greet: Building Our Bench
Time and location TBA.
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/teach-greet-building-our-bench-location-tba/

SUBMIT EVENTS TO BE ADDED TO THE ORD2 INDIVISIBLE EVENT CALENDAR
Help us keep current with our event postings. https://ord2indivisible.org/submit-your-event/


SOURCES:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/politics/fbi-trump-russia-inquiry.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/politics/nato-president-trump.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/01/16/gop-senators-protect-trump-administrations-plan-lift-russian-sanctions/?utm_term=.3613cdbdacda
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-russia-sanctions-trump-no-new-congress-law-election-hacking-intervention-putin-kremlin-a8184866.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-has-concealed-details-of-his-face-to-face-encounters-with-putin-from-senior-officials-in-administration/2019/01/12/65f6686c-1434-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html?utm_term=.a680c5146d3
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/14/like-i-said-puppet-hillary-clinton-doubles-down-trump-russia/?utm_term=.b7fa08634b1f