MoveOn: Tell the electors to reject Trump!
Tomorrow, members of the Electoral College are expected to gather in statehouses across the country. And let's be clear: it's likely most electors will cast votes for Donald Trump as the next president.
But we can't give up. We have one more day to ask electors to vote their conscience and reject a demagogue with foreign entanglements and shrouded finances—a step some courageous Republican electors are considering.
And, even if we fail to sway the electors, we have this one day to send a message to Trump, to political leaders of both parties, to the media, and to the American public: We, the majority, reject Donald Trump—and we, the majority, are ready to resist his agenda of economic inequality, corporate kleptocracy, authoritarianism, and bigotry with unprecedented fervor.
Tomorrow morning, MoveOn members will join events organized by allies all across the country. These events will be unlike any in modern American history: vocal, visible actions orchestrated around the Electoral College vote. Thousands of Americans will ask electors to vote their conscience—and will show the country that the resistance to Trump and Trumpism will be bold, ubiquitous, and unwavering.
Click here to find and RSVP for the event in your state and be part of a historic grassroots mobilization. When you click this link, you’ll be directed to a website created by a coalition of MoveOn allies who are organizing these peaceful, legal gatherings. (And note: If you agree to participate in this action, you agree to terms found here.)
Can't attend in person? Then please—right now and tomorrow—post on Facebook, Twitter, or the social media platform of your choice the message you wish you could deliver in person to a wavering Republican elector and tag it #ElectoralCollege.
These messages may or may not reach the electors, but they will show solidarity with those who are joining the statehouse actions and help build the visible movement resisting Trump and his toxic agenda.
This week, MoveOn members voted overwhelmingly to run a campaign to ask the electors to reject Trump. We produced a video with a Republican elector who has made the case for why he can not and will not vote for Trump. The video has already been seen online more than 3 million times. We bought airtime to run the video on MSNBC and Fox in order to reach a broader audience and to help influence electors who were similarly considering voting their conscience.
More than 200,000 MoveOn members asked President Obama to declassify the CIA evidence about Russian efforts to influence our election and brief electors before they are asked to vote, and more than 17,000 MoveOn members picked up the phone and called the White House to demand the same.
If the electors do choose Trump, we will resist the Trump Republican agenda every step of the way.
We're already organizing speak-outs this Tuesday at Republican Senate offices across the country to send a clear message—"Don't Take Away Our Health Care"—as we fight to defend Obamacare, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Last week, we organized a march in Washington to call on President Obama to repeal a Bush-era program that could quickly become Trump's "Muslim registry"—and we'll continue to fight Trump's extreme Islamophobic agenda.
Also last week, we participated in petition deliveries at Trump Tower and around the country to highlight Trump's extraordinary conflicts of interest, and we will continue to demand that congressional Republicans investigate his finances, as well as his ties to Russian leaders and the Russian government's interference in our election.
And following up on our efforts to call out white supremacist Steve Bannon as Trump's chief adviser, we're preparing to oppose Trump's worst appointees during their confirmation processes in the new year.
Trump's team and his proposed policies reveal an agenda that will bankrupt our nation for the sake of corporations and billionaires, betray working Americans, and use racism and xenophobia to divide us as a nation.
Today on social media, tomorrow at statehouses, Tuesday at Senate offices, and every day after, we will say "Hell no!" to that agenda. And we'll work day in and day out to build a passionate, patriotic, and inclusive movement for our collective future.
Thank you all for all you do.
—Jo, Justin K., Anna, Anne, and the rest of the team
