Dear Friends …
by colorofchange.org
While we were happy to see Steve Bannon leave the White House last Friday as a result of your work to put pressure on the White House, we cannot forget Trump has still been spending his time tweeting praise for memorials to Confederates as “beautiful” and planning to host an incendiary rally tomorrow in Arizona. Let’s be clear, Trump is speaking of white supremacy when he praises the “culture” of men who committed treason against the United States in order to continue a society based upon enslaving Black men, women, and children. When Trump talks about good people fighting for Confederate statues he’s talking about people who chanted “Jews will not replace us” and threatened a Black church the night before killing someone in Charlottesville.
Trump is desperately tweeting because he sees the writing on the wall, white supremacy is now under direct attack. His white nationalist chief strategist has been forced to resign, and these symbols of hate are coming down across the country. Senator Cory Booker has announced that he is introducing a resolution to meet our demands: removing all Confederate statues from the US Capitol. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi has also come out to demand that the United States Capitol Hill Statuary Hall as well. We are winning, Bannon is out of power and these monuments are coming down across the country.
Join us in pushing back against Trump’s open advocacy for white supremacy and join us in supporting Senator Booker’s resolution to remove these memorials to the Confederacy from the United States Capitol Hill Statuary Hall. Sign my petition today. Below you will find my original email.
Thank you,
Rachael Payton
| Rachael Payton just started a petition to
Kick Confederates out of the Capitol! |
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I just started a petition titled “Take Em ALL Down! No Confederate Statues in the US Capitol” Following the acts of white supremacist terrorism in Charlottesville, congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle made statements condemning the violence. Paul Ryan wrote, “The views fueling the spectacle in Charlottesville are repugnant. Let it only serve to unite Americans against this kind of vile bigotry,” and Ted Cruz wrote in a statement “…white supremacists are repulsive and evil, and all of us have a moral obligation to speak out against the lies, bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred that they propagate.” These words ring hollow when Confederate leaders are enshrined with honor in the statuary hall at the US Capitol. Men who committed treason against the United States to keep Black people enslaved should not be in the most hallowed halls of government. Each of these statues were installed despite the obvious betrayal of these Confederates against America in response to the recognition of the humanity of Black Americans. These statues in the capitolare there to project the power of white supremacy directly from the states’ Capitol. These statues Join us and tell members of Congress to remove the Confederates from the Capitol. Join us if you don’t want to see Black people passing Confederates whenever they visit Congress! Thousands of white supremacist gather across the country and commits violent acts of terror and intimidation in the name of these Confederate symbols. These people have been emboldened by Trump who continues to promote racism and signal his approval to white supremacists. While Trump has inflamed these white supremacists, the statues honoring Confederates in the halls of the United States Congress are proof that white nationalism has long needed to be confronted in America. Congress should not keep Confederates in a place of honor, kick Confederates out the Capitol! Together we can help kick the Confederates out of the Capitol and send a strong message to white nationalists and Trump. After the terrorism of Charlottesville we can no longer silently allow the Confederacy and its cause to keep Black Americans enslaved to be honored in the halls of Congress. Will you pledge to join the fight to kick the Confederates out of the Capitol! Thank you, Rachael Payton |
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