While we wait on the news cycle...
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thisfinecrewthere's no harm (and may even be some help) in calling our Congresspeople to step up.
I put together a calling script that is entirely composed of: the 5 Calls calling script from August, the ACLU statement regarding Sessions' firing, and the Twitter statement by Chuck Schumer. Feel free to use it!
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I'm a constituent from [LOCATION.]
I'm calling to urge [CONGRESSCRITTER] to make a public statement demanding that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker commit to not interfere in the special counsel investigation of the 2016 presidential election. Robert Mueller MUST continue to operate under the special counsel regulation, and Whitaker should recuse himself from oversight based on his previous comments advocating defunding and imposing limitations on the Mueller investigation. It's the duty of Congress to serve as a check on Trump and prevent him from sending our democracy into a constitutional crisis.
Thank you for your hard work answering the phones.
[IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied]
Call both your senators and your representative. If they've already spoken out against Whitaker, thank them.
Call the Department of Justice. I'm not 100% sure which number to use for the Department of Justice, but it's probably one of these two: Department Comment Line: 202-353-1555
Department of Justice Main Switchboard: 202-514-2000
White House: Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
If anyone else has suggestions for those of us who get antsy if we can't do anything RIGHT NOW, please let me know in comments. I'll be updating this all evening.
I put together a calling script that is entirely composed of: the 5 Calls calling script from August, the ACLU statement regarding Sessions' firing, and the Twitter statement by Chuck Schumer. Feel free to use it!
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I'm a constituent from [LOCATION.]
I'm calling to urge [CONGRESSCRITTER] to make a public statement demanding that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker commit to not interfere in the special counsel investigation of the 2016 presidential election. Robert Mueller MUST continue to operate under the special counsel regulation, and Whitaker should recuse himself from oversight based on his previous comments advocating defunding and imposing limitations on the Mueller investigation. It's the duty of Congress to serve as a check on Trump and prevent him from sending our democracy into a constitutional crisis.
Thank you for your hard work answering the phones.
[IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied]
Call both your senators and your representative. If they've already spoken out against Whitaker, thank them.
Call the Department of Justice. I'm not 100% sure which number to use for the Department of Justice, but it's probably one of these two: Department Comment Line: 202-353-1555
Department of Justice Main Switchboard: 202-514-2000
White House: Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
If anyone else has suggestions for those of us who get antsy if we can't do anything RIGHT NOW, please let me know in comments. I'll be updating this all evening.
