Saturday, February 9, 2019

This is how we win in 2020

 

Add your name to go on offense to fight the final two years of the Trump administration with Indivisible

Activist -

Two years ago, we were lost, angry, and scared (okay, we were pissed. Really pissed). Republicans had taken the House, Senate, and presidency. The only move we had was to play defense and never give an inch. So we wrote the original Indivisible Guide, starting with these lines:

Donald Trump is the biggest popular vote loser in history to ever call himself President-Elect. In spite of the fact that he has no mandate, he will attempt to use his congressional majority to reshape America in his own racist, authoritarian, and corrupt image. If progressives are going to stop this, we must stand indivisibly opposed to Trump and the members of Congress who would do his bidding. Together, we have the power to resist -- and we have the power to win.

People didn’t just read the Guide. In 2017, Americans went to town halls, protests, and district offices. We defeated TrumpCare, rallied for immigrants, and turned the Republican tax cut for the rich and corporations into an enormous political liability. While we couldn’t stop everything, we did stop a lot.

Add your name to join Indivisible and go on offense to fight of the final two years of the Trump administration.

Taking back the House used to be a pipe dream. But where Republicans built a seawall, you built a bigger blue wave -- and we flipped the House and SIX state legislatures. We moved the whole country to the left.

And as a result, our slate of elected leaders at every level across the country will feature people who look like America, are ready to fight for economic and racial justice, and beat back the worst of Trump’s attacks on our neighbors, communities, and future.

Now, Democrats have the House of Representatives and a ton more power at the state level. (Thank you for that!) So we’ve been working on a new federal-level guide and state-level guide for months to prepare for this new political reality that we’re calling Indivisible on Offense. We can’t wait for you to dig in.

Add your name to join Indivisible to join our growing ranks and help fight for our progressive vision under the Trump administration.

Here’s a quick and dirty summary of how we win over the next two years:

  1. We go on offense in the House. With the majority, House Democrats can determine which bills get votes and there are two big opportunities to go on legislative offense in 2019 and 2020: messaging bills and must-pass bills. House Democrats can also hold Trump’s entire administration accountable through oversight and investigations (subpoena power, investigatory power, congressional-hearings power, and more!). This all gets complicated, but check out the guide for practical steps on how to use this intel.
  2. We start making gains in the states to save democracy. There are huge opportunities to resist Trump and provide a progressive vision for the country through state-level advocacy. And many of the same principles you use when advocating for federal change apply at the state level. With the big gains on election night, we have a lot more opportunities to accomplish proactive policy wins -- and this all starts happening early in 2019 when state legislatures are sworn in.

This is the road to stopping Trump in his tracks, locking in the gains we've made, and advancing an alternative vision for the country rooted in democracy, inclusion, and respect. This is the road to retaking the White House in two years. But none of this is automatic. We have to make our recent wins mean something going forward.

Two years ago, we wrote the Indivisible Guide because we knew that everything we hold dear was under threat. We’ve lost a lot since then, but we ‑‑ along with critical partners -- have accomplished so much. We resisted. We retook power. And with control of the House of Representatives and new power in the states, we will band together, indivisible to remake this country.

Add your name to pave the way to the post-Trump era. Together, we will win.

In solidarity,

Ezra & Leah
Co-Executive Directors, Indivisible

PS: Add your name to join Indivisible as we fight the Trump Administration. In a few days we will send you our Indivisible on Offense guide.

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