Will you sign the petition to remove Trump from the Presidential Republican debate for inciting a deadly insurrection?

A federal grand jury has just indicted Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Trump incited a deadly, white supremacist-led insurrection, but Republicans continue to enable him by allowing him to participate in the Republican presidential debate. He must be removed.

Sign the petition to remove multi-indicted Donald Trump from the Republican presidential debate for trying to overturn the 2020 election by inciting a deadly insurrection on January 6!

Dear MoveOn member,

A federal grand jury has just indicted Trump for his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.¹ And even though Trump incited a deadly, white supremacist-led insurrection on January 6, 2021, Trump is still running for president in 2024, and Republicans continue to enable him by allowing him to participate in the Republican presidential debate.

No candidate who incited an insurrection and has been charged for attempting to overturn election results should be considered a legitimate candidate or given a platform to spout conspiracies and lies. Will you sign the petition to demand that the Republican National Committee remove Trump from the first GOP debate in August?

Trump continues to promote lies about the election even though evidence shows he knows he lost—he's doing this to rile up his base, incite further violence, undermine trust in our democracy, and enrich himself.² Enough! The Republican National Committee must disinvite Trump from participation in the first Republican National Committee debate in August NOW.

Before this federal charge for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results, Trump had already been indicted on two sets of charges. He faces federal charges for stealing classified documents and refusing to return them to the government when requested.³ He's also been charged on the state level for violating campaign finance laws and sending hush money payments to Stormy Daniels to silence her, and more state charges are imminent.⁴ Additionally, a recent jury trial found him liable for sexual assault.⁵

So allowing the thrice-indicted Trump to participate in the first Republican debate would give him legitimacy that he does not deserve or have.

This is why Republicans need to immediately remove Trump from the Republican presidential debate NOW. Will you add your name to the petition?

Trump is not above the law. He must be held accountable for all of the crimes he's committed against the American people. But he has used his legal woes to rake in tens of millions of dollars from donors, much of which he is using in self-serving ways that fly in the face of campaign finance laws.⁶ He is conning donors and voters and has made clear he will continue to break the law.

MAGA Republicans continue to threaten our freedoms at every chance they get and are willing to hold on to power for themselves by any means necessary. To maintain any credibility as a legitimate national party, the Republican National Committee should not give credence to the idea that Donald Trump is a legitimate candidate. Because he is not.

Click here to add your name to this important petition, and then pass it along to three friends to spread the word.

Thanks for all you do.

–Kelsey, Gabi, Allison, Alexis, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Trump indicted by grand jury on 2020 election interference: Live updates, CNBC, August 1, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/179501?t=8&akid=358636%2E53570607%2ECgjlmF

2. "Fact check: Trump, in 2023, tells a new lie about the 2020 election," CNN, May 2, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/179442?t=10&akid=358636%2E53570607%2ECgjlmF

3. "Former President Donald Trump's second indictment, annotated," CNN, June 9, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/179443?t=12&akid=358636%2E53570607%2ECgjlmF

4. "The new revelations — and key questions — in the Trump indictment," Politico, April 4, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/179444?t=14&akid=358636%2E53570607%2ECgjlmF 

5. "Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, jury says," CNBC, May 10, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/179445?t=16&akid=358636%2E53570607%2ECgjlmF

6. "Trump Rakes in Over $15 Million in Post-Indictment Fundraising Haul," Newsweek, April 15, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/179446?t=18&akid=358636%2E53570607%2ECgjlmF

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