Dear MoveOn member,
As we look to the next four years under Donald Trump, one thing is certain: We need Democrats in Congress to show up in full force and unwaveringly resist Trump's attacks on our democracy.
Trump and MAGA Republicans' Project 2025 isn't a vague "concept of a plan"—it's a literal playbook for how they plan to ruthlessly govern our country and dismantle our democracy.
They've spelled out exactly how they want to use the first 180 days of Trump's administration to end the independence of government agencies and roll back progress that's been made on climate and LGBTQ+ rights, all while further restricting abortion access and immigration reform.
Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, said last week that "the entire conservative movement stands united behind [Trump]," and another one of Project 2025's conservative backers, America First Policy Institute, celebrated the election results on social media, stating, "This victory is a mandate."1 Project 2025 is no longer a potential threat. Trump's most extreme base wants him to know that they are expecting him to deliver on his promise.
The country formed under Project 2025 would be unrecognizable. At least nine of the coalition groups behind it are SPLC-designated hate and antigovernment groups, including Alliance Defending Freedom, the Center for Immigration Studies, and Moms for Liberty.2 We can't allow their hateful, backward vision for America to define the future of this country. We will fight back against Project 2025 every day of every year—and we need Congress to do the same.
Now more than ever, we need Democrats in Congress to do everything in their power to block the very worst of what's to come under the Trump administration.
We have less than 70 days until Trump takes office. Click here to sign the petition and then send it to three friends to help us reach 100,000 signatures.
Thanks for all you do.
–Aliya, Matthew, Kelsey, Allison, and the rest of the team
P.S. See our recent email below with more details on why we're calling on Congress to resist Trump and MAGA Republicans' Project 2025 agenda.
Sources:
1. "'This victory is a mandate': rightwing groups ready with policy proposals for new Trump administration," The Guardian, November 8, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198823?t=6&akid=414900%2E53570607%2ET-C2bg
2. "Project 2025 Is The New Southern Manifesto," National Urban League, November 13, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198824?t=8&akid=414900%2E53570607%2ET-C2bg
Add your name to call on Congress to resist MAGA's Project 2025 every step of the way.
Dear MoveOn member,
This is a dark moment in our history. But we've been here before and blocked and reversed some of Donald Trump's worst policies. Now, we must come together again and do it again.
Amid uncertainty and fear, we are sure of one thing: We will continue to show up for each other. Millions of people share our vision for a different future that we are still unequivocally committed to seeing through.
We aren't giving up, and we must demand that Democrats in Congress stand with us to do everything in their power to shut down Trump's Project 2025 agenda every step of the way.
We know what we're up against. Trump and MAGA Republicans have already shown us their playbook. And Project 2025—their "180-day transition playbook"—could destroy the checks and balances of our government and pave the way for Trump's authoritarian rise to power.
America's imperfect democracy has never been a given and has always been hard-fought. Trump and the MAGA movement did not rise out of nowhere—they were born out of white supremacist backlash against the decades of progress our communities have mobilized around and won. We will not let the efforts of those who came before us be in vain or accept fascism as our fate.
This election has been devastating. People are scared, exhausted, and angry. We get it. People have spent years resisting Trump and MAGA's attempts to roll back our rights and freedoms. We have had to endure their constant attacks against our communities and loved ones, sowing division and stoking hate. Trump has unearthed the worst of our country, but that is not the only truth of our country.
MAGA Republicans have gutted the Voting Rights Act. They spread misinformation and propaganda. And they eroded the public's trust in our political system.3
And still. Millions of people support our progressive vision of the world. Together, we are powerful. And we won't give up on us or the possibilities of this country.
We still live in a democracy. But Project 2025 wants to change that.
Project 2025 will further erode abortion access, implement mass deportations, reverse birthright citizenship, roll back LGBTQ+ rights, and dismantle public education.4 Disturbingly, it seeks to give Trump control over currently independent federal agencies, like the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation.5
But it gets worse.
There's a "fourth pillar" that the architects of Project 2025 have refused to release that could completely overhaul the executive branch of government.6 We have to be prepared NOW.
Trump and MAGA Republicans want us to feel defeated. But we sit on the shoulders of giants who have endured the worst of this country and still fought for its promise. This is a dark chapter in U.S. history. But together, we can make sure it's not the final chapter.
Trump and MAGA's hateful and authoritarian vision for the U.S. should be met with the resistance it deserves, and the communities that are under attack deserve to know that we will continue to show up and fight back against the worst of this administration.
Thanks for all you do.
–Aliya, Matthew, Kelsey, Allison, and the rest of the team
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