No Wars! No Kings! Congress Must Act!

 

The Trump regime's weekend attack on Venezuela, taking of President Maduro, and declaration that the US will "run" that country until some indeterminate date in the future was wildly irresponsible, wholly immoral, and can only lead to disaster, unless Congress acts.

No one voted for another war. No one voted for an authoritarian regime that puts service members and the American public at risk. No one voted for placing the oil wealth of a few oligarchs above international law, the Constitution, and common sense. No one voted for a king. 

As Indivisible co-founder Leah Greenberg said in a statement on Saturday: The power to declare war belongs to Congress and the American people. Trump has once again taken power that's not his. He is attempting to drag the country into war by decree, all while treating the presidency like a throne. Congress must act immediately to stop these illegal strikes and hold the Trump regime accountable. No Kings, No War.

The regime's been telegraphing the weekend's actions since Hegseth’s “Department of War” first launched strikes on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean last fall, then moved on to attacking and seizing Venezuelan oil tankers. The excuses have been paper thin and fluid, one day focused on a supposed "invasion" by Venezuelan gang members, the next on Fentanyl trafficking (despite expert opinion the Venezuela plays virtually no role in Fentanyl trafficking into the US), and over the weekend, concern for the Venezuelan economy. 

But Trump gave the game away by mentioning oil 25 times at Saturday's Mar-a-Lago press conference. This is about Venezuelan oil, billionaire corruption, and Trump's aspirations to be America's first dictator, even as he and the GOP ignore skyrocketing healthcare costs and unaffordable grocery bills here at home. We can't let him succeed. 

WHAT YOU CAN DO: We need to make it crystal clear to Congress: This lawless violence must stop.

First: Use our scripts and call tools to place a call to your Members of Congress. Trump must not be allowed to drag the country into yet more chaos. Saturday's military operation may be over, but Trump is talking about keeping US forces on the ground in Venezuela indefinitely, and explicitly threatening other countries in Latin America. Click here to call your senators, and click here to call your representative.

Next: Use our email tool to drive the point home. Click here to email your Members of Congress to demand an end to military action against Venezuela.

Then: Register for the Healthcare Not Warfare grassroots call we're hosting with MoveOn, the Working Families Party, Win Without War, and Public Citizen, this Wednesday, January 7, at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT. We'll be joined by Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Greg Casar and other leaders in the fight against fascism and want to be sure you're there with us. None of us is alone; the more we work together, the stronger we'll be. Trump wants to be a wartime king. We the people demand: No War, No Kings.

In solidarity,
Indivisible Team