The No Kings Map is Live!
Hundreds of nonviolent protests are already planned for No Kings Day on March 28, and more are being added by the hour.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WASHINGTON — The following organizations, working in coalition to reform and strengthen U.S. democracy, released the following statement:
“Donald Trump’s invocation of an emergency to justify a border wall is an attack on our democracy. It is an end-run around Congress, the democratic process, and the will of voters; it represents yet another step toward autocracy.
“This invocation of emergency powers with such clearly fraudulent justification is a dangerous precedent that could be used to justify almost limitless future abuses of presidential power, resulting in far-reaching harm to us all, especially communities disproportionately at risk.”
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Media Contacts:
Indivisible Project, Emily Phelps, press@indivisible.org
Public Citizen, Angela Bradbery, 202-503-6768 abradbery@citizen.org
Democracy 21, Diane Alexander, 202-355-9600, dalexander@democracy21.org
League of Women Voters, Sarah Courtney, 202-263-1332, scourtney@lwv.org
Common Cause, Jay Riestenberg, 202-736-5741, jriestenberg@commoncause.org
People For the American Way, Derrick Crowe, dcrowe@pfaw.org
Progressive Turnout Project, Priyal Amin, press@turnoutpac.org
Clean Elections Texas, David Jones, david@joneslawdallas.com
Stand Up America, Zac Petkanas, zpetkanas@zpstrategies.com
Patriotic Millionaires, Sam Quigley, 202-446-0489, sam@patrioticmillionaires.org
Daily Kos, Carolyn Fiddler, carolyn@dailykos.com
Franciscan Action Network, Janine Walsh, jwalsh@franciscanaction.org
End Citizens United, Adam Bozzi, adam@endcitizensunited.org
Truman National Security Project, Graham West, gwest@trumanproject.org
Open the Government, Ufuoma Otu, uotu@openthegovernment.org
Coalition to Preserve, Protect and Defend, Dennis Aftergut, da1.cppd@gmail.com
Pride at Work, Jerame Davis, 202-637-5014, jdavis@prideatwork.org
Herd on the Hill, Stacey Stern Albert, salbert@herdonthehill.org
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, Lee Morrow, 202-601-7871, lmorrow@networklobby.org
CODEPINK, Medea Benjamin, 415-235-6517, medea.benjamin@gmail.com
Center for Media and Democracy, Arn Pearson, arn@prwatch.org
Sierra Club, Courtney Bourgoin, (248) 214-6682, courtney.bourgoin@sierraclub.org,
Our Maryland, Larry Ottinger larry@ourmaryland.org
National LGBTQ Task Force, Alex Morash, amorash@thetaskforce.org
Michigan Forward, Brandon Jessup, Brandon@upxmichigan.com, (734) 717-2745