Washington, D.C. — Today Andrew O’Neill, National Advocacy Director of Indivisible, released the following statement in response to House Republicans passing their reconciliation package:
“Today, House Republicans voted to hand Donald Trump and ICE another $70 billion — despite growing evidence of abuse, cruelty, and dangerous conditions inside detention facilities like Delaney Hall and the horrifying violence we’ve seen in places like Minnesota. While families across the country are struggling to afford healthcare, housing, and food, Republicans in Congress signed off on billions more for Trump’s mass deportation machine and expanding detention facilities. They’ve made it clear that their priority is pouring billions into out-of-control agencies and carrying out Trump’s agenda instead of helping working families afford to survive.
“This bill is a reflection of deeper structural failures in our democracy. Republicans continue advancing deeply unpopular policies through a system distorted by dark money, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and anti-democratic institutions. Now, Republicans have dug themselves deeper and deeper into a hole of their own making. Their inability to stand up to Trump has left them defending cruelty, chaos, and unchecked abuses of power instead of delivering for the people they represent.
“As we look toward November, it’s up to all of us to make sure the anger and frustration Americans are feeling translates into action at the ballot box — because it’s clearer than ever that we need leaders willing to stand up to Trump’s abuses of power instead of enabling them. Between now and November, we will continue organizing against attacks on our communities, fighting voter suppression, and working to elect a Congress that will hold DHS and ICE accountable instead of continuing to hand them blank checks.”
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