Today, Ezra Levin, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Indivisible, issued the following statement after news that Texas House Democrats left the state to break quorum and block passage of an extreme Republican gerrymander.
“Still, most Democrats – and an increasing number of Republicans – agree this intentional starvation must end. Now that Trump has echoed those concerns, Congress must press him to follow through. This is a humanitarian nightmare happening on our dime. We must do our part to end it.”
“Brown University’s decision to cut a deal with the Trump administration is a shameful surrender to authoritarian demands, not a principled compromise. Let’s be clear: this wasn’t a negotiation — it was a shakedown.
To tear this man from his family, throw him into a freezing cell without even a bed, and treat him as disposable is a blatant moral failure. And worst of all, this is not a one-off incident. Since the beginning of the year, we’ve witnessed ICE agents enforce and expand Trump’s anti-immigration agenda.
As a Texan I can say with some authority that Greg Abbott doesn’t give a shit about Texans. In the wake of his failed preparation for and response to a catastrophic flood that killed dozens of young children and families in central Texas, Abbott is making his priority clear: insulating Republicans from voter backlash. Abbott rushed to action - not to deliver relief to those families, but to answer Trump’s call for a racist and partisan gerrymander to disenfranchise Texas voters. It’s disgusting.
“Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to shut down the House early until September isn’t just cowardly, it’s a flagrant dereliction of duty at the very moment when a majority of Americans are demanding answers about one of the most disturbing scandals in recent history. This isn’t governing. It’s a cover up.