I just love this. Kelley Robinson, Deputy National Organizing Director of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, sent out an email this week putting it straight to the weasel Republicans who now want to jump the Trump ship and distance themselves from him after supporting him all along. No pass, says Robinson, and adds that we need to remember to stop those who created and supported Trump, as well as Trump, when going to the polls on Nov. 8. Five senators from the Pary of Trump include: Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
To, all along, support a presidential nominee who during his campaign, calls Mexicans "rapists" and "criminals," vow to ban an entire religion from the country, and say women should be "punished" for having abortions… makes Trump guilty of being a misogynist, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — and it makes those lawmaker who supported Trump back guilty of the same. Robinson writes:
The truth is there actually isn't much difference between most of these "leaders" and Trump. If anything, Trump's just been more honest and plainspoken about the views they all share. (And, trust me, I get the irony of putting "honest" next to "Trump.") It's been pretty hard for voters to even KNOW where these candidates stand, since Donald Trump inspires headlines daily with his latest offensive statements and behavior, but we have 34 Senate seats up for grabs and voters need to know where these people stand.
See, these "leaders" want to act on all the hateful, divisive rhetoric Trump spews without being seen as hateful and divisive. Yearslong witch hunts against Planned Parenthood? Leaving millions of people without access to care? Yup, they're all for that. Obstructing President Obama's supremely qualified Supreme Court nominee just because the president nominated him? Oh, yes — they're here for that. Shut down the government over health care for low-income people? Sure thing!
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Robinson makes it clear she is not giving a pass to these politicians:
Well, I don't know about you, but I have no intention of letting these politicians get a pass on years of legislating against women, people of color, immigrants, and working people just because the guy they nominated for president looks worse than they act.
She is asking for folks to simply share the attached meme of Trump with our personal social media formats:
That's why I'm doing everything I can to make sure not just Trump but the Party of Trump loses this November. Want to help? Share our Party of Trump graphic on Facebook now to remind your friends: They're all together in the end, working against us.
In closing, Kelly Robinson says:
It's not just about knowing who you'd vote for at this point, It's about making sure we motivate others to show up and vote as well. In whatever ways you can do that — whatever works for the people you know — please be active in the weeks ahead. So many of our rights are on the ballot this year — not just because of Trump, but because of people in his party who share his dangerous
Until next time,
Kelley Robinson, Deputy National Organizing Director Planned Parenthood Action Fund
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Big thanks to Kelly Robinson and all the staff, volunteers, and supporters of Planned Parenthood, who at times have risked their lives to keep these affordable healthcare centers open for women and men around the world—for a full century.