THIS JUST WENT OUT TO ‘WE THE PEOPLE DEFEND’, AND I’M SHARING IT WITH YOU:
Citizen Warrior,
Whenever a Republican breaks the lockstep with their party and Trump we need to applaud and support them. That is the ONLY way the cracks are going to continue to happen, and to widen. And we are the wedges that are going to widen these cracks.
This week has shown that it’s working – no fewer than 39 Republicans have broken ranks to cross the aisle and vote with the Democrats on health care, Venezuela, and Trump’s vetos of the bipartisan measures to get drinking water to parts of Colorado and to allow the Miccosukee Tribe to permanently occupy part of the Everglades.
We need to contact them and thank them for risking the wrath of Trump and standing up for what’s right. Sure, you may need to bite your tongue and swallow your bile because where were they before now, but this is not the time for that. This is the time to be the wedge and encourage them to keep standing up now.
Just remember this mantra: “Be the wedge”
Here’s the list of all of the Republicans who defected on the various votes; below the list is a short script (be sure to customize it and make it your own!) and below that are the links to the contact lists. Remember that you can call them even if they are not your own representative, they are still part of the whole that defected to help get things passed!
The 17 Republican House Representatives who voted to extend the ACA subsidies are:
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Mike Lawler (N.Y.), Rob Bresnahan (Pa.), Ryan Mackenzie (Pa.), Mike Carey (Ohio), Monica De La Cruz (Tex.) Andrew Garbarino (N.Y.), Will Hurd (Colo.), Dave Joyce (Ohio), Tom Kean Jr. (N.J.), Nick LaLota (N.Y.), Max Miller (Ohio), Zach Nunn (Iowa), Maria Salazar (Fla.), Dave Valadao (Calif.), Derrick Van Orden (Wis.), and Rob Wittman (Virg.)
The 19 Republican House Representatives who voted to override the veto on the Florida tribe bill are: Reps. Don Bacon (Neb.), Lauren Boebert (Colo.) Tom Cole (Okla.), Mario Díaz-Balart (Fla.), Chuck Edwards (N.C.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Carlos Gimenez (Fla.), Jeff Hurd (Colo.), Dave Joyce (Ohio), Jen Kiggans (Va.), Kevin Kiley (Calif.), Mike Lawler (N.Y.), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa), Dan Newhouse (Wash.), Jay Obernolte (Calif.), María Elvira Salazar (Fla.), David Schweikert (Ariz.), Mike Simpson (Idaho), Adrian Smith (Neb.), Glenn Thompson (Pa.), Mike Turner (Ohio), David Valadao (Calif.) and Steve Womack (Ark.).
The 34 Republican House Representatives who voted to override veto on the Colorado water bill are: Reps. Eric Burlison (Mo.), Juan Ciscomani (Ariz.), James Comer (Ky.), Eli Crane (Ariz.), Jeff Crank (Colo.), Gabe Evans (Colo.), Mike Flood (Neb.), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Andy Harris (Md.), French Hill (Ark.), Celeste Maloy (Utah), Blake Moore (Utah), Burgess Owens (Utah), Derek Schmidt (Kan.), Ryan Zinke (Mont.), Bacon (Neb.), Boebert (Colo.), Cole (Okla), Edwards (N.C.), Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Hurd (Colo.), Kiggans (Va.), Kiley (Calif.), Lawler (N.Y.), Massie (Ky.), Miller-Meeks (Iowa), Newhouse (Wash.), Obernolte (Calif.), Salazar (Fla.), Schweikert (Ariz.), Simpson (Idaho), Thompson (Pa.), Turner (Ohio), Valadao (Calif.) and Womack (Ark.).
The 5 Senators who voted to invoke the War Powers Act against Trump are:
Rand Paul of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Josh Hawley of Missouri, and Todd Young of Indiana.
Say something like this:
“I may not be in your district, or even your party, but I want you to know that I applaud and support you for (whichever vote you’re calling about). I know it was done at great personal cost to yourself, and we the people see you and appreciate it.”
Contact information for the Republican House Representatives is here:
Contact information for the Republican Senators is here:
https://explainingthelaw.com/we-the-people-defend/complete-phone-list-for-all-republican-senators-2025/
Let us know how your calls go! You can do that by hitting ‘reply’ on this email!
Keep on fighting the good fight! We are truly helping to save our democracy!
We the People Defend
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