Following the insurrection by armed white vigilantes against the U.S. Capitol on Treason Day (January 6th, 2020) encouraged by Donald Trump as a way to stop the certification of the results of the presidential election, more than 110 civil rights, racial justice, labor, and grassroots groups issued the following statement:
"January 6th, 2020 should forever be remembered as Treason Day. A day when a sitting president who has done everything in his power to overturn his loss unleashed an angry mob of armed white vigilantes inside of our Capitol, threatening our government, including the very Republican leaders complicit in this attack."
"Trump may have lost access to his social media accounts, but still retains the full powers of the presidency. He is dangerous and must be removed from office today through the 25th amendment or impeachment.
"His Republican co-conspirators, from Senators and House Members to state legislators, who fed, fueled and fomented these attacks on our democracy must also be removed or resign. All those who participated in this insurrection, especially those who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, must be investigated and prosecuted to the full extent of the law once Donald Trump is removed"
"On January 20, our democracy will prevail. But only thanks to the organizers, activists, and election officials in communities across this country who protected the results. We have just faced one of the greatest threats to our democracy ever. To meet the moment, President-elect Biden must make reforming our political system from the ground up a top priority on Day One."
SIGNATORIES:
Bend the Arc Jewish Action
Care in Action
Center for Popular Democracy
Faith in Public Life Action Fund
Frontline
MomsRising
MoveOn
National Domestic Workers Alliance
National Women's Law Center
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Protect Democracy
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Supermajority
Women's March
Working Families Party
#VOTEPROCHOICE
ACCE Action
ACRONYM
Action Together Network
AFSCME Council 65
Alliance for Quality Education
Alliance for Youth Action
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
Angel Guardian
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO
Audacity Group SE
Avaaz.org
Battle Born Progress - Nevada
Bay Rising Action
Bend the Arc Jewish Action: Pittsburgh
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action--San Luis Obispo, California
Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC)
Black Phoenix Votes
Bold ReThink
Boulder Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Broward for Progress
Cause Campaign Partners
Center for Coalfield Justice
Change Media Group
Choose Democracy
Citizen Acivist
Cobalt
Common Defense
Community Catalyst
Conscious Resources
Convey Communications
Daily Kos
DemCast USA
Demo Crew
Democracy Fund Voice
Diversity Matters
Dream Defenders
Dutchess County Progressive Action Alliance
Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)
Endangered Species Coalition
Faith Commons
Faithful America
Fix Democracy First
Florida For All
Friends of the Earth Action
Fuerte Arts Movement
Georgia Alliance for Social Justice
Granite State Progress
Green Advocacy Project
Greenpeace US
Grove Action Fund
HUB for Progress
IfNotNow Movement
Indivisible Alaska Statewide
Indivisible CA-33
Indivisible Chicago Alliance
Indivisible Petaluma
Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice (ICPJ)
Leadership Now Project
Liberation Ventures
Local Progress
Mainers for Accountable Leadership
Maryville Huddle, Women's March Coalition East Tennessee
Movement Voter Project
MPower Change Action
Never Again Action
New Georgia Project Action Fund
New Mexico Caregivers Coalition
Next Up & Next Up Action Fund
Oregon (WI) Area Progressives
PA Spotlight
Padres & Jovenes Unidos Action Fund
People's Action
Philadelphia City Council
PL+US (Paid Leave for the U.S.)
Progress Virginia
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
ProgressNow Colorado
Protect Our Election
Seed the Vote
SEIU Minnesota State Council
SEIU WI State Council
SolidarityINFOService
State Innovation Exchange (SiX)
SURJ SF
Swing Left/Sister District Marin
The Bully Project
The More Stable Union Newsletter
The Workers Circle
Truman National Security Project
UltraViolet
United Working Families
VOICE Buffalo
Win Without War
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
Young Invincibles