{"id":2704,"date":"2018-02-19T02:19:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T07:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suitupmaine.org\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2019-03-23T22:47:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T02:47:27","slug":"russian-attacks-demand-congress-defend-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suitupmaine.org\/russian-attacks-demand-congress-defend-country\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSSIAN ATTACKS: Demand Congress Defend Our Country and Election Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Despite 13 new indictments against Russian operatives, Trump refuses to implement sanctions against Russia, undermines investigations into their interference, and offers no plan to prevent them from doing it again. <\/span>Demand that Congress defend our country by forcing the president to implement sanctions, approving bills to protect Mueller\u2019s investigation, and crafting a defense plan. <\/b><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.89″ background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n Trump Administration & Federal Government Working Group<\/a> C2A<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite the Mueller investigation recently issuing 13 indictments against Russians<\/a> accused of conspiring to interfere with \u201cUS political and electoral processes, including the presidential election of 2016,\u201d Trump continues to refuse to implement sanctions against Russia that were overwhelmingly approved by Congress last summer. After <\/span>delaying their implementation<\/span><\/a> in October, Trump now says he <\/span>won\u2019t implement them at all<\/span><\/a>, an announcement that came on the same day that C.I.A. Director Mike Pompeo said that <\/span>Russia will target the 2018 midterm elections<\/span><\/a>. This move, combined with an entire year of denying the unanimous findings by the intelligence community that Russia interfered with our elections, numerous attempts to derail probes into the attacks, and a total lack of policy or plans designed to prevent a future attack demonstrate that this administration and its supporters are either unable or <\/span>unwilling to defend<\/span><\/a> our country and its democratic systems. Unless Congress immediately steps up to provide critical <\/span>checks and balances<\/span><\/a>, we are headed for <\/span>heightened attacks<\/span><\/a> as well as a <\/span>constitutional crisis<\/span><\/a> in which one branch of government circumvents the rule of law and upends the separation of powers. Senate Intelligence Committee Members Susan Collins and Angus King have so far only expressed concern about the administration’s soft-on-Russia stance, with King describing the sanctions delay as <\/span>\u201cdisturbing\u201d<\/span><\/a> and Collins describing the failure to implement them as <\/span>\u201cperplexing.\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Call and email all three of your members of Congress. Tell them:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ background_color=”#00417f” module_class=”site-footer” _builder_version=”3.0.79″ custom_padding=”2px|0px|5px|0px” global_module=”845″][et_pb_row global_parent=”845″ make_fullwidth=”on” custom_width_px=”2600px” custom_padding=”22px||0px|” custom_margin=”|||” _builder_version=”3.0.89″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” border_color_all=”#9e9e9e” module_alignment=”center”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image global_parent=”845″ src=”https:\/\/www.suitupmaine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/suitup_new_new_FLAME_horiz-1.png” _builder_version=”3.0.89″ max_width=”45%” custom_margin=”||15px|” \/][et_pb_text global_parent=”845″ background_layout=”dark” _builder_version=”3.0.89″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_text_color=”#efb217″ text_letter_spacing=”1px” text_line_height=”1.5em” custom_margin=”|||”]<\/p>\n Suit Up Maine is an all-volunteer grassroots group of Mainers who work to raise awareness of and advocate for policies and legislation that promote equity and equality in civil rights, social justice, health care, the environment, education, the economy, and other areas that affect the lives of all people. 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