TDS

This is a copied / pasted post from Facebook. To be clear, I don't believe in what is in this post.

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This is where I stand. The 45th President, his power hungry cronies taking positions of authority in his Cabinet and administration, and the majority of Republicans in Congress are a real and active threat to me, my way of life, my child, all our children even and especially the futures of Republican innocent children not being fully educated out of bigotry, especially immigrant and LGBTQ children, neither no longer free, especially black children now in more danger and poor children and the children of the mentally I'll. And all or most of the adults I love.

Some people are saying that we should give Trump a chance, that we should "work together" with him because he won the election and he is "everyone's president." This is my response:

•I will not forget how badly he and so many others treated former President Barack Obama for 8 years...Lies about his legitimacy and hatred for his principles and his attempts to work within the system.

•I will not "work together" to privatize Medicare, cut Social Security and Medicaid.

•I will not "work together" to subvert the Constitution by illegitimately pushing unfit Cabinet nominees through on recess appointments without the advice and consent of the Senate.

•I will not "work together" to build a wall.

•I will not "work together" to persecute Muslims.

•I will not "work together" to shut out refugees from other countries.

•I will not "work together" to lower taxes on the 1% and increase taxes on the middle class and poor.

•I will not "work together" to help Trump use the Presidency to line his pockets and those of his family and cronies.

•I will not "work together" to weaken and demolish environmental protection.

•I will not "work together" to sell American lands, especially National Parks, to companies which then despoil those lands.

•I will not "work together" to enable the killing of whole species of animals just because they are predators, or inconvenient for a few, or because some people want to get their thrills killing them.

•I will not "work together" to remove civil rights from anyone.

•I will not "work together" to alienate countries that have been our allies for as long as I have been alive.

•I will not "work together" to slash funding for education.

•I will not "work together" to take basic assistance from people who are at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder.

•I will not "work together" to get rid of common sense regulations on guns.

•I will not "work together" to eliminate the minimum wage.

•I will not "work together" to support so-called "Right To Work" laws, or undermine, weaken or destroy Unions in any way.

•I will not "work together" to suppress scientific research, be it on climate change, fracking, or any other issue where a majority of scientists agree that Trump and his supporters are wrong on the facts.

•I will not "work together" to criminalize abortion or restrict health care for women.

•I will not "work together" to increase the number of nations that have nuclear weapons.

•I will not "work together" to put even more "big money" into politics.

•I will not "work together" to violate the Geneva Convention.

•I will not "work together" to give the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazi Party and white supremacists a seat at the table, or to normalize their hatred.

•I will not "work together" to deny health care to people who need it.

•I will not "work together" to deny medical coverage to people on the basis of a "pre-existing condition."

•I will not "work together" to increase voter suppression.

•I will not "work together" to normalize tyranny.

•I will not "work together" to eliminate or reduce ethical oversight at any level of government.

•I will not "work together" with anyone who is, or admires, tyrants and dictators.

•I will not support anyone that thinks it's OK to put a pipeline to transport oil on Sacred Ground for Native Americans. And, it would run under the Missouri River, which provides drinking water for millions of people. An accident waiting to happen.

•I will not "work together" to legitimize racism, sexism, and authoritarianism.

This is my line, and I am drawing it.

•I WILL stand for honesty, love, respect for all living beings, and for the beating heart that is the center of Life itself.

•I WILL use my voice and my hands, to reach out to the uninformed, and to anyone who will LISTEN:

That "winning", "being great again", "rich" or even "beautiful" is nothing... When others are sacrificed to glorify its existence.

Signed,

Kim Schmitz

Lori Minor

Meg Eginton-Carmichael

Laura Young

Jane Vincent Taylor 

Mary Catherine Reynolds

Michael Renner

Bill and Linda MacKenzie 

John Sloman

Jim Murphy 

Tom Brady

Kim Tyler

Sally Margolis

Bill Walker

Karen Carlson 

Keiji Muramoto 

Pierre Lescure

Bambi Sampson

Kim Roemersberger

Bruce Boeck 

Wes Melton

Rhys Lovell

Carol Koos

Cristina Ortega 

Daniella Barroqueiro

Gilford Moore 

Diane Lathrop 

Bill Vance

Joanne R. Clayton

Timothy Vantran

Kelcy M. Allwein

Frank J. Stech

Virginia Segal Manczuk

Evelina Kahn

Judi Gardner

Steve Burby

Rich Buley-Neumar

Scott Frazier-Maskiell

Matt Bonham

Maida Belove

Christie Trout

Terri Gherardi

Jo Campbell-Amsler

Kim William Jones

Kevin Anderson

DoctorCindy Anderson

Tom Zimmerman

Shorty Palmer 

Chuck Cogliandro

Karen Branan

Nancy Alexander

Lynn Beard Wright

Barbara Clawson

Jean Achtermann

Susan Warrener Smith

Sydney V. 'Skip' Jackson 

David L Fisk

Brian Timko

Leslie Barroso

Phillip Belfiori

Stevens Loomis

Rosemary Bernardi

Liz Willis

Carol Morando 🙏🏼

Kara Au-Young

Patricia McCarley

Dell Schilleci

Marcus Berardino

Elaine O'Brien

Franklin Mount

Kate Maxwell

Mark Plesent

Cori Thomas

Sibyl Kempson

Eric Dyer

Daniel Kwiatkowski

Abby Lee

Joe Harrell

Chris Benfante

Theresa Benfante

Diane Lesley

Andrea Fiondo

Kathrine Iacofano

Susan Goldberg

Debbie Slavkin

Linda Rosefsky

Rebecca Tortorice

Anna Konya

Karen Redding

Wendy Lemlin

Patricia Rollins Trosclair

Andrea Dora Zysk

George Georgakis

John Christopher

John Bowles

Patrick St.Louis

Carla Patrick

Darnell Bender

Vickie Davis

JMichael Carter

Janice Frazier-Scott

Rev. ELaura James Reid

Jeanette Bouknight

Rev. Dollie Howell Pankey

Gerald Butler

Carolyn McDougle

Vaughn Chatman

Adrienne Brown

Gary Trousdale

Steven E Gordon

Isis Nocturne

Debi Murray

Maureen O. Betita

Mona Enderli

Fernie James Tamblin

Myrna Dodgion

Alan Locklear

Tom Wilmore

Jackie Evans

Donna Endres

Lora Fountain

Roberta Gregory

Heather A Mayhew

Stevo Wehr

Nathan Stivers

Jen RaLee

Joan Holden

Leigh Lutz

Deborah Kirkpatrick

Linda Levy

Tom Rue

Nancy Hoffmann-Allison

Beejay McCabe

Michael James Myers

Edward T. Spire

Rupert Chapman

Dawn R. Dunbar

Robin Wilson

Monique Boutot

Laura Brown 💪🏼

Susan Aptaker

Steve Katz

Bonnie Wolk

Risa Guttman-Kornwitz

Angela Gora

Butch Norman

Sharon Tolman

Sue Zislis

Maurice Hirsch

Satch Dobrey

Jim Krapf

Don Starwalt

Deb Johansen

Daniel Anderson

Diane Kenney

Rebecca Koop

Nancy Shuert

Bill Pryor

Patrick Lamb

Bob Travaglione

Margaret Ragan

Martha Peters

Steve Wilson

Lauren Sullivan

Scott Bevan

Roger Saunden

Susanne Lavelle

Benita Yimsuan

Kathryn Scarano

Kathleen E Neff

Evey G Quines

Debbie Dey

John Dennehy, Jr.

Marsha Vaughn

Adam Sklena

Larry David McGregor Blumenthal

Gustavo Rodriguez

ARJ Alva Freeman

Yvette Ellard

Rory Thayer Wilson

Wayne Booth

Streven King

Phyllis Vlach Adrian

Sandy Miller Castellano

Nick Strippoli

Ben Papapietro

Renae Perry

Isaac Gabaeff

Katherine Anne O'Shea

Brian R. Quattrini

Tammy Long

Jeffrey Murray

Robin Schempp

Laura Schimoler Reed

Kenn Marash

Betsy Joyce

Peg Rees Smith

Skip Bushby.

Nancy Winne

Georgia Cosgrove

Jeff Turley

Mary Ann McDonnell

Jim O,Connor

Johan Vastiau

Wil Tucker

Michael Wright

Chris Keogan

Sean Meyer

Carol Wallack

Jim Senhauser

Sandra D. Marshall

Karen Topin

Joan Pikas

Barbara Engel

Credell Walls

Marla Renee

Michele Jones

Angela Hollis

Charlotte House

Ryan Sims

Joyce Arcala Sims

Diane Dixon-Scott

Audrey Hamilton

Terry Archibald Reed

Joan Barrett

Cookie Hood

Jane Hunt-McCaulla

Jim Henry 

Laurie Carmichael 

Karen Sieradski

Debi Stella

Dana Daugherty

Bill Vance

Becky Coduto 

Bessy Proctor

Lisa-Beth Watkins

Bonnie Daley

Barbara Hyde

April Burns

Michele Romano

Gene Romano

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