MoveOn Calls for Democrats to Reject Trump-Era Anti-Asylum Border Policies

Executive Director Rahna Epting: “Donald Trump and his MAGA allies wrote the playbook on cruel and inhumane immigration policies, and the Biden administration should reject any measures that tear families apart and gut our country’s values and morals.” Washington, D.C. – Following reporting that the White House is considering harmful, Trump-era asylum policies as part of the foreign aid funding negotiations, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement:  “Donald Trump and his MAGA allies wrote the playbook on cruel and inhumane immigration policies, and the Biden…

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MoveOn Once Again Calls for Congress to Expel George Santos

Washington, D.C. – Following the explosive bipartisan report released today by the House Ethics Committee, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement: “I can’t believe we have to say this, but a member of Congress has no business using campaign funds to pay for Botox treatments and lavish Atlantic City trips. What more do we need to know? Expel George Santos. New York 3rd District residents deserve real representation—not a lying lawmaker cheating the system at every opportunity for his own gain.”  For months, MoveOn and…

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Calls for a Cease-Fire—But Then What?

The protest began with a prayer. Several thousand Muslims knelt in rows before the Capitol building yesterday afternoon, their knees resting on the woven rugs they’d brought from home. Women here and men over there, with onlookers to the side. Seen from the Speaker’s Balcony, this ranked congregation would have looked like colorful stripes spanning the grassy width of the National Mall. “We are witnessing, before our eyes, the slaughter of thousands of people on our streets,” Omar Suleiman, the imam who led the prayer, had said beforehand. “We are…

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MoveOn New Jersey Members Vote In Support of Calls for Senator Bob Menendez to Resign

Washington, D.C. – MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting today released the following statement: “Nearly 80% of New Jersey MoveOn members surveyed voted in favor of Senator Menendez’s resignation following the recent federal bribery charges. Our members believe that Senator Menendez has violated the public trust and is no longer fit to represent his constituents in the United States Senate. It is apparent that remaining in his role would only distract from the important work that his constituents rely upon their congressional representatives for. Our MoveOn members have made…

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