NEW: Rally Sunday to Call on Reed, Whitehouse to “Shut Senate Down” Over SCOTUS Confirmation
Saturday, September 19, 2020
A rally is scheduled for Sunday at Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse’s Providence offices to "throw sand in the gears of a SCOTUS nomination," in the wake of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing
Rally organizers are calling on the Senators "to take every action possible in the U.S. Senate -- to block every motion, stop unanimous consent on every item, force every bill and continuing resolution to be read in full."
The rally starts Sunday at 2 PM at Burnside Park and will make its way to the Senators' downtown offices.
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About Rally
Sunday’s action is sponsored by a number of local groups, including Gen Z: We Want to Live, the youth organization that helped lead the 10,000+ person protest in Rhode Island in June.
“Generation Z owes Ruth Bader Ginsburg our thanks. But now all of the rights that she fought for, and that we depend on, are in danger," said roup co-founder Jaychelle Schenck. "Her replacement will determine the laws young people will be forced to live with for the rest of our lives. We need our senators to step up and fight like everything is on the line -- because for our generation, it is.”
"As a DACA recipient, it is hard to mourn without fear, and it is easy to fall into despair. After all, so much is at stake for so many of us," said mmigration activist Rodrigo Pimental. "But the ultimate arbiters of what is just isn't the Court. It's we the people, and we the people demand justice, now and in November."