Dear Representative Kennedy:

We observe with increasing alarm the many threats to democracy in the United States, stemming from the current President’s actions.  These include:

• A concerted and continued attempt to wrongly reverse his election loss in 2020, thwarted only by a particular Vice President and by a startled and frightened Congress;

• Eroded independence of legislative and judicial branches of our national government, along with absolute personal loyalty of hundreds of Executive Branch leaders to the President, instead of loyalty to the Constitution, and who demonstrate little regard for legislative and judicial checks;

• Eroded state-level rights on one hand, and on the other eroded support of international law, trade, norms, and relationships;

• Eroded independence of business, non-governmental, educational, and even religious institutions;

• The construction, growth and domestic deployment of a standing army loyal to the President, and not to the rule of law;

• The President’s strategy to govern by ever-increasing crises, many of his own making.

 With this evidence and experience in mind, we therefore call on you to:

• Publish your intention to encourage, support, and abide by free and fair elections, in accordance with Federal, State, and Local law.

• Individually develop and publish your plan, should free and fair elections be disrupted, or if the current Congress refuses to swear in new members. 

• Work with other members of Congress to publish a plan to stand against threats to free and fair elections and against seating the next Congress.

Please consider our non-violent, non-disruptive visits to your office as indicators of our support for this request.