How Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter can prevent
Trump’s reelection
(Here's my pitch to the Sierra Club NY State Chapter leadership. We'll see if anyone writes back.)
While early July polling shows that Biden has a lead over Trump in many states, it would be extremely dangerous to assume that Biden’s victory is assured. Don’t forget that Republicans are certainly planning to cheat in many ways (see links below). It’s of crucial importance that Democratic candidates win by large enough margins, ideally landslides, to overcome dirty tricks. Obviously, a Trump re-election would be apocalyptic. All environmentalists and progressives should put their current campaigns on hold, put aside any complacency, and immediately join existing get out the vote efforts.
Fortunately for Sierra Club chapters and members, there is an excellent electoral campaign already up and running through Sierra Club Independent Action. I have personally been volunteering through their texting program. Phone calling and letter writing are also available at sc.org/gotv. The SCIA plan includes supporting all 64 Sierra Club chapters across the country as they work to elect pro-climate candidates up and down the ballot. After the election, the organizing and new volunteers recruited will pivot toward advocacy.
https://www.sierraclubindependentaction.org/2020-plan-to-win
I urge the Atlantic Chapter to recognize that we are in a five-alarm fire state of emergency, immediately coordinate with National staff, and recruit all Sierra Club members and friends in the Chapter to plug in to the SCIA electoral campaign. An Atlantic Chapter effort could tip tight state races from red to blue this November. Looking forward, this organizing could recruit new members and expand chapter conservation efforts. I look forward to your reply.
Sincerely,
Dan Miner
(Here's my pitch to the Sierra Club NY State Chapter leadership. We'll see if anyone writes back.)
While early July polling shows that Biden has a lead over Trump in many states, it would be extremely dangerous to assume that Biden’s victory is assured. Don’t forget that Republicans are certainly planning to cheat in many ways (see links below). It’s of crucial importance that Democratic candidates win by large enough margins, ideally landslides, to overcome dirty tricks. Obviously, a Trump re-election would be apocalyptic. All environmentalists and progressives should put their current campaigns on hold, put aside any complacency, and immediately join existing get out the vote efforts.
Fortunately for Sierra Club chapters and members, there is an excellent electoral campaign already up and running through Sierra Club Independent Action. I have personally been volunteering through their texting program. Phone calling and letter writing are also available at sc.org/gotv. The SCIA plan includes supporting all 64 Sierra Club chapters across the country as they work to elect pro-climate candidates up and down the ballot. After the election, the organizing and new volunteers recruited will pivot toward advocacy.
https://www.sierraclubindependentaction.org/2020-plan-to-win
I urge the Atlantic Chapter to recognize that we are in a five-alarm fire state of emergency, immediately coordinate with National staff, and recruit all Sierra Club members and friends in the Chapter to plug in to the SCIA electoral campaign. An Atlantic Chapter effort could tip tight state races from red to blue this November. Looking forward, this organizing could recruit new members and expand chapter conservation efforts. I look forward to your reply.
Sincerely,
Dan Miner
Danminer2345@gmail.com
beyondoilnyc.org
beyondoilnyc.org
- The Mueller report documented many Trump administration efforts to collude with Russia around the 2016 election.
- The US Senate Intelligence Committee reports confirmed these efforts and warned that Russian efforts to attack our 2020 elections should be expected. https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/press/senate-intel-releases-new-report-intel-community-assessment-russian-interference
- Trump tried extorting Ukraine to announce sham investigations into Biden by withholding military assistance, for which he was impeached.
- He made similar requests to China. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/trump-calls-china-interfere-2020-election/599365/
- “Hackers
are already screwing with the 2020 election,” Vanity Fair.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/06/hackers-are-already-screwing-with-the-2020-election - “GOP quietly kills measure to discourage foreign election interference,” MSNBC.
- “How Trump could lose the election and still remain president,” Newsweek
- Voter suppression, intimidation and chaos, as in the Wisconsin, Georgia Kentucky primary elections, Salon. https://www.salon.com/2020/06/15/investigative-journalist-greg-palast-heres-how-trump-will-steal-the-2020-election/
