One year ago, fossil fueled fascists descended on DC to try and overturn a free and fair election: They stormed the Capitol, attempted to hunt down members of Congress and tried to steal the presidency for Donald Trump.

They failed on Jan 6, 2021, but that wasn't the end of it.

As we've talked about elsewhere, the coup never stopped and the same people behind the Jan 6 2021 attack on democracy are planning another series of rallies this week. Trump canceled his planned speech in Florida, but other groups are planning a rally at the DC jail where about 40 of the insurrectionists are being held. And some of the members of Congress who aided and abetted the coup attempt are planning a press conference in DC.

Many of us are headed to pro-democracy vigils in our communities later today, and last night our friends at Shut Down DC dropped a banner near the US Capitol that called on Congress to Expel all Fascists. Can you back up these actions with a quick call to support Congresswoman Cori Bush's H.Res 25 to investigate and expel the members of Congress who helped incite the violent insurrection at our Capitol?

By Sue Dorfman, ZUMA Press - Activists dropped a banner calling on Congress to Expel all Fascists

Last January, right after the insurrection, Rep. Bush introduced a resolution calling on the Ethics Committee to investigate and report on whether any and all actions taken by Members of Congress to overturn the 2020 Presidential election violated their oath of office — and if so instruct them to face sanction, up to and including removal from the House of Representatives.

In the aftermath of the violent coup attempt at the Capitol, the idea was popular — 54 members of the house cosponsored Rep Bush's bill. And in the Senate, progressive leaders like Sen Sherrod Brown and Sen Sheldon Whitehouse have argued that Republican insurrectionists like Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz should resign or be expelled.

But in the months since, Congressional leadership has chosen to try and work with Republicans and trust in their slow-moving bipartisan investigation; President Biden has taken a conciliatory tone toward fascists, and the big fossil fuel corporations that fund them; And the Department of Justice has slow-walked recommendations to investigate and prosecute the leaders of the January 6 insurrection, focussing on mob violence instead of the ringleaders.

It's been a year, and fossil fueled fascists in Congress who helped plan the insurrection have faced more consequences from Twitter than they have from their colleagues.

As John Nichols lays out in a persuasive Nation article this week, Rep. Bush’s resolution is the best opportunity for Congress to hold insurrectionists in their midsts accountable. Because "It covers two types of offenders: those who actively engaged in plotting with insurrectionists and those who gave aid or comfort to the project."

On the anniversary of the insurrection at the US Capitol, will you call your member of Congress and tell them to support Rep Bush’s resolution to investigate and expel all fossil fueled fascists in the US Congress?

Sincerely

Drew and the 198 methods to expel all fascists crew

Photo by Sue Dorfman, ZUMA Press

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