Tell your senatorsNo Supreme Court confirmation until Congress passes COVID-19 relief

Posted: Oct. 13, 2020

Senate hearings for Donald Trump's dangerous Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, are officially under way, and a committee vote could come as soon as October 22. The mere existence of these hearings is a corrupt charade of historic proportions.

We need to show our lawmakers that Christians want a government that supports justice, dignity, and equal rights for all -- not hypocrisy and cruelty.

Republican senators are holding these hearings despite (or more likely because of) the cruel threats that Barrett poses to immigrants, LGBTQ rights, democracy, and affordable health care... despite their now-broken promise to never consider a nominee during a presidential election... and despite the fact that it's been more than 200 days since the Senate passed any COVID-19 relief for the American people.

It's not just ironic to take away health care while refusing to offer pandemic relief -- it's flat-out immoral. With Trump's religious-right allies spreading the lie that Barrett is the clear Christian choice, it's vital that progressive Christians raise our voices in dissent today. Tell the Senate: We don't need a Justice Barrett, we need COVID-19 relief!

Sign the petition:

Dear Senator,

As your constituent and as a Christian, I call on the Senate to halt all other business until additional coronavirus relief becomes law -- especially the confirmation process of Judge Amy Coney Barrett. After going more than 200 days without passing any COVID-19 stimulus, it is unconscionable for Senate Republicans to now rush through a Supreme Court nomination less than one month before Election Day. The hypocrisy must be stopped.

Our state and our country need you to help America's most vulnerable populations by providing at least $2.2 trillion to expand testing and treatment, protect essential workers, help the unemployed with $600 per week, expand child care assistance, combat systemic racism in our health care infrastructure, care for the homeless and the incarcerated, and secure our elections -- while not including any fossil-fuel giveaways.

Senate Republicans' insistence on holding hearings for a Supreme Court nominee who is likely to take away Americans' affordable health care while simultaneously refusing to help those same Americans face a global pandemic is the height of hypocrisy, cruelty, and immorality. As a Christian, I ask you to do everything you can to stop this confirmation process, reject Judge Barrett's nomination, and send a COVID-19 People's Bailout to the White House at once.

Thank you.

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