interstellarsentience:

Hello friends! Who wants to write a letter or twelve? I’ve got the form letter campaign to get you started!

Trump’s campaign has been riddled with hypocrisy, lies, backpedalling, racism, xenophobia, bigotry, hatred, the list goes on and on and on. We the people need to call his administration out on it, and this is something anyone can do, even you! You do not need to be a United States citizen to help, you do not need to live here, you don’t even have to have visited. This administration’s actions and decisions affect everyone.

I’m worried about writing a letter.
This is understandable. This isn’t my first letter writing campaign and I still get a bit nervous about it. There are ways around it, within reason. You do not need to attach your real name to the letter. You can use a (reasonably believable) pseudonym, such as John Doe or Jane Smith or Cal Fornea. You can even use Concerned Citizen or Concerned Human. You can use your real name if you want. Please be sure to not use vulgarity in place of a name, though, no matter how tempting.

You can use your real email address if you want to see if you will receive (a likely canned) follow up email; you can create a throwaway email address. If you don’t like either of those options, you can use the GuerrillaMail server to copy/paste a disposable email address into the email field. GuerrillaMail is safe, secure, anonymous, and doesn’t require any information from you.

Where am I writing to?
We are going to flood the White House inbox with demands to have them address Mike Pence’s change of stance on the Muslim Ban Issue.

Please feel free to randomize any information you do not wish to enter, such as address and phone number. Here is a list of US postal codes if you need it.

I don’t know what to say!
I’ve got to covered! Here’s a basic form letter for you to use. Customize if you want to, or just leave it as is.

To Whom It May Concern:

My name is [xxxx]. It has recently come to my attention that on December 8th, 2015, Vice President Mike Pence (formerly, governor of Indiana) tweeted at 7:30am, “Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.”

On January 27th, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order that restricted and prevented entrance to the United States by people from seven “Muslim dominant” countries, and banned refugees from those countries as well. Included in this executive order is language outlining a “religion test”, which gives priority to Christians and vets Muslims.

I am concerned about Vice President Mike Pence’s views on this; whether in the two years since he tweeted that statement if his views have since changed, or if he stands by those words. I am concerned as to whether his views on this issue, whether or not they have changed, might prevent him from upholding one of the primary, and certainly the most important, duties of his office: ensuring the safety and freedom of all Americans. This should, of course, include green card holders, those who have gone through the strenuous vetting process as refugees, as well as naturalized citizens who would travel back and forth between these now-restricted countries in order to visit family.

I am requesting that the White House address this issue regarding Vice President Mike Pence’s tweet, “Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional”, and where he stands on the issue, and why he might have changed his stance.

I thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Send it and you’ve done it! I appreciate everyone’s help on this, from sending letters to reblogging this to get the word out.

Stay tuned for more letter writing activism if you want to keep helping this way! Together, we will #Resist.