1. United States
2. N.Y.
3. Letter

Members of Congress, I am writing to you not as a partisan, but as a human being asking you to search your conscience and remember your humanity. You were entrusted with power to protect people and to build a better America. Right now, that power is being used or withheld in ways that are tearing this country apart. You have the ability to stop this. Not someday. Now. The United States is losing credibility and moral authority on the world stage. We are straining relationships with allies and weakening our global standing through chaos, cruelty, and division. We could be strong. We could be respected. But strength does not come from fear or division. It comes from unity and shared values. This is not about left or right. It is not about race, gender, or party. It is about humanity. Black, white, immigrant, citizen, man, woman, child. We are all human. One thing we should be able to agree on is that no government should terrorize its people or abandon them to violence, poverty, and fear. There is a middle ground. It does not require authoritarianism or the erosion of democratic norms. The current state of this country is not inevitable. It is the result of choices. You swore an oath to the Constitution and to the American people. If the President is unable or unwilling to faithfully execute the duties of the office or is causing grave harm to the nation, you have a constitutional mechanism to act. Use it. Put down the armor. Let go of political self-preservation. Stand up for the country you vowed to serve. Please. It’s already too late but you need to do something before it gets worse. Please do something now.