ROOT OUT THREATS against LAWMAKERS. They deprive us of representation

America has become a police state. Americans and the world are horrified by the terror and violence of the ICE GESTAPO and by Trump's claims to rule with unchecked power. We are horrified by the piracy, the violence, the contempt for life, law, science, international sovereignty and all goodness and decency..........................................................................................................................................................................Today I am asking you to take some non-legislative actions to set us on the path to reining in Fascism and government abuse..................................................................................We hear a great deal about threats made to members of congress and their families, threats which have led some to resign or choose not to run again...............................................................................................The people you should be serving, your constituents, need to know that their elected representatives will represent them and will not be bribed, strong-armed, or threatened to vote by a dictator-president or by the big money that destroys democracy...----------------------------------------------------------In order to pass urgently needed measures to restrict ICE and stop illegal presidential wars, impoundments and usurpation, members of congress must be able to do their job without threats.-----------------------------------------I ask you to expose the culture of threats: start by speaking out publicly and getting publicity for the issue. Create a confidential way to monitor threats. State publicly that threats will not change your votes. Support your colleagues, even those you disagree with, personally, institutionally, and publicly, to enable them to stand strong about threats. DO NOT LET THIS TOXIC UNDERMINING OF LEGISLATION by threats thrive in the darkness. Hold hearing, make referrals to law enforcement and root it out. ............................By tolerating it and allowing colleagues votes to be changed, you normalise a practice that robs us of representation and overturns democracy. YOU NEED TO ROOT THIS OUT NOW.