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The Next Phase of This Fight: Musk Or Us March Recess
The House and Senate are heading home for recess from March 15-23 -- and they are desperate to avoid you.
Why? Because during the last recess, the few Republicans who dared to hold town halls got absolutely wrecked by their own constituents. People showed up. They demanded answers. They called out their Members of Congress for gutting Medicaid, slashing Social Security, and letting President Musk seize control of federal systems with zero oversight. In the days that followed, we saw those same Republicans start to get very nervous about their complicity and their plan to slash very popular programs like Medicaid.
Republican leadership took notes. Now they’re telling their members to dodge town halls altogether. They know that if voters see what they’re actually doing -- selling out the country to billionaires while shredding programs that millions rely on -- it will be politically devastating.
And Elon Musk? He's panicking because he sees what we're doing is working. If we weren't a threat, he wouldn’t be xeeting about us.
The Plan: Make Them Answer For It
Next week, we'll send you the full Musk or Us Recess Toolkit. But here’s where we start:
CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS RIGHT NOW AND DEMAND A TOWN HALL. If Republicans want to vote to gut your healthcare and hand billions to Elon Musk, they should have to face their constituents and explain themselves. As for Democrats, we need them to be out there, loudly, explaining to their constituents what’s going on and how they’re going to fight back.
Call Senate Republicans -- If they’re gutting Medicaid and Social Security, they should say it to your face.Call House Republicans -- They’re looting the government for billionaires. Make them explain why.Call Senate Democrats -- They must hold the line against extreme MAGA cuts and demand real guardrails to protect against the Trump-Musk coup.Call House Democrats -- They need to hear from us. No deals. No blank checks. No business as usual.
FIND A TOWN HALL -- OR REPORT ONE. If you know of a town hall happening, tell us here.
IF THEY WON’T SHOW UP, START PLANNING YOUR EMPTY CHAIR TOWN HALL. We will call them out. We will invite the press. We will make sure every voter in their district knows exactly what kind of coward they are (just for fun, we came across this video we did back in 2017 on putting together an empty chair town hall, and figured you'd also like to see it). And if your Republican senator or representative is dodging, reach out to a neighboring Democrat to stand in for them at your empty chair town hall.
This Is A Fight for Our Country
Elon Musk and Donald Trump think they can rule this country like kings.
House Republicans think they can steal from working families to fund billionaire tax cuts.
They all think we'll sit back and let them get away with it.They are dead wrong.
This country does not belong to billionaires.
It does not belong to Trump.
It does not belong to Musk.It belongs to us.
We do not do kings. We do not let billionaires steal our government. And we sure as hell don’t stand by while a corrupt former president and an unelected billionaire try to burn our democracy to the ground.
So here’s the question: Are we going to let them get away with it?
Or are we going to fight like hell?
Get ready. More soon.
In solidarity,
Indivisible TeamP.S. -- Just to answer Elon Musk's question about who funds us directly: You do. And if you have a few bucks to chip in to keep powering the work of holding our Members of Congress accountable in cities and towns across the country, we'd really appreciate it.