Dear fellow MoveOn member,
I don't send you emails often—and right now I'm in the middle of shooting a new television project that has constrained my other commitments—but this moment is too important.
Donald Trump just vetoed a historic bipartisan resolution that would have ended U.S. involvement in the illegal and immoral war in Yemen. Like fellow MoveOn members and allies, I have been horrified at what is happening in Yemen and I have worked to add my voice toward ending the conflict.
MoveOn has just printed a big batch of "Endless Wars" stickers to help MoveOn members proclaim our commitment to ending wars, pursuing peace and diplomacy, and ensuring that reshaping our foreign policy is part of the 2020 political debate. And they're giving them away for free while supplies last.
Click here or on the image below to get your free "Endless Wars" sticker now.
Two weeks ago, Congress took the historic bipartisan step of reasserting its constitutional war powers to end U.S. participation in the illegal, inhumane, Saudi-led war in Yemen—a war that has killed 85,000 children and is pushing millions to the brink of starvation.
Trump's veto means that—for the time being—we'll keep supporting Saudi Arabia's brutal war, and the United States will be complicit in more deaths and destruction. Meanwhile, Trump is using this time to tout the false claim that he is anti-war, even as more than 140 Yemeni children die every day due to war-related causes.
Ending wars is seemingly never as easy as starting them—but it's important we build on this Congressional momentum right now and ensure that throughout the 2020 elections, ending endless wars, including this immoral disaster in Yemen, is a central part of the political discussion for progressive candidates. Because this cruel act shows that Trump's claim to being anti-war is completely false, it's time for progressive candidates to commit to ending our endless wars and refusing to give up this important ground to Donald Trump heading into the 2020 election.
Eddie, Trump's veto is not only heartless, but dangerous: He is rejecting the will of Congress by denying that we are even at war in Yemen.
But we know that even with such a setback, we must continue the campaign to reset the country's moral compass and challenge the status quo of fighting endless wars and to stand alongside those suffering in Yemen. Thanks to the determined efforts of MoveOn members and allies—even when it seemed impossible—both the House and Senate passed a bill to end an unauthorized war for the first time in history. And it happened with the support of every Democrat in Congress. In the wake of Trump's veto, we must continue pushing Congress to build on this achievement and pursue next steps, like stopping weapons sales to the Saudi regime.
We need to show political candidates and the media that ending endless wars by repealing the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force and ending our involvement in Yemen is a priority for resetting our moral compass on foreign policy—and show our friends and neighbors who want to pursue peace and diplomacy that they aren't alone.
I know I'll be waiting for mine.
Thanks for all your work on ending this conflict and continuing to carry forward.
–Mark Ruffalo
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