Call (preferable)
Enter your address. You will get five names, look for the two marked "U.S. Senator" and one "U.S. Representative"
Click on "Contact" on the right to call
Below is a sample script that you can use while calling your Senators and Representatives. Please feel free to add any details to this, such as additional reasons why the U.S. should continue to support Ukraine and why this issue is important to you. You can use this script for both speaking with a staffer or leaving a voicemail.
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Hello! My name is [your name] and I live in [city, state]. My zip code is [zip code].
Russia recently hit a children's hospital in Kyiv, using missiles fired from airbases that Ukraine can hit but continues to be forbidden to with US weapons. This despicable act calls for the US to lift its absurd and weak policy of restricting Ukraine's use of weapons on legitimate military targets. Thank you.
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Feel free to improvise and don't be nervous. Calling may seem stressful at first, but it's really easy.
You can call weekly or even every day. Calling regularly is very effective because it tells the representative that you're organized and dedicated. Aides tally all calls, but they take particular note of people who call regularly. The biggest threat to a representative during elections are enthusiastic constituents with a grudge. Your voice matters.
Write
If you are sure you cannot call (a call is worth 20 letters but a letter is still better than nothing), you can do this:
Go to democracy.io and enter your address to get your representatives.
Write the letter, you can title it: Lift ban on Ukraine using US weapons to strike Russia
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Your support for Ukraine is a key issue for me as a constituent. While Russia continues its genocidal invasion of Ukraine, I am ashamed that the US is forbidding Ukraine from striking the bases from which the Russian air force is bombing Ukrainian cities. Meanwhile, Russia’s air force launches missiles and glide bombs on a daily basis, including ones provided to it by Iran.
How much longer are we going to insist Ukrainians fight to defend their families with one arm tied? This policy joins a long list of red lines that were eventually rejected, all for supposedly deescalating the situation while Russia rapes, murders and erases entire Ukrainian cities from the map.
I ask that you do what is in your power to pressure the Biden administration to abandon this absurd and weak policy.
Thank you.
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The category is usually International Affairs.
USA
updated Aug 5, 2024
