Subject: HAPPENING @ 11:30AM: Advocates Protest Trump's Hateful Rhetoric Ahead Of McConnell Meeting, Call On Republican Leaders To Do Their Job, Stop Supreme Court Obstruction
From: Blake Williams <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 10:36:49 -0400

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                            Contact:               Jeremy Funk, 202-470-5878
May 12, 2016                                                                            Blake Williams, 202-470-5870

***Media Advisory for 11:30AM Thursday, May 12, 2016***

Advocates Protest Trump's Hateful Rhetoric Ahead Of McConnell Meeting, Call On Republican Leaders To Do Their Job, Stop Supreme Court Obstruction

Above: Signs Protesters Will Wave Outside Trump Meetings With Republican Leaders

Washington, DC - On Thursday, May 12th at 11:30am, a coalition of progressive advocates will hold protests before and right outside of Donald Trump's meeting at the National Republican Senatorial Committee to call on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, and the rest of the Republican Senators to end their obstruction of the Supreme Court nomination process, and their attempt to hold the seat vacant hoping that Trump will be able to place a nominee on the court that matches his extreme views.

Based on his own dangerous campaign promises, Trump has shown he could have the most extreme litmus test for a nominee ever. It explains why whether it's his call to 'ban all Muslims', punish women<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-abortion-women-punishment_us_56fc2a99e4b083f5c606880d> who seek out an abortion or round up<http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-deportation-force-illegal-immigration-2015-11> 11 million immigrants for mass deportation, Americans overwhelming distrust Trump to nominate a new Supreme Court justice. Polling<http://aufc.3cdn.net/b3f0af6ecdf090a89a_iim6bnlvy.pdf> released Monday showed that a majority of Americans distrust Trump to pick the new justice and 65% of Americans believe the Republican-run Senate needs to hold hearings on President Obama's nominee.

Visuals: Protesters will wave signs reading "Don't Let McConnell Trump The Supreme Court", "The GOP: Party Of Trump" and "GOP + Trump: Dangerous, Divisive, Deceitful"; A mobile billboard truck will circle the NRSC showing the number of days Republican leaders have spent obstructing the nomination process since Judge Merrick Garland was nominated.

***NRSC Protest***

What:            Progressive advocates protest Republican Supreme Court obstruction outside meeting between Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell at the National Republican Senatorial Committee

When:           Thursday, May 12th at 11:30AM

Where:         National Republican Senatorial Committee, 425 2nd St. NE, Washington, D.C. 20002

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