Act of Resistance: Support Bill to remove Steve Bannon from NSC

Call your representative today to request the support of a bill introduced by Representative Murphy to remove Bannon from the National Security Council, and restore the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff. If you are on Twitter, start following Murphy and retweet the goods @RepStephMurphy.

House Representative Stephanie Murphy, D-Florida, introduced legislation last week that would, “prevent political advisers like Bannon from being assigned to the council or being authorized to attend meetings.” The bill also restores the expectation that the intelligence director and Joint Chiefs chairman be present at all National Security Council meetings. (Go Girrrrrrl!)

A little background, if you don’t already know the gist:

Donald Trump appointed Steve Bannon to a permanent seat on the National Security Council and removed the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff. This is a radical move on several fronts: Bannon has no government, intelligence, or high-level military experience. Bannon was the head of Breitbart News, a fake news media outlet that promotes false conspiracy theories, propaganda, and supports white nationalism.

Sources

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/29/512295108/with-national-security-council-shakeup-steve-bannon-gets-a-seat-at-the-table

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-murphy-bannon-nsc-bill-20170201-story.html

Directory of US Senate Representatives: http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/

Directory of US House Representatives: http://www.house.gov/representatives/

Washington State:

Senator Maria Cantwell (202) 224-3441, (509) 353-2507

Senator Patty Murray (202) 224-2621, (509) 624-9515

Representative Dan Newhouse 202-225-5816, (509) 713-7374

Transcript for phone:

Hello, My name is ______, from ________, zip code ________.

Please support legislation introduced by Rep Stephanie Murphy and remove Steve Bannon from the National Security Council.