Latest on Armistice Day plans for a military parade in DC

Douglas — Remember Trump’s tank parade? His horrible idea for a giant military parade taking over the streets of our nation’s capital is only getting worse: He’s ordered the Pentagon to plan this authoritarian parade for Veterans Day.

That means that soldiers will be forced to march in Trump's parade instead of spending time resting or with loved ones. On Veterans Day.

Forcing active-duty servicemembers to spend many hours practicing to inflate Trump’s ego — and then making them give up their Veterans Day holiday weekend to march in a mandatory parade? That’s blatantly awful, even for Trump.

We’ve got to put a stop to this. On Saturday, Win Without War joined hundreds of thousands of activists marching against Trump’s militaristic, racist immigration agenda. This July 4th, let’s keep raising our voices to shut down Trump’s violence-first policies — not prop up his authoritarian agenda with forced parades.

Tell Congress: Respect active-duty troops and cut off funding for the Trump Parade.

Every dollar that goes to this parade is a dollar that could have been invested in true safety and peace. Trump is pilfering from veterans’ health care and Flint’s clean water to feed his ego with an autocratic march.

Win Without War spends a lot of time and energy fighting to jam up the gears of the Washington war machine. We go toe-to-toe with war hawks and defense industry lobbyists at every turn. But for once, the D.C. consensus and the American people’s common sense agree: This parade is a terrible idea.

Nobody wants this parade except Trump — not even the Pentagon. That means we have real leverage to stop this dangerous and disrespectful parade.

And right now, we have the perfect chance to act. This July 4th week, Congress is looking for ways to prove to their constituents they are standing up for democratic values.

So we need to let Congress know: The absolute least they can do this week is to prevent Trump from forcing servicemembers to march in an authoritarian parade on Veterans Day.

Tell Congress: Before the fireworks, celebrate the 4th of July by defunding Trump’s tank parade.

Thank you for working for peace,

Sunjeev, Stephen, Amy, and the Win Without War team

 

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