To: Phillip Brown, Chief of Staff & legislative liaison of Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet and Peter Baniak, Editor of Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper
Stop Mitch McConnell from being re-elected
Given that Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky refused to do his job and hold hearings on the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, and given that Sen. McConnell, by peremptorily silencing Senator Elizabeth Warren, squashed free and open debate on the candidacy of Jeff Sessions to be U.S. Attorney General, we believe that Senator McConnell no longer deserves to be a senator. To convince the people of Kentucky to check his dictatorial ways, we are alerting them that we are boycotting the state of Kentucky because of Sen. McConnell. We will not travel through Kentucky; we will not stay there until Mr. McConnell is no longer a senator. Kentucky will not get our tourist or our business dollars.
Why is this important?
Senator McConnell refused to do his job as a U.S. Senator and encouraged other senators to shirk their responsibilities when he refused to hold hearings on Judge Merrick Garland. This week he impeded the proper functioning of the Senate when he moved to have Senator Elizabeth Warren permanently silenced and excluded from the debate on the candidacy of Sen. Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General. Senator Warren was silenced because she was reading a relevant letter from Coretta Scott King on the many reasons Jeff Sessions should not be given a position of power. If you are willing to sign this petition, please note if you are a resident of a state near to Kentucky or if you had planned to travel to Kentucky before you read about Senator McConnell's undemocratic actions.