Thread by @ExposingALEC

1) Trump won't be able to terminate the US Constitution but a Republican-led effort to rewrite it continues news.yahoo.com/trump-wont-abl… Trump's "allies are busy pushing an unprecedented rewrite of the foundational document that would fundamentally alter Americans' daily lives."

2) "In 2022, a group with ties to Trump's orbit was able to get four more states to join its efforts."

"@CommonCause is trying both to thwart any new convention pushes alongside repealing old resolutions calling a convention." commoncause.org/our-work/const… Support them!

#NoConCon

GOP proposal calls for convention to amend U.S. Constitution bit.ly/3D0VH0J "In 2021, it came within 2 votes of passage in the #Montana Senate...This session, Democrats control three fewer Senate seats and several GOP defectors are no longer in office" #NoConCon

The Convention of States Project's application was officially filed in the Rhode Island legislature! conventionofstates.com/news/we-ve-don…

#DontBeConned #NoConCon #RhodeIsland

1/ Progress Map: States that have passed the Convention of States Article V application as of 1/21/22 conventionofstates.com/states-that-ha…
Blue: Active Legislation
Green: Passed COS Resolution
Yellow: Passed in one chamber
#DontBeConned #NoConCon

2/ States that have passed the Convention of States application (1/21/22):
#Georgia
#Alaska
#Florida
#Alabama
#Tennessee
#Indiana
#Oklahoma
#Louisiana
#Arizona
#NorthDakota
#Texas
#Missouri
#Arkansas
#Utah
#Mississippi
#Wisconsin
#Nebraska
#WestVirginia
#SouthCarolina

#NoConCon

3/ States considering the Convention of States Resolution in 2023 (1/21/22):
#Illinois
#Iowa
#Massachusetts
#Montana
#NewYork
#RhodeIsland
#Virginia
#Wyoming

#NoConCon

Montana Senate votes in favor of resolution calling for a Convention of States conventionofstates.com/news/cos-succe… The House must still take up the resolution before Montana becomes state number 20 to call for an Article V convention. #NoConCon

A resolution that would make #Montana the 20th state to request an Article V Convention to amend the U.S. Constitution is likely dead after it FAILED on its third reading in the Senate Wednesday❗️🎆 👏dailymontanan.com/briefs/montana…
#NoConCon‼️

"Leftist groups, Common Cause and League of Women Voters, have sowed the seeds of fear into the GOP ranks in Montana and Wyoming"😭
conventionofstates.com/news/leftists-…
Convention of States approval killed in #Montana, on life support in #Wyoming‼️

Props to @CommonCause and @LWV
#NoConCon

House State Affairs committee sinks Convention of States resolution blackhillsfox.com/2023/02/08/hou…
ConCon has been brought before the #SouthDakota legislature every year since at least 2012. Last year it was just three votes away from passing the Senate.
#NoConCon

Lawmakers advance bill that would convene a convention of states & limit power of federal government wyomingpublicmedia.org/politics-gover…
A bill that calls for a convention of states passed the #Wyoming Senate and has been introduced in the House.
#NoConCon

#ALEC’s most recent project, along with other groups funded by rightwing billionaires, is to
FORCE BLUE STATES INTO SUBMISSION
by rewriting the US Constitution.
Republicans are just a handful of states short of their goal bit.ly/3RKdwau
#NoConCon

The rightwing coup continues:

Grassroots activists spread the COS message through local news outlets conventionofstates.com/news/grassroot… In the past week, a #Wyoming and a #NewHampshire volunteer published letters to local news outlets pushing a re-write of the #Constitution

#NoConCon

DeSantis’ quiet plan for the Constitution is frighteningly serious msnbc.com/the-reidout/re… "this position has allowed fringe conservatives to dream of a day when they can use their control of state legislatures to fix all sorts of perceived federalist ills." #NoConCon #DeSantis

Santorum joins North Carolina House GOP to push Convention wunc.org/politics/2023-… "Senate leader Phil Berger knows that a convention application is a priority of House Republicans... A joint resolution isn't subject to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto" #NoConCon #ncpol

US constitutional convention backed by N. Carolina House witn.com/2023/03/09/us-… The two resolutions now go to the [GQP-controlled] Senate, where affirmative votes also would be needed for approval. Resolutions aren’t subject to the [Democratic] governor’s veto stamp.
#NoConCon

Wyoming Legislator Exposes “Convention of States” Fraudulent Tactics and Lies thenewamerican.com/wyoming-legisl… "state Representative Sarah Penn (R-33) reveals the fraudulent tactics used by COS to beguile her and other state lawmakers into voting for it." #NoConCon

Convention of States Florida Holds Successful Rally in Tally pjmedia.com/news-and-polit… "nearly 100 Floridians went to the capitol in Tallahassee...
An outgrowth of the Tea Party Movement, Convention of States Action proposes to call all 50 states together in a convention" #NoConCon

Convention of States President Mark Meckler is organizing a rally to call on #Texas legislators to increase the enforcement of the state's existing laws on the border with #Mexico newsmax.com/us/texas-rally… #NoConCon #Immigration

ANOTHER Lawmaker Exposes Convention of States Fraud, Fake Emails & ID Theft thenewamerican.com/another-lawmak… "deception...is aimed at making lawmakers believe that their constituents support the agenda to call a convention to change the U.S. Constitution"
#NoConCon

'The greater risk': #Kansas GOP-controlled legislature apprehensive on giving in to Rick Santorum rawstory.com/constitutional… “How do you call a convention when you don’t know how you’re going to do it? I think that ought to come first." #NoConCon