To Every Member of Congress
Our military budget is beyond outrageous already. The Pentagon does not need and does not deserve an additional $500 billion — money that could and should be used to address our nation’s great challenges. The Pentagon has never passed an audit. It is, historically, the greatest source of waste, fraud, and abuse in the entire federal government by far. But even if none of that were true, Donald Trump has made it crystal clear that he does not respect the military, those who sacrifice for their country, or the American people at large. He has made it crystal clear that he will deploy the military irresponsibly and illegally. He has made it crystal clear that he has no qualms about deploying the military domestically, on American soil, against American citizens. Given all of this and more, no representative or senator should vote for even one dollar in additional Pentagon funding.