Stop the Constitutional Crisis: Indivisible Knoxville Rally
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a Maryland father and a legal U.S. resident. Last month, ICE agents tore him away from his 5-year-old son in an IKEA parking lot. No warrant. No trial.
Then, Trump’s agents illegally deported him to El Salvador, where he’s now locked inside one of the world’s most brutal maximum-security facilities.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously — 9 to 0 — that the Trump administration must return Kilmar to the U.S.
And now? Trump is defying the highest court of the land. Spitting on the constitution. And daring the rest of us to stop him. (Well take that dare!)
This isn’t just a tragedy, it’s a five-alarm constitutional crisis. If Trump can rip families apart, break the law, and ignore the Supreme Court without consequences, then the rule of law is dead — and none of us are safe.
Kilmar’s case is horrifying, but not isolated. The numbers of contributing, legal members of our society who are being cruelly and unjustly removed from our country keep climbing.
And now, Trump is saying the quiet part out loud. Yesterday morning, live on camera, he said he wanted to send “homegrowns” — U.S. citizens — to foreign prisons.
If Congress lets this slide — if they don’t step in immediately to do all they can to bring Kilmar home and hold Trump accountable — then we could be entering a new era of unchecked, authoritarian power.
During this congressional recess, we’re taking this directly to our elected officials. This is not LEFT OR RIGHT, this is OUR CONSTITUTION at risk of crumbling under their abuses.
It became obvious in Tim Burchett’s recent telephone town hall that they were so in shock over our turnout at the April 5th Hands Off! event that they only way they could justify what they saw was to call us ‘paid protestors’ and ‘radical leftists’ that are a problem to be solved.
Tim is convinced that he is on the right side and that most East Tennesseans agree with him.
So we’re going in with slightly different messaging than the usual next Friday to prove him wrong, so get your markers and poster boards ready! Here’s a few sign suggestions so we can keep this TARGETED and on message to make the biggest impact:
*I’m not being paid to be here, but YOU are, Timmy!*
*I’m NO radical leftist!!* (Unless you are… then wear it proudly!)
*Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia Home!*
*Ignoring The Courts Is A Constitutional Crisis!!*
*My politics are rooted in a deep love for humanity. Are yours?*
*Jesus loved the little children. ALL the children of the world*
Oh, and there will be singing. We’re thinking popular Sunday School songs such as ‘This Little Light Of Mine’ and ‘Jesus Loves The Little Children’ to fit the theme of proving him WRONG while reinforcing our message of LOVE FOR ALL. Send us an email if you have any song suggestions!
When: Friday, April 25 @3pm
Where: Howard H. Baker, Jr. United States Courthouse 800 Market St suite 112, Knoxville, TN 37902
Register here:
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/777543/
See you next Friday,
The Indivisible Knoxville Planning Team
The Indivisible Knoxville Planning Team