How a Biden win can sink one of McConnell’s top priorities – Wertheimer op-ed in CNN

An op-ed by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer entitled, “How a Biden win can sink one of McConnell’s top priorities,” which was published by CNN on August 31, 2020. According to the piece: Joe Biden’s acceptance of the Democratic nomination for President has brought him closer to accomplishing a mission he started 47 years ago: […]

Fred Wertheimer on NPR: Attorney General Barr Has Been Acting As A Political Operative

“He has been operating as a political operative and a campaign aide to the President, rather than as Attorney General of the United States,” Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer told NPR in a segment from National Public Radio’s Morning Edition which aired today, August 28, 2020. According to the report, since early June, Barr has done […]

The Death of the Republican Party

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | August 27, 2020 “Trump has spent three and a half years as President working to establish that lying doesn’t matter, that rules, norms, and laws don’t apply to him, and that the powers of the presidency exist for him to impose his vengeance on those who fail to agree with […]

Trump Continues His Baseless Attacks on Vote By Mail

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | August 21, 2020 “Trump is not going to scam, con, lie, and cheat his way into a second presidential term.” Published reports have detailed major changes in Postal Service policies that would seriously delay ballots being sent to voters and received by election officials. The impact of these changes go […]

D21 President Fred Wertheimer: President Trump Corrupted the Durham Investigation Today

President Trump Corrupted the Durham Investigation Today Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer President Trump today plainly corrupted the criminal investigation being led by U.S. Attorney John Durham into the origins of the 2016 Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. In an interview with Fox News today, Trump made […]

D21 Sends Letter Following Up on Aug. 10 Call for Senate Ethics Committee Investigation of Senators Johnson and Grassley

Democracy 21 Sends Letter Today Following Up on August 10th Call for Senate Ethics Committee Investigation of Senators Johnson and Grassley Letter Includes New Report with Detailed Background Information Supporting Request to Determine if Russian Agents are Laundering Biden Disinformation Campaign Through Senators Johnson and Grassley and the Committees They Chair Democracy 21 sent a […]

D21 Calls for Senate Ethics Committee Investigation Into Whether Russian Agents are Laundering Biden Disinformation Through Sens. Johnson and Grassley

Democracy 21 Calls for Senate Ethics Committee Investigation to Determine if Russian Agents are Laundering Biden Disinformation Campaign Through Senators Johnson and Grassley   Democracy 21 sent a letter to the Senate Ethics Committee today calling for an investigation by the Committee into whether Russian agents are laundering a disinformation campaign against Democratic presidential candidate […]

Wertheimer Open Letter to US Attorney Durham Calling on Him to Comply with DOJ Policy on Not Influencing Elections

In Open Letter, Democracy 21 President Calls on U.S. Attorney John Durham to Comply with DOJ Policy and Not Issue Report or Bring Indictments at this Late Stage of Presidential Election   Enclosed for your information is an open letter that Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer sent to U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut […]

Wertheimer Statement on the 55th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of the most important documents in American history. It stripped away the artificial barriers erected to prevent African Americans and other people of color from exercising their sacred right to vote. The right to vote is at the heart of our system of representative government and ingrains […]