Press Releases Archive

D21 Sends Letter to Representatives Urging Support for George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020

Enclosed for your information is a letter sent on June 24, 2020 by Democracy 21 to Members of Congress urging their support for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. Find the full text of the letter below. – June 24, 2020 Dear Representative, Democracy 21 strongly supports the George Floyd Justice in […]

D21 Files 6th DOJ Complaint Against AG Barr, This Time for Appointing Former Trump Aide to Lead Criminal Investigation into Obama Administration ‘Unmasking’

Democracy 21 Files Sixth DOJ Complaint Against AG Barr, This Time for Appointing Former Trump White House Aide to Lead Criminal Investigation into Obama Administration ‘Unmasking’ Complaint Says Barr Should Not Have Opened Investigation Just Months Before Presidential Election and Bash Should Not Be Leading the Investigation Democracy 21 filed a complaint today with the […]

An Inflection Point for America

An Inflection Point for America (Fred Wertheimer | June 5, 2020 | Medium) The tragic, senseless, brutal killing of African American George Floyd by a police officer, aided and abetted by three fellow officers, and its aftermath, may well turn out to be an inflection point for America. The killing has awakened the nation to […]

Wertheimer op-ed: Trump’s Michigan voter fraud comments reveal America’s desperate need for reforms – NBC Think

An op-ed by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer entitled, “Trump’s Michigan voter fraud comments reveal America’s desperate need for reforms,” was published here in NBC Think on May 24, 2020.

Trump’s Political Blackmail

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | May 21, 2020 “The protections needed for our system of representative government are clear. We must ensure that safe and secure elections take place in every state in the union.” President Trump’s latest attacks on voting by mail reveal in stark terms his plans for the November presidential election. Trump’s […]

Barr Ignores Settled DOJ Policies in Obsessive Pursuit of DOJ Investigators – Wertheimer article in Just Security

  Attorney General Barr Ignores Long-Established DOJ Rules in Obsessive Pursuit of DOJ Investigators of Russian Interference in 2016 Election Enclosed for your information is an article by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer entitled “Barr Ignores Settled DOJ Policies in Run Up to 2020 Elections,” which was published here in Just Security on May 7, […]

Biden Announces A First Priority for a Biden Administration Will Be Comprehensive Reforms, as Reflected in H.R. 1

Biden Announces A First Priority for a Biden Administration Will Be Comprehensive Reforms, as Reflected in H.R. 1 Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced yesterday “A first priority of a Biden Administration will be to lead on a comprehensive set of reforms like those reflected in the For the People Act (H.R. 1) to […]

President Trump, in a Surprise Move, Apparently Embraces Public Financing of Elections – But Only for Himself

President Trump, in a Surprise Move, Apparently Embraces Public Financing of Elections – But Only for Himself Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer In a surprise move, and in the face of Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s longstanding opposition, President Trump now appears to have embraced public financing of elections – but only for his […]

President Trump, Who Voted By Mail in 2018 and Plans to Vote By Mail in 2020, Opposes Voting By Mail

President Trump Opposes Voting Absentee by Mail in 2020 Elections, Yet Voted by Mail in New York (2018) and Has Applied to Vote by Mail in Florida (2020) Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump Voted Absentee (Unsuccessfully) in NY (2017), Jared Kushner Registered to Vote in NY and NJ Simultaneously (2017) Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred […]

House Passes Historic $2 Trillion Relief Legislation

House Passes Historic $2 Trillion Relief Legislation Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The House today passed historic legislation to address the coronavirus crisis – an historic problem for the United States and the world.The unprecedented $2 trillion economic relief package will provide essential assistance to immeasurable millions of struggling Americans, as well as […]