Press Releases Archive

More Than 120 Civil Rights And Democracy Groups Call On Social Media Giants To Act Immediately To Combat Election Disinformation Ahead Of Midterms

More than 120 civil rights, democracy, and public interest groups, including Democracy 21, called on the major social media companies to combat and curb election disinformation on their platforms ahead of this year’s midterm elections. In a May 12 letter to the CEOs of Meta (Facebook), Twitter, YouTube, Snap, Instagram, TikTok, and Alphabet (Google), the groups urged […]

Trump’s Next Presidential Coup Attempt Could Work Unless Existing Laws Are Repaired, D21 President Fred Wertheimer Warns In New Just Security Op-Ed

If Donald Trump is nominated again in 2024, “another attempt at a Trump presidential coup is far more likely to succeed – unless flawed laws, enacted in 1845 and 1887 and still on the books today, are repaired,” Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer warns in a new op-ed published today by Just Security. While most of […]

Sen. Manchin Apparently Forgot That He Played A Key Role In Killing Legislation To Protect Voting Rights

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has demonstrated that we need a new word for “chutzpah.” Because “chutzpah” does not even begin to capture the extent of Senator Manchin’s gall in expressing his “concerns” during a Senate hearing last week that there is “a lot of work to do” to […]

E.J. Dionne Jr. In The Washington Post: The Jan. 6 Committee And Merrick Garland Must Protect Our Endangered Democracy

  “Every piece of evidence that Trump committed a crime should be at the forefront of the hearings.” – D21 President Fred Wertheimer “Our democracy is sleepwalking toward catastrophe,” E.J. Dionne Jr. writes in his new column in The Washington Post. “With the Jan. 6 committee expected to hold hearings soon — in May or early […]

The New Republic: Will The Democrats Fight To Save Democracy?

The battle against voter suppression and election sabotage must be fought in the states and local communities, D21 President Fred Wertheimer tells The New Republic “It’s been thoroughly overtaken by events since, but by the time the midterm elections roll around in November, the implications of Congress’s failure to pass democratic reforms this term will […]

WATCH: D21 President Fred Wertheimer On Trump, The Jan. 6 Investigation, & More

  Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on Inside America with Ghida Fakhry, TRT World. April 13, 2022.

LISTEN: Fred Wertheimer On The Roadmap To Holding Trump Accountable

  Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on Background Briefing With Ian Masters on March 31, 2022. (25 minutes)

Finally, A Road Map To Hold Trump Accountable, Former Amb. Norman Eisen And D21 President Fred Wertheimer Write In CNN Op-Ed

“Judge David Carter’s decision on Monday finding Trump ‘more likely than not’ committed crimes, sets out a road map for finally imposing consequences for the big lie,” former Ambassador Norman Eisen and Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer write in an op-ed published on CNN. The Judge’s decision, they write, “does so by tackling the thorniest […]

Democracy 21 Joins With CREW And 18 Other National Groups To Urge Congress To Pass Legislation Prohibiting Members From Owning Stocks, Bonds

Twenty national good government organizations, including CREW and Democracy 21, joined together to urge Congress to pass legislation that would prohibit Members of Congress from owning or trading individual stocks, bonds, or similar financial instruments. “Our country is at an inflection point: the reports of Members’ suspicious stock trades at the beginning of the pandemic […]

Ginni Thomas Texts To Trump COS Mark Meadows Emphasize The Extraordinary Importance Of The Jan. 6 House Committee Investigation

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The revelations yesterday that Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent a number of text messages to President Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows urging him to continue the fight to overturn the 2020 election, emphasize the extraordinary importance of the work of the House […]