Ammons Challenges Trump’s Extreme Attacks on Illinois Families, Communities, and the Rule of Law

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, condemned the cruel, destructive, and unlawful orders President Donald Trump has issued during his first weeks in office, passing a series of formal resolutions aimed at calling out Trump’s extremism and moving Illinois in a fundamentally better direction.

“I’m extremely disturbed at the hateful rhetoric that has spurred a string of executive orders that do not uplift but harm the spirit and hard work of all Americans and the ancestors who fought to preserve our freedom and Constitutional rights,” said Ammons. “Rather than using his influence as President of the United States to focus on the hard and true problems families are facing cross-country, he instead focused on orders that risk our community safety, have a disregard for the rule of law, and ultimately will raise costs for so many families and individuals who are already struggling to make ends meet.”

The Ammons-backed resolutions call out Trump, his extreme allies in Washington and the special interests supporting him. These measures also highlight efforts Illinois has taken to move in a better direction by prioritizing efforts to help families make ends meet, reduce the cost of living, and protect access to lifesaving services.

Ammons voted to:
– Fight against Trump attacks on workplace protections, equal pay, and longstanding policies enhancing opportunity for all cloaked in anti-DEI rhetoric.

– Challenge the administration’s immoral efforts to block lifesaving services for people in need and for working families, jeopardizing the economy and the services people depend on for everything from food assistance, to healthcare, to housing assistance, and more.

– Oppose the dangerous Trump trade agenda, which will raise costs on everything local families purchase, increase housing costs, raise the price of home energy, and dramatically increase inflation pressures on families’ budgets.

– Rebuke the president’s efforts to double down on a broken immigration system, and his unconstitutional order to strip away citizenship protections in the United States Constitution.

– Calling out President Trump for pardoning the confessed and convicted criminals charged for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021, including those who beat and killed police officers in the U.S. Capitol.

“We’ve seen this before — the power-hungry attempts to strip away our rights through opaque and offensive executive orders, but we know what these truly intend to do — divide, not unite. The Trump administration’s recent actions will erase decades of worker’s rights, remove people of color from the room where decisions happen, and ultimately create unsafe working conditions where even a woman will no longer be able to argue her salary without fear of retaliation,” said Ammons. “These do not ‘Make America Great Again.’ It puts us back to antiquated laws that allow only the one-percent to thrive while the rest of us are left behind.”