Hirschauer-Backed Resolutions Condemn Political Violence, Support Due Process, Free Speech Rights

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Maura Hirschauer, D-Batavia, is speaking out about the violent, corrupt, and illegal actions the Trump Administration is launching against Illinois residents, passing official condemnations of Trump’s efforts to disregard due process, incite political violence and silence free speech and the press.

“Public safety policies should be rooted in empathy, not fear. In my community, violence has taken the form of masked agents, blackhawk helicopters, and pepper spray. Donald Trump’s immoral use of federal agents is not protecting our community from criminals; ICE is abducting fathers on their way home from school drop-off, aunts and uncles leaving a shift at a local factory, college students attending early morning classes,” said Hirschauer.

After one of the most volatile summers in our nation’s history, Hirschauer began the fall legislative session speaking out for constitutional rights, for due process of law, and for communities where everyone can feel safe.

Hirschauer voted to: 

• Condemn acts of political violence—whether that violence is in the form of mass shooters and radicalized extremists, or is inflicted by masked troopers deployed by the federal government. (House Resolution 508)
• Call out Donald Trump’s racial profiling, violent tactics including chemical munitions and illegal search and seizure, and the disregard for the due process protections cited in the United States Constitution. (House Resolution 504)
• Rebuke Donald Trump’s corrupt efforts to exert control over news media by abusing executive powers to punish dissent and reward compliance—restricting the right to free speech and endangering the local press. (House Resolution 505)

“We are witnessing something deeply un-American. I never would have imagined protecting my community from violence and hate inflicted by our own government. Illinois will not be a stage for that kind of fear. We stand for public safety, not the will of a convicted felon,” said Hirschauer. “Empathy has been at the heart of every political and policy decision that I have made and it will continue to guide my practice.”