Trump’s Favorite Democrats Campaign Calls Out 42 House Democrats Who Voted to Give Trump Warrantless Surveillance Powers
Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, Demand Progress and 17 other organizations launched the Trump’s Favorite Democrats campaign to hold accountable the 42 Democrats who voted with President Donald Trump and congressional Republican leaders to help the White House keep its warrantless mass surveillance powers.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a regularly abused government mass surveillance authority that is set to expire by June 12, 2026. Donald Trump has admitted that renewing FISA as-is means giving up “my Rights and Privileges as a Citizen.” Politico also reported that Stephen Miller thinks renewing FISA without reforms is “critical to a variety of homeland security missions.” As we head into a new round of FISA negotiations, Americans can use the Trump’s Favorite Democrats website to call, email and make social media posts asking these 42 Democrats to stand up to Trump and oppose any FISA bill that does not include meaningful privacy protections.
“It’s dangerous and disgraceful for these 42 Democrats to answer Trump’s call for unfettered surveillance powers by voting for Speaker Johnson’s no-reform FISA bill,” said Demand Progress Senior Policy Advisor Hajar Hammado. “A bipartisan coalition in Congress and across the country is demanding a warrant requirement to stop the government from bypassing the courts to spy on us. With the next round of FISA negotiations starting up, these Democrats have a chance to redeem themselves by standing up to Trump and opposing any FISA deal that doesn’t include real privacy reforms like a warrant requirement.”
Campaign partners include Just Foreign Policy, Defending Rights & Dissent (DRAD), The Juggernaut Project, Civic Shout, Democracy for America Advocacy Fund, TakeItBack.Org, National Campaign for Justice, Dose of Democracy, People Power United, California Clean Money Action Fund, She Dissents, Green and Just, Progressive Reform Network, Ballot Briefing, Courage California, Inequality Media Civic Action and Corporate Accountability.
A robust set of resources on the need for privacy reforms for FISA are available here and here, and additional background, context, polling, reform demands, resources and other information is available here.