Cheri Honkala wants to oust Donald Trump

A petition simply signed by The People is backing Cheri Honkala for President of the United States in 2020. Though impeachment and other removal clouds hang over Trump, the petition seems to indicate that Trump will see out a first term but then the American public should vote her in over him so he doesn’t get a second term.

Read the petition below.

  

“We the undersigned are tired of politicians promising to drain the swamp only to find that they actually made the old one bigger and muckier. We are fed up with a government that cares nothing at all for the people it is supposed to protect. We are outraged by the wanton disregard the current administration has shown for human rights and its dangerously cavalier approach to foreign policy, the environment and social justice.

“As such, we the undersigned are presenting the following petition asking you to support Cheri Honkala as an independent candidate for President of the United States in 2020.

“Given the state of the union and the current occupant of the White House, we feel the time for a compassionate and driven advocate for the people is here and that Cheri Honkala is that candidate.

“For almost 30 years, Cheri has been a committed poverty-rights activist, having seen first-hand the massive holes in the nation’s safety net as she single-handedly raised her young son (actor & filmmaker) Mark Webber, in what is supposed to be the wealthiest country in the world. Being a 17 year-old single mother living in her car while going to high school are conditions that no one should face, yet Cheri not only graduated from high school but became a world-renowned activist who has tirelessly spoken up for those without a voice.

“Hardly a political neophyte, Cheri ran for Sheriff of Philadelphia as a member of the Green Party in 2011 and was Jill Stein’s Green Party running mate in the 2012 presidential election. In 2017, she ran in a special election to fill a vacant seat in the US House of Representatives, finishing second to Democratic write-in candidate Emilio Vazquez whose win has been clouded by scandal and is currently under investigation by the Philadelphia Attorney General's Office and Pennsylvania Attorney General.

“Cheri is one of the most honored and respected activists in the country, having been named Woman of the Year by Philadelphia Weekly (1997) and Ms. Magazine (2001), as well as being named to Philadelphia Magazine’s list of the 100 Most Powerful Philadelphians and chosen as the Pennsylvania Association of Social Workers' Public Citizen of the Year. Cheri also received the Bread and Roses Human Rights Award.

“What do we want in a leader? Do we want an American oligarch who has complete contempt for the people he took an oath to protect and whose staggering disregard for international diplomacy puts our very safely as risk? In 2016 we replaced “politics as usual” with a dangerous, rank outsider who has done nothing but make life worse for the people under his care and who spends his days shredding the Constitution while hurling petty insults over social media.

“There is a third option.

“Cheri Honkala is a dedicated social justice advocate who cares for all people and who truly believes that for a country to be great, it must lift up all of its people. The system is broken and our nation is plagued by an epidemic of food insecurity and inadequate shelter. There are millions of hard-working Americans who do not have adequate access to the absolute basics of human existence: food, clothing, shelter and medical care. We the undersigned believe this is a crime against humanity and we believe that Cheri Honkala is the right woman to address these wrongs and guide our country towards being a fair, just and prosperous country for all Americans.”

-We The People