Category: Press Room
By MoveOn. Friday, March 1 2024
Washington, D.C. – Following reporting that the dark money group No Labels will host a meeting with their 800 “delegates” next week to decide if they will move forward with their third party presidential bid – a race that their own CEO has said they are not in to win – MoveOn Political Action Chief […]
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By MoveOn. Thursday, February 29 2024
Washington, D.C. – Following the news that Senate Republicans blocked U.S. Senator Duckworth’s bill to protect IVF treatment, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting issued the following statement: “Once again MAGA extremists are showing us their true colors. They will stop at nothing to take away our rights, our freedoms and try to control […]
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By MoveOn. Wednesday, February 28 2024
HUNTSVILLE, TX – In response to the state of Texas executing Ivan Cantu tonight, in light of damning evidence that poured doubt on the prosecution’s evidence used to convict Cantu back in 2021 and an outpouring of public support for his case to be reopened, Cantu’s spiritual adviser and advocate Sister Helen Prejean shared the […]
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By MoveOn. Tuesday, February 27 2024
Bombshell article surfaces troubling reality that “the people behind No Labels are confused” Washington, D.C. – An astonishing article from The Atlantic lays bare what many have been warning over the last year: No Labels does not have any clear strategy for their doomed third-party presidential bid and would only serve as a spoiler that […]
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By MoveOn. Tuesday, February 27 2024
CNN: Jury Foreman Speaks Out: “I helped put Ivan Cantu on death row. Now I feel like I was fooled.” Jake Tapper Interviews Martin Sheen & Sister Helen Prejean on Their Fight to Delay Cantu’s Execution Wednesday View the Jake Tapper segment HERE View the Abby Phillip segment HERE For additional media inquiries & interview […]
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By MoveOn. Monday, February 26 2024
View the “Morning Joe” segment HERE For additional media inquiries & interview requests, please contact press@moveon.org. LIVINGSTON, TX – On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sister Helen Prejean and Martin Sheen called on Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to issue a stay ahead of Ivan Cantu’s scheduled execution on February 28. Their […]
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By MoveOn. Monday, February 26 2024
You Can’t Claim You Are Seeking a “Unity Ticket” by Courting Anti-Abortion Extremists With Views Opposed by the Majority of Voters Washington, D.C. – In response to news that No Labels is courting Nikki Haley for their third-party ticket despite her public rejections and sore-loser laws that stop a candidate from contesting the same election […]
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By MoveOn. Saturday, February 24 2024
View the AC360 segment HERE View the TYT segment HERE LIVINGSTON, TX – On last night’s Anderson Cooper 360, CNN’s Ed Lavandera reported on the controversy surrounding Ivan Cantu’s scheduled execution by the state of Texas on February 28 in light of a collection of damning pieces of evidence that suggest Cantu may have been framed for a double homicide […]
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By MoveOn. Friday, February 23 2024
READ JULIÁN CASTRO AND JOAQUIN CASTRO’S OP-ED HERE AND THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS’ EDITORIAL HERE DALLAS – This week, with five days until Ivan Cantu’s scheduled execution on February 28, the Dallas Morning News published opinion pieces by its editorial board, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro, and Representative Joaquin Castro in […]
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By MoveOn. Friday, February 23 2024
WATCH SPEAKERS HERE McKinney, TX – As reported by Fox 4, with five days until Ivan Cantu’s scheduled execution on February 28, leading anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean; Cantu’s 2001 trial jury foreman, Jeffrey Calhoun; and North Park Presbyterian’s Reverend Amy Moore, along with Cantu’s legal counsel, family, and friends, delivered remarks and a […]
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