Why haven't 3 of the candidates taken the Indivisible Pledge?

[IrishEyes]

17 out of the current 20 candidates have taken the indivisible pledge. I would like to know why Gabbard, Messam and Yang have not.

https://pledge.indivisible.org

The 2020 Candidate Pledge

We must defeat Donald Trump. The first step is a primary contest that produces a strong Democratic nominee. The second step is winning the general election. We will not accept anything less. To ensure this outcome, I pledge to:

Make the primary constructive. I’ll respect the other candidates and make the primary election about inspiring voters with my vision for the future.

Rally behind the winner. I’ll support the ultimate Democratic nominee, whomever it is — period. No Monday morning quarterbacking. No third-party threats. Immediately after there’s a nominee, I’ll endorse.

Do the work to beat Trump. I will do everything in my power to make the Democratic Nominee the next President of the United States. As soon as there is a nominee, I will put myself at the disposal of the campaign.

[George II]

1. Who is "Indivisible"? I went to their website, they don't have anything about their organization...

...no mailing address, no phone number, no names of anyone behind the organization. If any of that is on their site, they sure don't make it easy to find.

There's a lot of vague talk about themselves:

Indivisible.org is a joint website of Indivisible Project and Indivisible Action. Indivisible Project and Indivisible Action are separate organizations.

Indivisible Project is a registered 501(c)(4). Its mission is to cultivate and lift up a grassroots movement of local groups to defeat the Trump agenda, elect progressive leaders, and realize bold progressive policies.

Indivisible Action is a Hybrid Political Action Committee fueled by the grassroots movement to win elections and build local, independent progressive power nationwide.

The only thing they have is a contact email address..

[brooklynite]

3. Are you sure you looked in the right place?

Who We Are
Indivisible Civics supports civic education and leadership development for local Indivisible groups by offering trainings, facilitating regional group coordination, building partnerships, demystifying federal and state policy processes, and supporting voter registration. Learn more about Indivisible Civics at indivisiblecivics.org.

Indivisible Project empowers Indivisible groups to achieve legislative and electoral victories through legislative advocacy and political campaign expertise, strategic and coordinated calls to action, and a targeted electoral program.

Indivisible Action provides Indivisible groups access to voter contact software, along with a suite of canvassing, phonebanking, and texting tools in support of progressive candidates. Indivisible Action also makes endorsements of federal and gubernatorial candidates nominated by their local Indivisible groups, vetted by our political team, and voted on by our supporters in the states and districts the candidate wishes to represent.

Our Work
We provide hands-on support to local groups to grow their groups, devise campaigns, and set priorities.

We provide policy and political guidance by creating resources to demystify Congress and elections to make it easy for local groups and activists to take action and build power on their home turf.

We provide tools and trainings to win policy campaigns and elections and hand those tools (that are so often held by campaigns and political parties) over to local groups.

We provide amplification for local advocacy by building a movement-wide narrative to build a shared identity online and in the media.

Our Impact
Indivisibles are engaging millions of new people in our democracy. Through their activism and electoral work, Indivisibles are increasing the number of people engaged in our democracy.

Indivisibles are building long-lasting, local power. Indivisibles call. Show up. Organize. And in doing so, they’ve built hundreds of mini-movements in support of their local values.

Indivisibles are reshaping what’s politically possible. By challenging the status quo and the Democratic establishment through real, face-to-face accountability, they’re creating a more progressive political atmosphere.

Indivisibles are winning. Big time. Defeating the repeal of healthcare (twice!). Huge electoral victories in Virginia’s 2017 state elections and Alabama’s Senate special election. Indivisibles are changing what’s politically “viable” or “winnable.”

Our Board

Meighan Stone
Indivisible Civics
Meighan Stone (Board Chair) is a senior fellow in the Women and Foreign Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), focusing on women’s economic empowerment, girls’ education, and...

David Slifka
Indivisible Civics
David Slifka is part of the wave of individuals who became civically engaged in the wake of the 2016 election. Recognizing the need for improved infrastructure serving fellow grassroots activists...

Indivar Dutta-Gupta
Indivisible Civics
Indivar Dutta-Gupta is Co-Executive Director at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality where he leads work to develop and advance ideas for reducing poverty and economic inequality in the...

Ezra Levin
Indivisible Civics, Indivisible Project
Ezra Levin is a co-founder and co-Executive Director of the Indivisible Project. Previously, Ezra worked as a poverty policy wonk and advocate. He most recently served as the Associate Director of...

Marielena Hincapié
Indivisible Project
Marielena Hincapié (Board Chair) is the executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, the main organization dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants in...

Leah Greenberg
Indivisible Civics, Indivisible Project
Leah Greenberg is a co-founder and co-Executive Director of the Indivisible Project. She most recently served as Policy Director for the Tom Perriello for Governor of Virginia campaign. Previously...

Christie George
Indivisible Project
Christie George is the Director of New Media Ventures, the first national network of angel investors supporting media and tech startups that disrupt politics and catalyze progressive change. At...

Bill Dempsey
Indivisible Project
Bill Dempsey has over twenty-five years of experience developing new strategies for under-served communities to advance racial and economic justice. He has worked as a community and labor...

INDIVISIBLE STAFF


Susannah Hook-Rodgers
Title: National Organizing Director
Bio: Susannah Hook-Rodgers has spent more than a decade building programs and leading teams at the forefront of technology and organizing. Susannah has held positions as Chief of Staff and Strategy at the California-based Courage Campaign and Chief of Program Staff at the Citizen Engagement Lab. Previous to that, Susannah spent five years at MoveOn helping to build out MoveOn’s first in-house field program as the Deputy Field Director and then as a National Campaigns Director. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College and a Master in Public Policy and Public Administration from Northwestern University.

Angel Padilla
Title: National Policy Director
Bio: Angel Padilla previously served as health policy analyst at the National Immigration Law Center, and Legislative Assistant for Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), advising on issues related to health care and the Affordable Care Act. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of California at Berkeley and a Master in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

María Urbina
Title: National Political Director
Bio: María Urbina is Indivisible’s Political Director leading national political strategy. Before joining the Indivisible Project, María spent the 2016 cycle running Voto Latino’s political strategy and national campaigns as Vice President of Politics and Campaigns. Her Capitol Hill career spans over seven years in the Office of the Democratic Leader Senator Harry Reid. In her final years on the Hill, she was part of the senior legislative staff advising the Leader on strategy, media and policy that disproportionately affected Latino, AAPI and immigrant communities.

[George II]

4. I see that now on this site, thanks:

https://indivisible.org/

But as I said, it's not obvious, kind of hidden - a confusing site.

So that brings to the next question - who are they to be demanding that candidates take THEIR pledge?

[Sherman A1]

2. Yang stated in a CBS interview

That he didn’t think a third party run would be a good idea as the goal is to defeat Trump. So the information appears to be in error.

[Act_of_Reparation]

5. It isn't in error

They want him to participate in their little icebucket challenge and explicitly endorse them on social media.

[Sherman A1]

6. So

It is essentially just drivel.

[redstatebluegirl]

7. They are a progressive movement, not sure who funds it which makes me wonder.

[IrishEyes]

8. I don't know but it seems like a legitimate organization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indivisible_movement

[redstatebluegirl]

9. Wiki is sometimes wrong, those are written by the people in the organization.

I am going to do some checking today. If this is an organization that supports primary challenges to anyone who doesn't pass some stupid litmus test, I won't take them seriously.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. To help clear things up a little, I've been sort of working with Indivisible for years...

They do hold rallies and generally try to do their best for us "sorta" lefties. Good old fashioned liberals.

The thing is, though, that after a huge start and several meetings out here, they just sorta fizzled away. I don't think it's their fault, though-- just the natural attrition of us good ol' fashioned liberals when a new shiny thing pops up.

And the "My way or the Highway" types never showed much interest anyway.