Criticism Reaffirms We're on the Right Track By Rita Peters, Esq., National Legislative Strategist for Convention of States Action

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Your constituents want you to use the 
constitutional solution given to YOU, as their 
state legislator, to impose fiscal restraints 
on the federal government, limit its power 
and jurisdiction, and set term limits on career 
politicians and deep state bureaucrats. That’s 
what Convention of States Action is all about. 
Visit 

www.cosaction.com

 to learn more.

Strong Support for a Convention of States Nationwide

for amendments to impose fiscal restraints, limit federal power, and set term limits

Convention of States by the Numbers

Supporters: 5,408,908
Petition Signers: 2,425,084
Veteran Signers: 275,593

Volunteers: 229,785
Active District Captains: 925

SUPPORT 65.7%

OPPOSE 16.6%

NOT SURE 17.7%

Source: The Trafalgar Group Nationwide Issues Survey, July 2022

Support

50.2%

Support

81.3%

Support

63.3%

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

INDEPENDENTS

Support for a Convention of States By Party Affiliation

for amendments to impose fiscal restraints, limit federal power, and set term limits

Source: The Trafalgar Group Nationwide Issues Survey, July 2022





THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA and 
the wealthy, career politicians don’t like 

what we’re doing; which is why we’re 

confident we’re on the right track. 

Convention of States Action (COSA) has 

been under steady fire for weeks on end. 

The attacks appear to be a coordinated ef-

fort by the groups whose power would be 

harmed most by an Article V convention.

Former Senator Russ Feingold of 

Wisconsin, an avid socialist who is deeply 
tied to the Swamp, largely sparked the 
opposition with the release of his new 

book titled, “The Constitution in Jeopardy: 

An Unprecedented Effort to Rewrite Our 

Fundamental Law and What We Can Do 

About It.” Feingold claims Convention of 

States is a “hushed effort” attempting to 

“radically change our Constitution.” 

COSA is anything but hushed, and we also 
aren’t changing what’s in the Constitution. 

Rather, our efforts are supported by the 

Constitution, which allows the states to 

propose amendments, exactly as the U.S. 

Congress has done in the past. 

With an extensive base of supporters, 
volunteers and staff based everywhere 
across the nation, COSA is becoming 
more and more foreseeable in the eyes 

of the American public. Thus, main-

stream outlets including the New York 
Times, MSNBC, Business Insider and 

Yahoo unified to attack what they see as 

a supposed “threat.”

The majority of Americans in both 
political parties are for this constitutional 
movement. Earlier in the summer, polling 

from our partners at the Trafalgar Group 
found that 65.7% of Americans support 

a convention for proposing constitutional 
amendments based around our three 

limited topics of discussion.

It’s not absurd to impose term limits, a 

balanced budget and power restraints 

on federal bureaucrats. 

However, the Washington establishment 
would never advocate for a cause that 
would make them completely irrelevant 

and powerless. The grassroots army at 
COSA is stronger than ever and we are 
gaining even more supporters through 
this limelight. 

A brand new COSA volunteer in 

Colorado learned about our movement 

from these negative attacks and decided 
to look more into the organization. After 

enough research on the fundamentals, 
she not only decided that she was for 

COSA, but also decided to immediately 

become a volunteer. 

She is now a dedicated volunteer com-
mitting her valuable time and energy to 
further the movement.

Negative hit pieces against our free-

dom-centered cause can feel daunting, 

but it only proves we’re doing something 

right. Our grassroots reaffirm this belief 
as we continue to expand our reach and 

increase support.

“We are not a threat to the soul of this 

country; we are a threat to the en-

trenched deep state in our federal gov-
ernment,” another volunteer recently 
wrote to the COSA blog page. “They try 
to paint us as extremists because they 

know we are gaining ground.”

That’s exactly what this scheme intends 
to do. As a Convention of States becomes 
more and more likely, the critics will 

only get more vocal. They have the 

manipulative tools, dirty connections 
and financial resources to blast our 

organization in the spotlight, but we have 

the resilience and strength to press on.

We the People will continue to bring light 
against the darkness of today’s world. 

(540) 441-7227 | COSACTION.COM | Facebook.com/COSAction | Twitter.com/COSAction

“We are a threat to the 

entrenched deep state in  
our federal government.”

CRITICISM REAFFIRMS WE’RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK

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