Attention righteous patriots! The stakes are justice, democracy, and a thriving world against tyranny, mass suffering, and ruin. Our faltering social contract—the Constitution—along with the Democratic House majority that we worked so hard to win last year leave us one direct check upon this lawless administration: to open hearings into the impeachment of the president and his partners in high crimes and misdemeanors. It is vital for the House of Representatives, as the body of federal government closest to the people, and for the party in opposition to the administration to officially declare this president unfit for office and dangerous to the republic. As fascists consolidate power day by day, we don’t fight them with conflict-aversion and delay, we take them head-on.
We need you to help renew the mass resistance movement of the airport demonstrations against the Muslim travel ban and of the Women’s March. Organizers with the leading impeachment activist umbrella group, By the People, are running tomorrow’s call. Impeachment resolution authors Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Al Green will share their insights and inspiration, and the organizers will present what’s coming next and how you can get involved. Here is the link:
Go to impeachmentguide.com or text IMPEACH to 668366 now to sign up, and get ready to save the country.
And you don’t need to wait to get started! Call your congressperson today and ask him or her to co-sponsor H.Res.257, the resolution that opens impeachment hearings. At the end of the hearings, the House will vote on articles of impeachment. Here is the text of the resolution, in its entirety:
H. RES. 257
Inquiring whether the House of Representatives should impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 27, 2019
Ms. Tlaib (for herself and Mr. Green of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Inquiring whether the House of Representatives should impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America.
Resolved, That—
(1) the Committee on the Judiciary shall inquire whether the House of Representatives should impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America;
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary or any subcommittee or task force designated by the Committee may, in connection with the inquiry under this resolution, take affidavits and depositions by a member, counsel, or consultant of the Committee, pursuant to notice or subpoena; and
(3) there shall be paid out of the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives such sums as may be necessary to assist the Committee on the Judiciary in conducting the inquiry under this resolution, any of which may be used for the procurement of staff or consultant services.
If you’re one of the lucky ones whose congressperson has already signed on:
Ayanna Pressley [D-MA-7]. Ilhan Omar [D-MN-5]. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY-14]. Jared Huffman [D-CA-2], Filemon Vela [D-TX-34], Earl Blumenauer [D-OR-3], Diana DeGette [D-CO-1], Barbara Lee [D-CA-13], Bennie Thompson [D-MS-2], Grace Napolitano [D-CA-32], Marcia Fudge [D-OH-11], Danny Davis, [D-IL-7], Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR-1]
Great! Call anyway to urge him or her to lean hard on colleagues to co-sponsor as well. There’s no time to waste.
See you on the call tomorrow, and beyond.
This past Saturday, in a nationwide Day of Action set up by By the People and MoveOn and in coordination with Indivisible, Need to Impeach, Women’s March, CREDO Action, and other organizations, we rallied in well over a hundred locations for Congress to immediately open an impeachment inquiry. A sampling:
This congressman is on the case:
From the unofficial leader of the Democratic Party’s future:
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