In five more days, Robert Mueller will be testifying in front of the House Judiciary committee, and 4 days after that, the House and Senate will leave for August recess.
Now I don’t really expect any bombshells to come out of the hearing, but if the committee members can get him just to talk about what was in his report on the obstruction and the involvement with Russia, that could enlighten a lot of folks out there that may be on the fence about impeachment, but haven’t read the report. I haven’t read all of the Mueller Report, just the summaries and some odd pages here and there, but very few of the non-political-junky public are actually going to sit down and read it. That’s why this hearing, if conducted like a hearing and not like a circus, could be important.
The next thing that happens is the House goes home for recess and to meet with constituents in town halls. This is the time to talk to your representatives and let them know that you support or don’t support impeachment. We have more moderate candidates coming out in support of impeachment, and others are still on the fence.
The ninety-five votes that were cast on Wednesday in support of Green’s most recent resolution represented about forty per cent of all Democratic representatives. Another way to look at it is that the forces demanding a rapid move to impeachment fell just twenty-three votes short of achieving majority status in the Democratic caucus. (To get there, they would need a hundred and eighteen votes.)
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Not so long ago, support for moving rapidly to impeachment was a position adopted, mainly, by those on the left of the Party. Now it has gone mainstream. An article at The Hill noted that a number of powerful committee chairs broke with the Party leadership. They included Nita Lowey (Appropriations), Bennie Thompson (Energy and Commerce), Raúl Grijalva (Homeland Security), Jerry Nadler (Judiciary), Jim McGovern (Rules), and Nydia Velázquez (Small Business).
What explained the votes of such Party stalwarts? Certainly, they are disgusted by Trump. In many districts, they are also facing intense pressure from constituents and activists. As Thompson said on Wednesday, “My district wants me to vote for the immediate impeachment of Donald Trump.”
The Movement to Impeach Donald Trump Is Far from Over
NOW is the time to let your representative know how you feel. Show up at those town halls and report back!