This weekend, when daddy’s little doofus Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out the names of vulnerable Democrats who represent districts won by his treasonous father in 2016, he was hoping to inundate their offices with calls from Republicans. Now, I can’t attest to what happened on the phone lines since I don’t work in their offices, but I do know that his work also backfired.
Over the weekend, the Daily Kos community raised $5000 for a number of vulnerable Democrats — many of whom DTJr named in his Twitter posts — who announced their support of the impeachment. Now, with the vote scheduled for later today, more vulnerable Democrats in Republican-targeted districts have come out in support of protecting democracy and impeaching President Donald Trump for abusing his power and obstructing Congress’s investigation.
Here are statements from some of those Democrats:
As we did on Saturday, let’s come together to show thanks and support for these Democrats, for doing the right thing. Now, they’re not all particularly progressive and I don’t love all of them, but they’re showing bravery and listening to their constituents and their consciences, and if the party is to flourish going forward, it’ll require rewarding more moderate members for making big decisions.
So, I’ve updated the list of vulnerable Democrats voting to impeach Trump on this ActBlue page, and you can CLICK HERE to donate to one, some, or all of them!
(The only Trump district Dem not on this list is Cheri Bustos, who as the head of the DCCC has been critical in knee-capping progressive candidates and is responsible for the recruitment of turncoat NJ Rep. Jeff Van Drew.)
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