This morning (April 17, 2020) Donald Trump sent out three tweets in succession. First, “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!” Second, “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” Third, “LIBERATE MINNESOTA!”
It doesn’t take a particularly brilliant person to recognize this as a call to insurrection. In Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s call to curb non-essential activities in the state to stave off COVID-19 has been met with protests from MAGA hat reactionaries fighting for their “liberty”. There have been similar protests in Virginia and Minnesota. Trump has commented that the protesters seem to like him, so he eggs them on. Governor Whitmer wants to slow the spread of a deadly pandemic and the president undermines her because he is worried about losing her important swing state vote in November.
These protests will very likely lead to more unnecessary suffering and death. Surely, somehow Trump’s incitement against these state’s governments can fit into of a definition of treason. It is time to IMPEACH THE MOTHER FUCKER! Again!
Call your congressional representatives and tell them to get on this, now!
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
United States Constitution, Article II, Section IV [emphasis added]