Shocking updates from the impeachment trial

Yesterday, the House impeachment managers sent a jolt through the Senate when they revealed chilling, never-before-seen security footage from inside the Capitol on January 6.

Hi, Mar!

Yesterday, the House impeachment managers sent a jolt through the Senate when they revealed chilling, never-before-seen security footage from inside the Capitol on January 6.

The terrifying footage—which showed senators mere seconds away from being overtaken by the bloodthirsty white supremacist mob—has the potential to be a game-changer and could lead to Donald Trump's conviction. 

GOP Senator James Lankford reportedly "shed tears" as he watched the harrowing footage.¹ Mitt Romney called the videos "overwhelmingly distressing," and hardline conservative Senator Bill Cassidy called the case against Trump "very powerful."^2,3

Reporting overnight suggests that these revelations are starting to impact some Republican senators, and one source says that SEVERAL Republican senators are seriously considering convicting Trump.⁴ Even Mitch McConnell is not pressuring the GOP to acquit Trump.⁵

Mar, we have a real shot at ridding our country of the existential threat of Donald Trump and ensuring he's never again able to run for office—but this is our LAST, BEST chance to do so. 

Which is why we're preparing to launch emergency billboards targeting critical swing senators, including Mitt Romney and Rob Portman. But we urgently need your help to keep this campaign going full steam ahead. Will you rush a $3 donation right now?

Below, you can read our message from yesterday for more details about the work MoveOn is doing to call for Trump's conviction.

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Dear MoveOn member,

The start of Donald Trump's second impeachment trial went so badly that Donald Trump reportedly screamed at his television.⁶

House impeachment managers presented the beginning of an open-and-shut case—and Trump's lawyers responded with such rambling nonsense that even Trump's biggest defenders said they had "no idea" what his lawyers were doing.⁷

Then something really surprising and really bad for Trump happened: Conservative Republican Senator Bill Cassidy actually changed his mind and voted to let the impeachment trial go forward.

If one Republican can change his mind, then others can too. A bipartisan vote to convict Trump will send a message down through history and to every aspiring Trump-style authoritarian from Ted Cruz to Josh Hawley to Marjorie Taylor Greene that they will not get away with attacking our democracy.

The next 72 hours will be crucial, as House impeachment managers present the evidence and Trump's legal team is forced to defend the indefensible. We're keeping the pressure on Senate Republicans by running mobile billboards in Washington, D.C, and we want to expand our billboard campaign to the states, pressuring Republican senators most likely to vote to convict to listen to the evidence and do the right thing. Will you chip in $3?

Yes, I'll chip in $3 to help fund billboards to call on the Senate to convict Trump.

House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin opened yesterday's hearing with an argument that was so powerful that Trump's own lawyers admitted that it caused them to change their opening arguments and left Trump screaming at his television.⁸

Then, Trump's lawyers were so bad that the main constitutional law professor they relied on said that his legal analysis was "the opposite" of what Trump's legal team claimed.⁹

The rest of this trial might not go any better for Trump either, because the evidence is overwhelming: Trump incited a violent insurrection in an attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election. 

For months, he pushed the lie that he won the election "by a landslide" but that it was stolen. He made one false claim after another about election fraud. Then, on January 6, he urged a white nationalist mob to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of the election, leading to the deaths of five people and the injuring of hundreds of others.

If that's not an impeachable offense, then what is? 

Every senator is not only a juror but a witness, and the ruling they hand down will echo down through history. If they vote to acquit, the message is that any future president can incite a violent coup d'etat to stay in power and get away with it. 

There are clear signs that Republicans are feeling the pressure. In Trump's first impeachment, not one House Republican voted for impeachment. The second time, 10 did.

In his first impeachment, one Republican voted to convict. Today, six Republicans voted to move forward with the trial, rejecting the main defense argument that it is unconstitutional to convict a president after leaving office.

It's crucial that we keep the pressure on now. Not with threats of violence or intimidation, but with the power of our arguments. It costs thousands of dollars to run a single billboard for a day, and the next 72 hours will be critical. Will you chip in $3 to expand our billboard campaign pressuring Republican senators to convict Trump for his role in the January 6 insurrection?

Yes, I'll donate $3 right now.

Thanks for all you do.

–David, Thad, Erica, Lisa, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Shocking trial video opens Jan. 6 wounds for lawmakers," Politico, February 10, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149970?t=7&akid=290037%2E10220574%2E-q_WGB

2. Ibid. 

3. "Trump on path to acquittal despite stunning evidence," Politico, February 10, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149971?t=9&akid=290037%2E10220574%2E-q_WGB

4. Ibid. 

5. "McConnell not pressuring GOP to acquit Trump," The Hill, February 11, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149972?t=11&akid=290037%2E10220574%2E-q_WGB

6. "Trump was 'borderline screaming' and 'deeply unhappy' over his defense lawyers' performance at his impeachment trial, report says," Insider, February 9, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149951?t=13&akid=290037%2E10220574%2E-q_WGB

7. "Dershowitz slams Trump attorney: 'Have no idea what he's doing,'" The Hill, February 9, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149952?t=15&akid=290037%2E10220574%2E-q_WGB

8. "Trump was 'borderline screaming' and 'deeply unhappy' over his defense lawyers' performance at his impeachment trial, report says," Insider, February 9, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149951?t=17&akid=290037%2E10220574%2E-q_WGB

9. "'I Said The Opposite': Criticism Of Trump's Impeachment Defense Intensifies," NPR, February 9, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149953?t=19&akid=290037%2E10220574%2E-q_WGB

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Sign this petition re: Costco & MyPillow

I'm calling on Costco, my favorite store, to stop hosting roadshows for MyPillow. Will you join me?

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

Mike Lindell, the founder and CEO of MyPillow, is a vehement and vocal supporter of former President Trump. Mr. Lindell, an avid conspiracy theorist and major Republican donor, twice showed up at the White House to bend Trump's ear in the final months of his presidency. The first time, he was hocking an unproven COVID-19 treatment, and the second, he was encouraging Trump to overthrow the results of the presidential election. 

This is why I'm calling on Costco, my favorite store, to stop hosting roadshows for Mr. Lindell's company, MyPillow. Will you join me?

When Mr. Lindell visited the White House on January 15, he was photographed outside the West Wing with written notes to give Trump, instructing him to overturn the election by way of martial law. I no longer think a great company like Costco should allow MyPillow a place to set up and sell their products. Costco should not support such treasonous behavior. MyPillow should be banned from ALL Costco facilities.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

—Dennis C.

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That went so bad for Trump

The start of Donald Trump's second impeachment trial went so badly that Donald Trump reportedly screamed at his television.

Dear MoveOn member,

The start of Donald Trump's second impeachment trial went so badly that Donald Trump reportedly screamed at his television.¹

House impeachment managers presented the beginning of an open-and-shut case—and Trump's lawyers responded with such rambling nonsense that even Trump's biggest defenders said they had "no idea" what his lawyers were doing.²

Then something really surprising and really bad for Trump happened: Conservative Republican Senator Bill Cassidy actually changed his mind and voted to let the impeachment trial go forward.

If one Republican can change his mind, then others can too. A bipartisan vote to convict Trump will send a message down through history and to every aspiring Trump-style authoritarian from Ted Cruz to Josh Hawley to Marjorie Taylor Greene that they will not get away with attacking our democracy.

The next 72 hours will be crucial, as House impeachment managers present the evidence and Trump's legal team is forced to defend the indefensible. We're keeping the pressure on Senate Republicans by running mobile billboards in Washington, D.C, and we want to expand our billboard campaign to the states, pressuring Republican senators most likely to vote to convict to listen to the evidence and do the right thing. Will you chip in $3?

Yes, I'll chip in $3 to help fund billboards to call on the Senate to convict Trump.

House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin opened yesterday's hearing with an argument that was so powerful that Trump's own lawyers admitted that it caused them to change their opening arguments and left Trump screaming at his television.³

Then, Trump's lawyers were so bad that the main constitutional law professor they relied on said that his legal analysis was "the opposite" of what Trump's legal team claimed.⁴

The rest of this trial might not go any better for Trump either, because the evidence is overwhelming: Trump incited a violent insurrection in an attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election. 

For months, he pushed the lie that he won the election "by a landslide" but that it was stolen. He made one false claim after another about election fraud. Then, on January 6, he urged a white nationalist mob to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of the election, leading to the deaths of five people and the injuring of hundreds of others.

If that's not an impeachable offense, then what is? 

Every senator is not only a juror but a witness, and the ruling they hand down will echo down through history. If they vote to acquit, the message is that any future president can incite a violent coup d'etat to stay in power and get away with it. 

There are clear signs that Republicans are feeling the pressure. In Trump's first impeachment, not one House Republican voted for impeachment. The second time, 10 did.

In his first impeachment, one Republican senator voted to convict. Yesterday, six Republican senators voted to move forward with the trial, rejecting the main defense argument that it is unconstitutional to convict a president after leaving office.

It's crucial that we keep the pressure on now. Not with threats of violence or intimidation, but with the power of our arguments. It costs thousands of dollars to run a single billboard for a day, and the next 72 hours will be critical. Will you chip in $3 to expand our billboard campaign pressuring Republican senators to convict Trump for his role in the January 6 insurrection?

Yes, I'll donate $3 right now.

Thanks for all you do.

–David, Thad, Erica, Lisa, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Trump was 'borderline screaming' and 'deeply unhappy' over his defense lawyers' performance at his impeachment trial, report says," Insider, September 9, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149951?t=5&akid=289949%2E10220574%2EdXW_Dc

2. "Dershowitz slams Trump attorney: 'Have no idea what he's doing,'" The Hill, September 9, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149952?t=7&akid=289949%2E10220574%2EdXW_Dc

3. "Trump was 'borderline screaming' and 'deeply unhappy' over his defense lawyers' performance at his impeachment trial, report says," Insider, September 9, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149951?t=9&akid=289949%2E10220574%2EdXW_Dc

4. "'I Said The Opposite': Criticism Of Trump's Impeachment Defense Intensifies," NPR, September 9, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149953?t=11&akid=289949%2E10220574%2EdXW_Dc

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Call Now: Impeachment trial must have witnesses

The full story of Trump and the GOP Treason Caucus's involvement in the attempts to overturn our election will only come to light with there are witnesses in the impeachment trial. 

Dear MoveOn member,

Convicting Donald Trump in the impeachment trial is an uphill battle, but the public deserves to see the truth and fully understand Trump's leadership role in the deadly attacks on our democracy. 

The full story of Trump and the GOP Treason Caucus's involvement in the attempts to overturn our election will come to light only if there are witnesses in the impeachment trial. 

Will you call your senator, Charles E. Schumer, and say you support the House impeachment managers' calling witnesses in the impeachment trial? 

Here's where to call: 1-888-894-1033

And here is an example of what you can say: 

Hi! My name is Mar, and I'm a constituent from Inwood. Sen. Schumer must call publicly and privately for witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial to ensure the American people get the full picture of Trump and the Republicans' long involvement in stoking the deadly violence and attacks on our democracy. Do you support calling witnesses in the trial? What are you doing to ensure the House impeachment managers call them?

The impeachment trial is not just about conviction; it's also about growing the majority of people who believe Trump is guilty, which empowers progressives to pass the reforms needed to protect our democracy from attacks in the future and helps us push back on the violent followers Trump has emboldened. 

Here's how witnesses fit into the trial process: Today, the Senate will vote on the rules for the trial, then turn it over to the House managers to explain why the House of Representatives impeached Trump and why the Senate should convict him, followed by Trump's legal defense arguments. The proposed rules give House managers the option to have a vote on calling witnesses after the arguments and before a verdict. But some senators, even those who support conviction, might see witnesses as unnecessary if Republicans appear intent on letting Trump off without consequences for his actions. We need to show that we support calling witnesses so the Senate can do its full duty under the Constitution and not allow Trump loyalists to stop the arguments prematurely.

Call Sen. Schumer at 1-888-894-1033, and make sure they know you want to see witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial.

Thanks for all you do.

–David, Emily, Ann, Reggie, and the rest of the team

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Sign this petition re: Louis DeJoy and the USPS

DeJoy is one of Trump's cronies who kept his job after President Joe Biden's inauguration. Sign the petition to hold him accountable. DeJoy is one of Trump's cronies who kept his job after President Joe Biden's inauguration

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is a Trump enabler who currently manages the day-to-day operations of the USPS. DeJoy is one of Trump's cronies who kept his job after President Joe Biden's inauguration, and the post office could be stuck with him if we don't act now.  

Sign now: Urge President Joe Biden and the Senate to immediately fill the vacancies on the Postal Board of Governors with appointees who will hold Louis DeJoy accountable for the damage he's done.

The United States Postal Service is a public good. They deliver to every address regardless of location, which is important, especially for people who live somewhere rural or hard to access. They deliver essential, lifesaving prescription medication and have continued to deliver important packages for small businesses and families alike. They are the backbone of our democracy, especially during this pandemic, when they delivered over 100 million ballots for the 2020 election. The USPS keeps our society going and has been the truest of essential services.

Despite all of this, Louis DeJoy deliberately sabotaged the functioning of the USPS by eliminating overtime pay, reducing retail hours, closing and consolidating post office locations, removing mail-sorting machines before the election, and implementing tactics to slow down delivery speeds.¹ These delays disproportionately targeted communities of color, which added insult to injury after decades of voter suppression against Black and non-Black communities of color.²

The board of governors oversees the activities of the Postal Service. They can hire and fire the postmaster general, review all practices of the USPS, and along with the Postal Regulatory Commission, set policies for the Postal Service. The board currently has a Republican majority, but only because there are three empty Democratic seats.

DeJoy was selected by Donald Trump to sabotage the post office in order to privatize it, but we can stop him. The board of governors can hold DeJoy accountable for carrying out Trump's wishes of strategically dismantling the functioning of post offices across the country. The board can and must set a new direction for the post office, and we can ensure this happens by filling the vacancies on its board of governors.

Pressure from people like you and me works. This summer, a coalition formed to come to the defense of the post office, and we saw over 1,100 events at local post offices across the country. Both the House and the Senate called DeJoy to testify about the service cuts in August.³ Federal Court Judge Stanley Bastian called DeJoy's changes "a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service."⁴ After public outcry, our advocacy, and multiple lawsuits, DeJoy was pressured into reversing all slowdown changes before Election Day. But DeJoy immediately began reinstating those changes on November 4. Our advocacy and pressure must continue.

DeJoy has said that he's working on a 10-year plan for the post office that will come out soon, and we can expect it to feature more attacks against Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and rural communities; more price hikes and service cuts; and other measures to carry out Trump's OMB report calling for the post office to be privatized and sold for parts. He's already announced plans to cut service to Alaska, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii.⁵

The stakes couldn't be higher: We saw the effects of Louis DeJoy's pet project to slow down the mail, jack up prices, and privatize the post office in the middle of a pandemic that is decimating the postal workforce. 20,000 postal workers either tested positive for COVID-19 or were quarantining due to exposure leading up to the holidays. Postal workers were pushed to their breaking point, working double shifts to deliver our packages. The volume increase was entirely predictable, and DeJoy did not plan for it.

If we don't stop Louis DeJoy now, a national treasure will be lost. That's why President Biden and the Senate must fill the empty seats on the Postal Board of Governors with pro-post office members who will prioritize the mandate of the USPS to serve all of us and will stop DeJoy's ideological project to kill the agency in its tracks.

Add your name to demand that these seats be filled by people who will finally hold Louis Dejoy accountable.

Thanks!

–Stephanie Apollon, Save the Post Office Coalition

Sources:

1. "Who Is Louis DeJoy? U.S. Postmaster General In Spotlight Ahead Of 2020 Election," NPR, August 21, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/149879?t=10&akid=289798%2E10220574%2EgKYwrO

2. "The Postal Service is Under Attack. Our Research Shows Who This Hurts Most," Union of Concerned Scientists, October 19, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/149853?t=12&akid=289798%2E10220574%2EgKYwrO

3. "Louis DeJoy, the postmaster general, will testify before the Senate on Friday about service cuts," The New York Times, August 18, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/149880?t=15&akid=289798%2E10220574%2EgKYwrO

4. "Judge blocks 'politically motivated' changes to U.S. Postal Service ahead of election," Reuters, September 17, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/149881?t=17&akid=289798%2E10220574%2EgKYwrO

5. "Postal Service will prioritize ballots over other mail, postmaster general testifies," The Washington Post, August 21, 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/21/dejoy-testimony-usps-senate/

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Cops pepper spray 9-year-old. Police union leadership: "It worked."

It's outrageous for Mazzeo to justify these officers' violent actions towards a 9 year old girl. It's outrageous for Mazzeo to justify these officers' violent actions towards a 9 year old girl.

Dear MoveOn member,

We've come to expect police union leadership to defend cops' violence and abuse, but the recent behavior of Mike Mazzeo, head of Rochester's police union, is absolutely inexcusable. He's claiming that it's appropriate for police officers to manhandle, handcuff, and ultimately pepper-spray a 9-year-old Black child who wasn't even a suspect.¹ This is totally unacceptable.

Sign now: Demand that Mike Mazzeo be removed as the head of Rochester's police union immediately.

It's beyond excessive use of force, and it appears that the child's Fourth Amendment rights were violated.² But Mazzeo thinks the cops' actions were appropriate.

This is clearly unacceptable. No community, especially its Black and brown folks, should be expected to trust or respect a police department with someone like Mazzeo in a position of leadership. Please join us in calling on Rochester's mayor, chief of police, city council members, and Police Accountability Board to force Mazzeo's departure, now.

The RPD and its union have a long history of racism and police brutality against Black people. Mike Mazzeo is the same police union leader who defended the officers who mocked, suffocated, and killed Daniel Prude by pinning him to the ground and putting a hood over his head as he was experiencing a mental health crisis.³

Mazzeo is also suing the state of New York to stop it from releasing the disciplinary records of Rochester police officers.⁴ Mazzeo's defense of these officers—like his defense of the officers who killed Daniel Prude—is a textbook example of the playbook police unions use to shield violent and dangerous cops who are caught abusing their power and breaking the law:

• When police are caught doing something that is clearly wrong, say they were following protocol and blame their training.
• Deceive and lie to obscure and confuse the truth about what happened.
• Attack city officials, activists, and others in a position to hold police accountable.

It's not just outrageous for Mazzeo to justify these officers' violent actions toward a 9-year-old girl—it's a big part of what helps violent and biased police continue to get away with abuse. If Mazzeo can say these things and remain the leader of the police union, it virtually guarantees that Rochester police will continue to be unaccountable and violent. His behavior and way of thinking encourage police brutality, making accountability for police and necessary reform impossible.

Mike Mazzeo has to go.

Add your name to demand that Rochester city leaders do everything in their power to push for his removal.

Thanks!

–James Rucker, Police Unions Exposed

Sources:

1. Tweet by Joshua Potash," February 1, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149859?t=10&akid=289610%2E10220574%2EuLpRXh

2. "Mother of 9-year-old girl pepper-sprayed by Rochester police intends to sue city," USA Today, February 3, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149860?t=12&akid=289610%2E10220574%2EuLpRXh

3. "7 Rochester police officers suspended over Daniel Prude's death, mayor says," CNN, September 4, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/149861?t=14&akid=289610%2E10220574%2EuLpRXh

4. "Judge temporarily halts release of Rochester police disciplinary records," Democrat & Chronicle, December 30, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/149862?t=16&akid=289610%2E10220574%2EuLpRXh

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Update: Marjorie Taylor Green and the Treason Caucus

This is huge: The House of Representatives has removed extremist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments!

Dear MoveOn member,

This is huge: The House of Representatives has removed extremist Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments!

MoveOn members have been signing petitions, calling their members of Congress, rallying, and more to demand Rep. Greene be held accountable for her vile views of school shootings being fake and promoting violence against her colleagues. 

But almost every single Republican voted against this move, proving once again that they are enablers of Rep. Greene, Trump, and the Treason Caucus who participated in the attack on our democracy.

The Republican Treason Caucus doesn't get to rewrite history. Just hours after the Capitol had been breached, vandalized, and ransacked by thousands of white supremacist rioters, 147 Republicans still voted against certifying the election.

But we're not letting them get away with it. Here's how MoveOn members have been fighting back against these Republicans:

• MoveOn members chipped in to fund digital ads targeting Josh Hawley (R-MO), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) and taking over the websites of major newspapers in their states—The Kansas City Star, Houston Chronicle, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, respectively—including quotes from two of the papers' editorial boards calling for the senators' resignations. 

• More than 700,000 MoveOn members signed petitions calling for accountability for Republicans including Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Roger Marshall—including calls to expel them, investigate them, demand they resign, and strip them of committee assignments.

• MoveOn members joined Voto Latino to simultaneously deliver the petition calling for Ted Cruz to resign to his offices in Austin, Houston, Dallas, and Washington, D.C. Check out the livestream of the events here and the full-page ad we took out together in the Dallas Morning News to amplify the need for Sen. Cruz to resign.

• Polling from Data for Progress in Missouri, Wisconsin, and Texas showed that a majority of voters in their states want Senators Hawley, Johnson, and Cruz out. Check out Representative Ocasio-Cortez's tweet lifting up the Texas results here.

• More than 400,000 MoveOn members signed a petition started by RuralOrganizing.org demanding that Republican leadership act to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House Education and Labor Committee. Yesterday, MoveOn drove a mobile billboard around House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy's district, calling him and the entire GOP out because their refusal to hold her accountable is support for her extremist and disqualifying views, and the event was covered on the local ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates. Our Revolution Kern County partnered to hold a rally at the billboard and delivered the petitions to Rep. McCarthy.

• The Creative Lab team has been producing hard-hitting content demonstrating how the GOP Treason Caucus is to blame for the violent attacks on our democracy, including this video with Eric Ward of the Western States Center.

• And finally, thousands of MoveOn members have called members of the GOP Treason Caucus, demanding that they resign for openly encouraging insurrection. Thousands more called Democratic members of Congress as well, asking that they move to expel anyone who voted against certifying the election.

Together, with millions of MoveOn members taking action across the country, we'll hold these undemocratic Republicans accountable for their attempt to undermine and damage our democracy.

As the Senate gears up for an impeachment trial to hold the seditionist-in-chief accountable for inciting the riot, we won't forget the 147 who actively supported him. The eight senators who voted to overturn the election results should be on trial next to him. 

The Treason Caucus still has power—so we can't let up yet. Senate Democrats must eliminate the filibuster to ensure a single Republican can't hold up essential legislation like COVID relief or democracy reform. House Democrats must go further and expel Marjorie Taylor Greene from office because of her extreme views and support of the deadly insurrection and violence against elected leaders.

This work has ALL been fueled by the generosity of MoveOn members. Pitch in $3, or whatever you can, so we can keep up this work and more moving forward.

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