Dear MoveOn member,
On Thursday, MoveOn and our allies will hit a major milestone by delivering the largest number of petition signatures to Congress in our 20-year history: 10 MILLION signatures calling for the impeachment of Donald Trump. (Yes, you read that right. Ten million.)
We will be holding a press conference in Trump's own backyard of Washington, D.C., to state clearly and forcefully that it is time for Congress to start impeachment proceedings—but that's not all.
We also want to purchase billboard space for a full month in the center of the city calling on Congress to listen to the will of the 10 million—including Americans of all walks of life—calling for impeachment, but we need your help, Eddie.
We're already planning a mobile billboard in D.C. But if we can raise $75,000, we can get a monthlong billboard in a high-traffic location. And the more we raise, the more we'll do. If we raise $150,000, we will also buy billboards in the districts of key congressional leaders who remain opposed to impeachment.
The Mueller report clearly laid out at least 10 different instances of obstruction of justice by Trump, a crime that was included in the articles of impeachment for both Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon. And now, hundreds of federal prosecutors who have served in Democratic and Republican administrations have united to say that Trump would be charged with multiple felonies for obstruction of justice if he weren't the president. The attorneys state, "Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice."1
Just yesterday, Trump's Treasury Department broke the law by denying a lawful request by Congress for the release of Trump's tax returns, yet another attempt at obstructing the investigations into Trump's wrongdoing.2
These are serious, ongoing attempts at subverting our democracy to prop up a wannabe dictator, and every day that the Democratically-held Congress refuses to take definitive action to stop Trump's corruption and lawlessness is an abdication of their duty to every single one of us.
And over 10 million MoveOn members and our allies agree.
The central argument made by congressional Democrats opposed to impeachment has always been that Trump would never be convicted in the Senate—but this is simply not true.
Only 34% of Americans supported the impeachment of Richard Nixon before the House began impeachment hearings, but after the public saw the evidence of Nixon's guilt, that number skyrocketed to 68%, and Nixon resigned rather than face conviction in the Senate.
This shows us that taking this kind of bold action can build the case for impeachment to become a galvanizing issue this year and, if necessary, in next year's elections.
We cannot wait around while congressional leaders whisper in back rooms. It's time that they hear from the American public loud and clear.
Thanks for all you do.
–David, Emma, Elsie, Bill, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. Statement by Former Federal Prosecutors, Medium, May 6, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/65355?t=5&akid=233650%2E10220574%2EhxRXVW
2. "Mnuchin refuses to turn over Trump taxes to House Democrats," CNN, May 6, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/65356?t=7&akid=233650%2E10220574%2EhxRXVW
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