We're launching an emergency campaign to remove Trump from office

Yesterday, as Congress was certifying the results of a free and fair U.S. presidential election, a mob of white supremacist terrorists—directly incited by Donald Trump—violently stormed the Capitol and attempted to overthrow the U.S. government and illegally install Trump to a second term.

Dear MoveOn member, 

Yesterday, as Congress was certifying the results of a free and fair U.S. presidential election, a mob of white supremacist terrorists—directly incited by Donald Trump—violently stormed the Capitol and attempted to overthrow the U.S. government and illegally install Trump to a second term.

These disgusting acts of terrorism and sedition were the direct results of Trump's vicious lies, futile attempts to cling to power, and his all-out assault on our country and democracy. Make no mistake: This is what treason looks like, and it's absolutely clear that Trump cannot serve as U.S. president for a single second longer without posing a threat to the security of our nation. Which is why MoveOn is announcing an emergency nationwide campaign to immediately remove Trump from office. 

We are calling on Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment today, declare that Trump is unfit to serve, and remove him from power. If those officials fail to act, Congress must immediately convene an emergency session to impeach and convict Trump, remove him from office, and bar him from ever holding public office again in the future.

We are ready to blanket the airwaves with hard-hitting ads, overload the phone lines in Congress, and do everything we can to remove Trump and defend our democracy.

But we need your help. With our democracy and the rule of law at stake, will you rush a $3 donation to power our emergency, all-hands-on-deck campaign to immediately remove Trump from office? Please act quickly, as we don't have much time.

Let us be clear: Trump will not win. Our democracy will prevail. And Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be duly sworn in as president and vice president of the United States.

Nevertheless, every single second that Trump remains in office is another second loaded with the potential for destruction, chaos, and violence. 

The daily damage he is doing to America—much of it criminal—is inexcusable. He continues to relentlessly spread conspiracy theories about voting and federal elections and is actively working to manipulate election results. He reiterated these conspiracy theories as the siege was underway yesterday, in the same breath that he called the terrorists "very special" and shared his love for them.¹

We must rebuke these incursions against our democracy in the strongest possible terms. And that begins with immediately removing Trump from office. 

If the vice president and the Cabinet fail to remove Trump from office via the 25th Amendment, then Congress must immediately act. 

Here's the good news: The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has the votes to immediately impeach Trump. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has already signaled she will support impeachment, and members of the House Judiciary Committee are already drafting articles of impeachment. Even a sitting Republican member of Congress has come out in support of removing Trump from office.² And because of our victories in Georgia, Democrats also control the Senate and can wield power in the process of conviction and removal.

But we know Trump and his allies are going to put up an extreme fight. In fact, Rush Limbaugh is already calling for the continuation of this despicable violence.³

We simply can't let Trump and his fascist enablers get away with this vicious assault on us, on our country, and on our democracy. Please, if you can, rush a $3 donation to defend democracy and remove Trump from office right now.

Thanks for all you do. 

–David, Vicki, Thad, Jayne, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Trump tells his violent supporters who stormed the Capitol 'you're very special,' but asks them 'to go home,'" Business Insider, January 6, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149254?t=5&akid=287303%2E10220574%2EDr2SXB

2. "Angry Republican leaders float removing Trump from office," CNN, January 7, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149255?t=7&akid=287303%2E10220574%2EDr2SXB

3. Tweet by Media Matters of America, January 7, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/149256?t=9&akid=287303%2E10220574%2EDr2SXB

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