Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America:
Congress must impeach Donald Trump.
This shouldn't be a hard ask. There are numerous reasons why Trump should be removed from office. From his unconstitutional and un-American Muslim ban to his numerous business conflicts of interest that are generating personal profit for his family at taxpayer expense, Trump has proven over and over that he's unfit for office.
Today, Trump gave another powerful reason for his impeachment:
In a repeat of Richard Nixon's most notorious actions during the Watergate scandal, Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.
Why did he fire Comey? Trump says it's because Comey held a press conference last summer exonerating Hillary Clinton for her emails. Others speculate it's because Comey is investigating the Trump campaign's ties to Russia. "They will put in a stooge who will shut down this investigation," said Jeffrey Toobin on CNN just now.
Let's be clear, General Flynn had to step down because he lied about meeting with Russia. Jeff Sessions lied to the Senate about meeting with Russia. And there have been reports that the FBI warned Trump that Russia may have compromising information on him that they could use for blackmail. And that's only what we know so far.
The FBI investigation into Trump and his campaign's possible collusion with Russian agents attempting to impact the Presidential election is critical to defending our democracy. We have no love lost for Comey, but Trump firing him in order to shut down the Russia investigation is yet another in a long line of impeachable offenses. This has to stop. Congress must act -- NOW.
Sign the petition and tell Congress: Impeach Donald Trump.
Impeachment will only happen if America demands it. Republicans in Congress will not act unless they feel like they have no choice. Republicans must be made to fear for their jobs more than they fear abandoning Trump.
From challenging Republicans for re-election even in dark red seats to showing up in force at town halls nationwide, the resistance is making it harder and harder to be a Republican in America. That's why it's time to turn up the heat and force them on defense.
Eight cities across America have called for Trump to be impeached -- joined just this week by Los Angeles. One of the articles of impeachment that Congress was set to pass before Nixon resigned in 1974 cited his efforts to interfere with investigations into the White House -- so Trump's action today clearly qualifies as grounds for impeachment.
This cannot wait any longer. Trump is trying to silence his critics and shut down investigations into his crimes. If he gets away with this, worse crimes and abuses will follow. We must draw the line here and now.
Tell Congress: It's time to impeach Donald Trump. Sign DFA's petition right now.
Thank you for fighting back.
- Charles
Charles Chamberlain, Executive Director
Democracy for America
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