Showing posts with label impeachment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label impeachment. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 07, 2019
Rep. Jim Cooper, You Must Support Immediate Impeachment Hearings
My letter this morning to the Hon. Jim Cooper. I hope you will write today, too.
Recently, I called your office following the release of the Mueller Report and asked that you support immediate impeachment hearings for Donald Trump. You responded via email with all the standard excuses NOT to impeach: 1) voting him out is the best path, 2) impeachment would make him more popular and Dems less popular, 3) there are not enough votes in the Senate to convict if impeachment succeeds.
Now that you have had the time to read the Mueller Report, and now that over 400 former federal prosecutors have agreed that anyone other than POTUS would be under indictment for multiple felonies if they did what Trump did, I am wondering if you have reconsidered your previous position regarding impeachment. For the sake of our Republic, I hope so.
Let me remind you, sir, that moral decisions are never made on the basis of their popularity or whether or not a preferred outcome will ensue.
Do the right thing, for god's sake, and put the moral pressure on those unprincipled Trumpists who mock our democratic institutions. How long do you think Dems can remain under the radar and hope that the American people will look the other way?
The eyes of the nation are upon you. Do what your oath demands--uphold our Constitution!
See today's opinion piece by Brian Klaas: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/06/its-time-start-impeachment-hearings-today/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cd5c86e3fcfc
Recently, I called your office following the release of the Mueller Report and asked that you support immediate impeachment hearings for Donald Trump. You responded via email with all the standard excuses NOT to impeach: 1) voting him out is the best path, 2) impeachment would make him more popular and Dems less popular, 3) there are not enough votes in the Senate to convict if impeachment succeeds.
Now that you have had the time to read the Mueller Report, and now that over 400 former federal prosecutors have agreed that anyone other than POTUS would be under indictment for multiple felonies if they did what Trump did, I am wondering if you have reconsidered your previous position regarding impeachment. For the sake of our Republic, I hope so.
Let me remind you, sir, that moral decisions are never made on the basis of their popularity or whether or not a preferred outcome will ensue.
Do the right thing, for god's sake, and put the moral pressure on those unprincipled Trumpists who mock our democratic institutions. How long do you think Dems can remain under the radar and hope that the American people will look the other way?
The eyes of the nation are upon you. Do what your oath demands--uphold our Constitution!
See today's opinion piece by Brian Klaas: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/06/its-time-start-impeachment-hearings-today/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cd5c86e3fcfc
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