Impeach Trump Now, Advocates Say As They Deliver Over 10 Million Signatures To Congress

[appalachiablue]

Source: Newsweek

3:58 PM EDT. A coalition of national advocacy groups on Thursday delivered 10 million signatures— what they are calling the biggest online petition campaign in U.S. history—urging the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.

The groups held a press conference on the Capitol Lawn with supporting Democratic Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Al Green before delivering the petition signatures to Congress.

Tlaib, one of a handful of members of congress who has embraced the growing grassroots movement to impeach Trump, said of the 10 million signatures: “That’s the population of the 12 smallest states combined.” “Movements happen with actions like this where millions of us speak up demanding that our representatives work on our behalf,” she said.

Tlaib said Trump should be impeached because he violated the U.S. Constitution’s Emoluments Clause, which prohibits any elected U.S. official from accepting "any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State" without the consent of Congress. Trump critics, including the groups behind the petition, have used this argument to push for removing the president from office. - Read More...


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[BigmanPigman]

1. I signed four of their petitions.

RESIST!!!!!

Call your reps and tell them ENOUGH!

[appalachiablue]

2. Terrific, good on you. People becoming engaged

[Richard D]

3. I don't remember what it was . . .

. . . but as I recall, there's some number dealing with how many people there are behind an issue for every signature on a petition. It was substantial though.

[llmart]

4. I posted the response I got from my R rep yesterday. I emailed him calling for impeachment.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12084637


And he got a response back from me:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12084896

[Bayard]

5. The people have spoken!

Or, are speaking.

Only focusing on the emoluments clause?

[Rizen]

6. Impeachment seems like an inevitability

with Barr being held in contempt of congress and Trump using executive privileges to try and hold back the Mueller report. It's much like Nixon and the tapes. Expect a long series of court battles.