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YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:08 PM May 2019

Call your congress person and demand impeachment

I just called my Congresswoman, Spanberger, to demand Impeachment.

I also left a message for Speaker Pelosi demanding impeachment as well.

We’re looking at the rule of King Donald the Deranged if we don’t act!

Please call your representatives today!

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Call your congress person and demand impeachment (Original Post) YessirAtsaFact May 2019 OP
if you cant get thru you can use RESIST BOT... samnsara May 2019 #1
This requires a call to your Federal saidsimplesimon May 2019 #2
Telephone calls go to low level staff Rambling Man May 2019 #4
Maybe I'm just using saidsimplesimon May 2019 #6
Depends on the rep or senator Rambling Man May 2019 #7
I just did! Thanks! calimary May 2019 #16
I've written to many congress members to demand impeachment manor321 May 2019 #3
Thank you so much for doing saidsimplesimon May 2019 #9
Make sure you leave a strongly worded message! Rambling Man May 2019 #5
If you mean a reasoned saidsimplesimon May 2019 #11
I mean raise hell with the Democrats now YessirAtsaFact May 2019 #13
OK, Trump is impeached, then what... J_William_Ryan May 2019 #8
How exactly is a madman tymorial May 2019 #10
How does months of public hearings YessirAtsaFact May 2019 #12
Okaaaaayyy... so then we do nothing? calimary May 2019 #17
I trust pelosi! Nt USALiberal May 2019 #14
I think Pelosi is being timid when we need to be bold YessirAtsaFact May 2019 #15
I do too. calimary May 2019 #18
I think she knows more than any of us. Nt USALiberal May 2019 #22
I did Generic Brad May 2019 #19
Thank you-the pugs will deny it YessirAtsaFact May 2019 #20
my email to jan schakowsky. mopinko May 2019 #21

samnsara

(17,622 posts)
1. if you cant get thru you can use RESIST BOT...
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:11 PM
May 2019

...text RESIST to 50409 to send a free fax to your state reps.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
2. This requires a call to your Federal
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:17 PM
May 2019

representatives. I don't give up if the line is busy.

A fax or letter may go to a lower level staff member. imo

Rambling Man

(249 posts)
4. Telephone calls go to low level staff
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:19 PM
May 2019

or voicemail.

"Important" people don't answer unscreened calls from the general public. Anywhere.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
6. Maybe I'm just using
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:22 PM
May 2019

sales skills and giving them reason to pass the message on. I don't expect Nancy Pelosi to answer my calls.

Rambling Man

(249 posts)
7. Depends on the rep or senator
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:24 PM
May 2019

and whether you're in a republican or democratic controlled area.

You can walk right up to them at fundraisers though.

Done it many, many times.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
11. If you mean a reasoned
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:38 PM
May 2019

argument that can not be refuted by logic, only a strong message will do the job.

The meek may inherit the Earth (maybe a booby prize if the Artic is destroyed and democracy dies a slow death by inaction) but the squeeky wheel gets the grease, nes par?

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
13. I mean raise hell with the Democrats now
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:44 PM
May 2019

And continue until they impeach his orange ass.

Otherwise we are looking at one party rule and a dictatorship.

The impeachment process will at least slow this down and educate people about where we are headed.

J_William_Ryan

(1,753 posts)
8. OK, Trump is impeached, then what...
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:27 PM
May 2019

The Senate won't convict, and all you're done is assured Trump's reelection.

And even if the Senate does convict, Pence would be president; Pence would be worse than Trump.

tymorial

(3,433 posts)
10. How exactly is a madman
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:36 PM
May 2019

who rants on twitter non stop, boasts about sexually assaulting women, lies constantly, bullies constantly and actively conspires with Russia to subvert the US law

somehow better than Pence? I'd take Pence in a second if it meant the orange menace was gone.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
12. How does months of public hearings
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:39 PM
May 2019

Guarantee Trump’s re-election?

At worst, it’s several months of negative publicity against Trump for free.

Senators up for re-election who don’t vote for removal in the face of a mountain of evidence could lose, even in red states.

At best public opinion shifts to the point that enough GOP Senators break ranks to remove him.

Bottom line is it’s the right thing to do and I don’t see any downside. It will fire up his base, all 35%. It will also fire up our base and educate independents.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
17. Okaaaaayyy... so then we do nothing?
Tue May 7, 2019, 01:11 PM
May 2019

We continue to bring feather dusters to gun fights? We cave and step back, justly chastened? We wait a decade or two to be excoriated in the history books because we were too chicken and weak-willed and meek to go all out and show America and the rest of the world that this behavior by a so-called pResident is criminal AND unconstitutional and WON’T be allowed to stand?

I think I we risk losing the House if we don’t stand strong. I think we'll lose enough votes from discouraged Dems who throw up their hands in disgust at our inaction, and throw in the towel and give up on us. I think we stand to have a critical mass of voters desert us if we fail to stand up for THE RULE OF LAW. You know, that stuff that nobody is above?

The very thought of it even makes me wonder what the hell I’m knocking myself out for?

I WON’T give up. But I fear a lot of other voters will.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
18. I do too.
Tue May 7, 2019, 01:17 PM
May 2019

I find myself wondering if trump is - as some pundits say - goading is to impeach, so we WON’T. So we’ll get spooked and start second-guessing ourselves and then fold like so many pieces of paper. I think he’s gaming this, and gaming us.

I think we need to keep our eyes on the prize - and on THE LAW. And the Constitution. You know, that thing that’s included in the Presidential Oath of Office that the president swears on the Bible on Inauguration Day to “preserve, protect, and defend”? That one?

Do we stand for the law and the Constitution or don’t we? If the CONS and The Asset won’t, don’t we have to?

Generic Brad

(14,274 posts)
19. I did
Tue May 7, 2019, 01:36 PM
May 2019

And their offices all replied that there was no collusion/no obstruction/no Russian interference. That is what I expected, but at least I let them know.

mopinko

(70,089 posts)
21. my email to jan schakowsky.
Tue May 7, 2019, 03:06 PM
May 2019

i have been a staunch supporter for some time. have been to many funders, including in her home. have been to many demonstrations.
even worked for her for a bit in 2012.


i am doing my best to appreciate the political pitfalls of not starting impeachment hearings yesterday, but i'm just not feelin it.
there will be no free and fair elections in 2020 if we dont put a stop to the lawlessness that is beginning to permeate the american culture. and there will be no fumigating it if there are 4 more years.
i was a part of the midterm wave. i supported you. i donated as best i could.
i believe that if all voters can vote, and if all the votes are counted, this stain will be washed from our democracy. but those are 2 very big ifs.

the time to fight is now. right now.
be the fighter i know you are.
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