Tell your Members of Congress: Initiate impeachment proceedings against Trump for trying overturn election results
Senator Dianne Feinstein
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Senator Kamala Harris
SF Office: (415) 981-9369
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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Rep. Jackie Speier
San Mateo Office: (650) 342-0300
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Call Script
My name is __________. I am a constituent, and my zip code is _______. I am a member of Indivisible SF.
I’m calling to demand that you initiate impeachment proceedings against Trump for inciting a mob riot at the Capitol, and for trying to coerce and bully Georgia’s Secretary of State into fraudulently overturning that state’s presidential election result by “finding 11,780” votes to change the results.
OPTIONAL: I know the new administration will take over in just a few weeks, but that doesn’t mean we can simply overlook the danger of a sitting president trying to use the power of his office to force other government officials to invalidate the will of the people. The House majority must make it clear that this is unacceptable. Impeachment in the House and the possibility of banning from further office is worth it to the country. We set a precedent one way or the other.
I also demand that you censure Republican members of Congress who have supported Trumps incitement and who have falsely cast doubt on the election results and then used that as an excuse to claim a need for further investigation and delay.
OPTIONAL: These members aren’t that different from pro-slavery confederates who refused to accept Lincoln’s presidency. Their actions are destructive of democracy, and we need the House to make them face consequences as well. If you don’t, it could mean a modern re-play of the failure of Reconstruction.
Background
On Saturday, January 2, Trump called Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, to ask him to overturn the victory of Joe Biden in that state’s presidential election.
A recording of the call was obtained by the Washington Post, which published the full transcript of the call.
Trump cited numerous conspiracy theories, false claims, and leaps of logic that had been invented by Trumpists to attempt to justify overturning Biden’s victory. At times, it seems like Trump himself has bought what those in his orbit are selling—like he really believes that he won the election, and only long-time Republican spectres of “voter fraud” and “dead people voting” explain him getting fewer votes than Biden.
Raffensperger, to his credit, refuted every one of the bogus theories pushed by the White House during the call, and stood firm on the fact that multiple recounts in his state had confirmed that Joseph Biden, Jr. won the presidential election there.
But whether he believes it himself or not, he and his supporters are following a simple playbook: claim the election was fraudulent often enough that his voters believe it, and then use their belief in those lies as a reason to delay or deny Biden’s inauguration. Like an arsonist who sets a fire and then calls the fire department, Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz are laundering conspiracy theories as an excuse to throw out the will of the voters by objecting to the certification of electors who voted for Biden.
One of the standard tactics of authoritarians is to turn elections into shams in which people are allowed to vote, but their votes have no bearing on the outcome. If attempts to delegitimize the election and block the transfer of power become normalized, it will destroy our democracy. Anyone who behaves as though elections only count when they win must be held accountable—right up to and including the President of the United States.
Sources
Fact-check by KHOU: https://www.khou.com/article/news/verify/trump-raffensperger-georgia-elections-call-fact-check/507-719934d9-dcb7-49b7-96cf-a15f054578b4
Sen. Cruz planning to object to the certification of Arizona’s electors: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-electoral-college-trump-republicans/2021/01/05/f5dfae36-4f72-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html