RELEASE THE TAX RETURNS. LAUNCH IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
ACTION ONE: CALL YOUR SENATORS
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WYDEN AND MERKLEY:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
The latest news about Trump’s tax returns shows – again — that an impeachment inquiry is justified and necessary. Squashing an IRS memo that says Trump must give Congress his returns is obstructing justice. Congress needs to follow the money. It’s time for you to speak out for an impeachment inquiry. Thank you.
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR HOUSE REPS
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SAMPLE SCRIPTS FOR REPRESENTATIVES:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
The latest news about Trump’s tax returns shows – again — that an impeachment inquiry is necessary. Squashing an IRS memo that says Trump must give Congress his returns is obstructing justice. Congress needs to follow the money.
- For Reps Blumenauer and Bonamici: Thank you for supporting an impeachment inquiry.
- For Reps DeFazio, Schrader, and Walden: You need to stand up and support an impeachment inquiry.
The entire Oregon delegation must not only sign onto an impeachment inquiry, but also speak out about why it’s needed. We need you to bring us out of this brewing constitutional crisis and save our democracy. Thank you.
CALL SUZANNE BONAMICI (OR-01)
CALL GREG WALDEN (OR-02)
CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)
CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)
CALL KURT SCHRADER (OR-05)
BACKGROUND:
Congress has a clear, unambiguous right to see Trump’s tax returns. The President is point blank refusing to follow the law. Yesterday news broke of a draft IRS memo explaining that Trump must turn over the returns. The memo was squashed.
Remember watching the head of IRS try to avoid admitting to a House committee that he was ordered by a higher-up to withhold the returns? It is clear over and over that we are watching a cover-up in plain sight.
This roster of MoCs calling for an impeachment inquiry is growing. The Chair of the Judiciary Committee has argued privately that it’s time. Blumenauer and Bonamici, are now among supporters. The entire delegation – including Walden — must demand impeachment proceedings.
Our democracy is on fire. Trump statement yesterday that “I don’t do cover-ups” is his version of Nixon’s statement that “I am not a crook.” Don’t hold your silence any longer.
Speak up. Now.
SOURCES:
DRAFT CONFIDENTIAL IRS MEMO ON TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS: HTTPS://WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/CONTEXT/CONFIDENTIAL-IRS-MEMO-ON-RELEASE-OF-TAX-RETURNS-TO-CONGRESS/527AB73E-7B36-4D84-9FB9-495B1016D398/?UTM_TERM=.12C70D1E7418
NADLER ARGUES FOR IMPEACHMENT INQURY: HTTPS://WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/POLITICS/PELOSIS-LEADERSHIP-TEAM-REBELS-ON-IMPEACHMENT-PRESSES-HER-TO-BEGIN-AN-INQUIRY/2019/05/20/263C11DE-7B5B-11E9-A66C-D36E482AA873_STORY.HTML?UTM_TERM=.3F2622A63477
IRS COMMISSIONER GRILLED ABOUT TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS: HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/CSPAN/STATUS/1115716726979735552?LANG=EN
