WHAT A ROBUST IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY LOOKS LIKE 

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…
Thank you for speaking forcefully for an impeachment inquiry. Thank you for voting for the release of the whistleblower’s complaint. I hope this is the end of the beginning, and that now the House will conduct a strong and speedy inquiry. Please continue to support the House; and prepare for decisive votes in the Senate when and if articles of impeachment are referred 

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…
For Blumenauer, Bonamici and DeFazio: 
Thank you for speaking forcefully for an impeachment inquiry. I am deeply grateful that you had the courage to take a stand long before todayPlease work hard for a strong impeachment inquiry, which needs:   
  1. Immediate robust, expansive hearings under one committee, fed by multiple committees with subject matter expertise. 
  2. Questions by professional prosecutors, so that Congress and the public get a clear picture of Trump’s repeated abuse of power. 

For Schrader:   
Your unwillingness to stand up for our country in the face of clear evidence of an impeachable abuse of power is deeply disappointing to me. Given Trump’s admission that he tried to make the Ukraine president investigate a political opponent, the House really had to launch an inquiry to protect our country. Yet you were silent. I hope you will stand up for the Constitution and against Trump’s betrayal of his oath of office if articles of impeachment come out of the inquiry.  

For Walden: 
The moment of truth is here: our congress has begun an impeach inquiry into Trump’s already acknowledged attempt to persuade the Ukrainian president to investigate a political opponent.  He also tried to purvey a false narrative about Biden’s actions.  It should be obvious to you now that putting country before party is the only moral stance. I hope you will I hope you will stand up for the Constitution and against Trump’s betrayal of his oath of office if articles of impeachment come out of the inquiry.  

BACKGROUND:

“Today I’m announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiryThe actions of the Trump presidency revealed dishonorable facts of the president’s betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections.”    — Speaker Nancy Pelosi 
“Full speed ahead!”– Rep. Nadler, Chair of the Judiciary Committee
We are at the end of the beginning. From here forward the fight for democracy intensifies.    
Our job now is to push for a strong robust process. That means Congress needs to move quickly, with focus and coherency: 
  1. Immediate robust, expansive hearings under one committee, fed by multiple committees with subject matter expertise. 
  2. Questions by professional prosecutors, so that Congress and the public get a clear picture of Trump’s repeated abuse of power. 
Call our Members of Congress – thank the ones that supported impeachment hearings. Then take a minute to appreciate what you’ve done to resist Trump’s corruption, lies, and abuses of power. Every call you made, every town hall you attended, every letter, every canvass, every contribution mattered. You are needed. You are essential. You made a difference.   

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