IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES MOUNTING
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…
I think Trump’s smearing of Maria Yovanovitch on Twitter during her testimony is an abuse of power, witness intimidation, and an impeachable offense. Please keep pointing out Trump’s impeachable offenses. We need his strong voice to counteract the Republican’s attempts to cast doubt. 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…
For all Representatives except Walden:
I think Trump’s smearing of Maria Yovanovitch on Twitter as she was testifying about being smeared is an abuse of power, witness intimidation, and an impeachable offense. Please keep pointing out Trump’s impeachable offenses. We need his/her strong voice to counteract the Republican’s attempts to cast doubt. Thank you.
For Walden:
I think Trump’s smearing of Maria Yovanovitch on Twitter during her testimony is an abuse of power, witness intimidation, and an impeachable offense. Your silence makes you complicit in defending him. Furthermore, Republican attempts to cast doubt are increasingly weak and clearly self-serving. We need Rep. Walden to stand up for country over party. 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)
ACTION THREE:
HELP REGISTER VOTERS.
Indivisible Oregon is organizing letter-writing parties using Swing Left tools to contact voters whose voter registration data may need updating. Find a letter writing party near you or organize one yourself: https://swingleft.org/events.
BACKGROUND:
As the Democrat’s attorney on the impeachment committee walked Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch through her experience being smeared by the President, Trump doubled down and smeared her again, this time on Twitter as she was testifying.
This is a case of pictures being worth more than a thousand words. Here are clips of key moments when Yovanovitch described – and was subjected to – Trump’s smears.
Adam Schiff reading parts of Trump’s live-time tweet sent while Yovanovitch was testifying. As he said, “some of us take witness intimidation seriously.”
Amb. Yovanovitch describing how she felt after reading the summary of Trump’s explosive conversation with Ukrainian President Zelensky.
Yovanovitch’s record of service is unassailable. Her testimony was so damaging that the Republicans struggled to put a glove on her.
President Trump told Zelensky, “The woman is bad news.” He may be right. Just not the kind of bad news that he meant.
SOURCES:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/15/us/politics/trump-witness-intimidation.html
