Dear MoveOn member,

 

 

Without a shred of evidence of any wrongdoing, and despite Republicans in Congress trying for years to find dirt on the president. 

 

Let us be clear: This is a sham impeachment brought forward by a failing speaker as another desperate political stunt to appease the extremists in his party. It is a complete waste of time and resources and will do nothing to benefit the country. 

First, we can't forget that Republican calls to impeach Biden began before he was even elected in 2020.² So no matter what "evidence" they make up for this inquiry, we know it's just a convenient excuse for their attack plan to win in 2024.

 

Even some Republican members of Congress have privately said they have no evidence and therefore no real reason to launch this inquiry.³

 

So, why are the House Republicans wasting everyone's time with this sham impeachment inquiry? 

 

To start, Kevin McCarthy is afraid of losing his job. After an unprecedented 15 rounds of voting, McCarthy was eventually voted in as speaker at the start of the year.⁴ In return, McCarthy promised that any members of his party could lead a vote to kick him out of the speakership, giving far-right House members like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz significantly more power and influence in the House. 

 

 

Plus, Donald Trump's legal troubles continue to grow, and with his first trial scheduled to start in early March, the GOP has fully committed itself to Trump's defense.⁵ By leveraging this bogus impeachment, they hope to deflect attention away from Trump's indictments.

 

That's why MoveOn is gearing up to launch a massive, multi-pronged campaign to fight back against these GOP-created distractions and win in 2024.

 

With your help, MoveOn is prepared to do all of this: 

• Targeted television and digital ads highlighting the bogus nature of this inquiry that have been message-tested and proven effective. These ads will both point out the obvious corruption and hypocrisy of Republicans who railed against Donald Trump's legitimate impeachments and highlight President Biden's impressive victories on climate change, reining in the greed of the pharmaceutical industry, combating inflation, investing in infrastructure, canceling student debt, and more. If possible, we will even try to place these ads on Fox News itself.

• Strategic investment in defeating the Complicit Caucus. There are currently 18 Republicans in Congress who represent districts Biden won in 2020 and who won based on lies that they were "moderates." MoveOn has spent months building up cohorts of local organizers in these districts, and if this impeachment inquiry moves forward, we will hammer these members in their home districts and remind voters that they are just as extreme as Marjorie Taylor Greene.

• A revolutionary voter turnout strategy proven to be five times more effective than traditional tactics. It's called "vote tripling," and it involves individuals reaching out to their own friends and family members to help them make a plan to vote. MoveOn first deployed this tactic in 2020, and data show that it helped to turn out more than 100,000 voters!


If Republicans continue to move forward with this fabricated impeachment inquiry, we need to be ready to launch an enormous campaign to counter the lies and disinformation that will flood the airwaves—and remind voters of the mounting evidence of Trump's crimes.  

 

But if this campaign is going to be as impactful as we're hoping, it will take a groundswell of grassroots support to make sure we can pull this off.

 

Thanks for all you do.

–Mohammad, Liz, Justin, Nakia, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Biden Impeachment Inquiry: Here's How The Process Could Play Out—And How It Could End," Forbes, September 13, 2023

 

2. "Fox News is dragging the GOP into an inane, inevitable impeachment of Joe Biden," Media Matters for America, September 6, 2023

 

3. "McCarthy starts to plot Biden impeachment strategy while GOP skeptics remain," CNN, August 28, 2023

 

4. "Kevin McCarthy elected US House Speaker after 15 rounds of voting," BBC, January 7, 2023

 

5. "Judge sets March 4, 2024, as Trump trial date in election interference case," NPR, August 28, 2023

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