Look, it doesn’t matter what you feel about Joe Biden — it is unacceptable for the President of the United States to convince a foreign power to interfere in our elections. And according to Trump himself, that’s exactly what happened.
It gets worse. According to a new report, Trump himself ordered his acting Chief of Staff to freeze nearly $400 million of aid ahead of the controversial call with Ukraine. In that same call, Trump tried to convince the Ukrainian President to work with his own personal lawyer to investigate Joe Biden eight separate times.
At the beginning of our Republic, preventing foreign interference in our democracy was a top priority of our founding fathers — that’s why the grounds for impeachment focused so heavily on treason and bribery. Today, we have inherited the responsibility to protect that Republic — and that’s why I’m fighting to open an impeachment inquiry.
Congress is faced with a clear choice: do we set the precedent that this type of behavior is acceptable in the White House? Or do we stand up for our democracy, for our founding ideals, and for free and fair elections in 2020?
I choose to stand up. Congress’ job is to prevent executive overreach and to protect the American people. And if we meet these challenges with courage, not cowardice, we may yet be able to preserve the foundations of what has made this nation great.
The time to act is now — let’s open an impeachment inquiry, and show Donald Trump that there are consequences for his actions.
In solidarity,
Ro Khanna