Dear MoveOn member,
We will not forget that the violent mob of white supremacists who stormed
the Capitol on Wednesday carrying guns, pipe bombs, sledgehammers, and zip
ties were directly incited to act and supported not only by Donald Trump,
but also by leaders of the Republican Party, who knew exactly what they
were doing and how dangerous it could be.
Just moments before the mob began to march toward the Capitol, Rudy
Giuliani said that there should be a "trial by combat" to keep Trump in
power.^1
Republican Senator Josh Hawley was photographed enthusiastically greeting
some of those who would participate in the siege in the hours before it
began.^2
Republican Senator Ted Cruz repeated conspiracy theories about nonexistent
election fraud on the floor of the Senate, and even after the attempted
coup, he still voted to stop the certification of our free and fair
election.^3
And as the mob was occupying the Capitol, Trump released a video
reiterating that they were "very special people" and telling them that he
loved them.^4
Donald Trump should immediately be removed from office, but that is only
the beginning. He should be prosecuted for his part in inciting a riot,
and Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and the other elected officials in Congress who
supported the effort should resign or be expelled. And if they don't leave
office now, they must be defeated at the ballot box.
MoveOn is launching an all-hands-on-deck campaign to ensure that all of
the Republican officials who helped incite Wednesday's violence are held
accountable for their part. Will you chip in $5 a month to
fuel this effort for as long as it takes to hold these seditionists
accountable?
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Let's be very clear: No elected official who showed support for the
movement that led to Wednesday's siege should hold an ounce of power in
Washington.
And because of our victories in Georgia, Democrats will soon control both
houses of Congress and must wield every ounce of their power to strip the
House and Senate members who voted to overturn the election of leadership
positions and committee assignments, and they must move forward with
resolutions to expel them from the chambers.
There is already a groundswell of bipartisan support for this. The two
largest newspapers in Josh Hawley's home state of Missouri have called on
him to resign for his actions, and his publisher has dropped his upcoming
book deal—but we cannot let it stop there.^5
Hawley, Cruz, and their fellow seditionists in the House and Senate wanted
to use their power to consolidate support from Trump's base to propel them
to further electoral victories and, in the case of Hawley and Cruz, runs
for the White House in 2024.
Well, they certainly succeeded in consolidating the support of Trump's
base, who shattered windows and climbed over barricades to support their
efforts at overturning the election and undermining our democracy.
We cannot and will not let them get away with this. They must be held
accountable and removed from Congress—and if they are not, then we will
remove them at the ballot box.
We need your help to run this campaign, John. From buying
newspaper, TV, and digital ads; holding rallies; flooding Congress with
calls; putting up billboards; running electoral campaigns to defeat them;
and more, we're ready and willing to do whatever it takes to get this
done.
Will you chip in $5 a month to power this work for as long
as it takes?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–David, Chris, Eric, Vicki, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Rudy Giuliani Called For 'Trial By Combat' Before Wednesday’s
Violence," HuffPost, January 7, 2021
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2. "Hawley sent fundraising email on election objection as Capitol
descended into chaos," The Kansas City Star, January 6, 2021
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3. "Ted Cruz says he'd object to Biden electors even knowing about riot,
blasts Trump for 'reckless' rhetoric," The Dallas Morning News, January 7,
2021
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4. "Trump tells his violent supporters who stormed the Capitol 'you're
very special,' but asks them 'to go home,'" Business Insider, January 6,
2021
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5. "As Josh Hawley loses a book deal over the Capitol riots, his GOP
mentor says backing him was 'the worst mistake I ever made,'" The
Washington Post, January 8, 2021
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