Dear MoveOn member,

Donald Trump's impeachment trial for inciting the deadly siege of the
Capitol begins on Tuesday, and before the media circus begins, we wanted
to let you know what to expect and what MoveOn is preparing to do to
demand that the Senate convict Trump and bar him from ever running for
public office again for his role in inciting a violent, murderous
insurrection.

First and foremost, unlike Trump's first impeachment, Democrats now
control the Senate, which means Mitch McConnell and Trump's other GOP
lackeys will not be able to rush through a vote without a real trial.

And the case is as clear as can be. As the House impeachment managers have
laid out, Trump spent months spreading lies about the election being
stolen, repeatedly asked his supporters to come to D.C. on January 6, and
then called for them to march on the Capitol and "fight like hell" to
overturn the election.^1

And then they did just that.

Trump's own lawyers have no defense against those facts, and so instead
they are making the absurd claims that Trump was exercising his First
Amendment rights to claim that the election was stolen and therefore
cannot be held accountable.^2

Trump's team is clearly setting up a ploy to turn the trial into an
opportunity to promote conspiracy theories, and they're hoping to continue
to wield Trump's control of the party to keep Republicans from voting to
convict him.

But we won't let them get away with it.

MoveOn is ready with a huge campaign, including running mobile billboards
around D.C. and in multiple states with Republican senators, demanding
that they hold Trump accountable for his actions that led to the deaths of
five people or accept that they too are responsible for condoning and
enabling this murderous violence.



We have a real shot at finally putting an end to the death grip that Trump
has on our politics and in doing so put white supremacist violence on
trial and expose the complicity of fellow Republicans. But we need your
help to do it, John. Will you chip in $5 a month
to help MoveOn have the funds to fuel our efforts to first ensure that
Trump is convicted and then demand that his seditionist cronies in
Congress are held accountable as well?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

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Many Republicans, especially those who helped incite the riot like Ted
Cruz and Josh Hawley, are working overtime to try to sweep the events of
January 6 under the rug, but as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
recently pointed out while recounting her harrowing memories from that
day, diminishing the realities of that trauma and attempting to get away
without consequences are the tactics of an abuser—one who will just try to
get away with it again.^3

Five people died on January 6, including a Capitol Police officer whom the
white supremacist mob allegedly beat to death with a fire extinguisher.^4 

At least 140 other law enforcement officials were injured—many beaten with
bats, wrenches, metal bars, and even the pole from an American flag.^5

The insurrection mob was highly organized, with many members in tactical
gear and carrying handcuffs, ready to take hostages or even assassinate
members of Congress.^6

A total of 370 congressional aides have signed onto a letter calling for
Trump's conviction and recounting how they hid for hours under desks or
attempted to flee for their lives.^7

These are the stark, brutal details of the attack that Trump spurred on.
These are the actions of people whom, while the siege was ongoing, Trump
called "very special" and said that he loved.

The horrific events of January 6 cannot be swept under the rug. Trump must
be convicted, and the Republicans like Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Marjorie
Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert, whose actions and rhetoric helped
propel it forward, must be removed from the halls of Congress.



MoveOn helped lead the fight during Trump's last impeachment, and we are
ready to do it again. But we need you to stand with us and ensure that not
only Trump is held accountable but that the fight continues to demand that
his fellow seditionists in Congress are removed as well. Will you chip
in $5 a month to help make it happen?

[ [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, Sandra, Melissa, Cheryl, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "What Trump said before his supporters stormed the Capitol, annotated,"
The Washington Post, January 11, 2021
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2. "Trump lawyers call impeachment trial unconstitutional in laying out
defense," The Hill, February 2, 2021
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3. "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blasts Republicans For Suggesting Democrats
Should Just Get Over Violent Capitol Attack," Vanity Fair, February 2,
2021
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4. "Police union says 140 officers injured in Capitol riot," The
Washington Post, January 27, 2021
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5. Ibid.

6. "Veteran at Capitol with zip-tie handcuffs during riot aimed 'to take
hostages': Prosecutor," KTLA, January 14, 2021
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7. "'Attack On Our Workplace': 370 Congressional Aides Sign Onto Letter
Urging Trump Conviction," Talking Points Memo, February 3, 2021
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