| Content warning: extreme violence in the video discussed below. Dear, The trial for the impeachment of Donald Trump centered on bone-chilling video footage of the president firing up a violent mob and sending it to the Capitol Building. The video shows Capitol Police crushed by men wielding guns and other weapons. Armed people stalking the hallways of Congress, telling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi they were coming for her. A woman shot. People screaming “Traitor Pence” and “Fight for Trump" while hunting for the vice president, saying they were following the directions of Trump.(1) How could anyone see this footage and not immediately repudiate Trump and his followers? But not only did Seditious Seven California Congressman Kevin McCarthy vote against impeaching Trump -- he has doubled down on aligning himself with Trump and his base. McCarthy voted not to certify the presidential election results. He voted not to impeach Trump for the insurrection. And just weeks after Trump’s followers swarmed the Capitol Building, McCarthy visited Trump at Mar a Lago, taking pictures with the disgraced ex-president.(2) Then the following week, McCarthy refused to hold Trumper and QAnon follower Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene accountable for her racism and spreading of conspiracy theories, and Greene still claims Trump won the election.(3) At the same time, he wouldn’t defend Representative Liz Cheney, the top Republican who voted to impeach Trump.(4) If there were any question about McCarthy’s motives, he laid them to rest in an interview this week. The minority leader said he is already fundraising in Florida to take back the House in 2022, and he’s recruiting candidates.(5) Considering how he treated Greene and Cheney, and his visit to Trump, it’s obvious what kind of candidates he’s going to invite to run. Trumpism, and the Seditious Seven members of Congress from California who bolstered it, must be expelled from our government before it’s too late. We need to constantly remind the people of California just how deep McCarthy’s betrayal was -- or we’ll see a rise of Trumpism again. Will you donate to Courage California and McCarthy and the other Trump allies accountable? Yours in the fight for our democracy, Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Caitlin, Deepthi, Jay, Lindsay, LisaMarie, Molly, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team) Footnotes:  |
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