History is being made today, John. 

Today, the first public impeachment hearings against Donald Trump began.

Here are the facts:

• Trump tried to exploit Ukraine’s vulnerability to Russia and asked them to interfere in our elections by digging up dirt on his political opponent, Joe Biden.
• His administration was instructed to withhold military aid, security assistance, and a meeting at the White House for Ukraine until and unless the President of Ukraine made a public announcement of investigations into Biden. Ukraine needed to do Trump "a favor though” before any check was signed.
• Multiple national security officials reported this abuse of power, but the White House intervened and tried to sweep these complaints under the rug.

As the American people hear directly from witnesses and mountains of corroborating evidence that this president abused his power and corrupted the office, the Republican party continues to be a Trump-supporting cult -- they’re trying every trick in the book to obstruct this investigation and spouting every lie and excuse to defend him.

We will soon find out if Republicans will rise to the occasion and put country over party by voting to impeach Trump from office.

Either way, DFA will use impeachment against them.

We’ll wedge Senate and House Republicans -- especially Senators in tight 2020 races -- no matter which way they vote. If they vote to convict Trump, we'll use it against them and depress Republican turnout. If they vote to acquit Trump, we'll use it against them to drive up Democratic turnout. We're working to make sure impeachment is the ultimate lose/lose scenario for Republicans.

Help build the resources we need to make it happen: pitch in $10 or more now.

Whether through impeachment or the ballot box, Trump and Trump Republicans will be removed from office for the sake of our democracy, because DFA members will not rest, will not stop, until we replace every one of them with progressive leaders.

We can do this, because when we work together, we’re unstoppable.

Thank you, in advance, for funding this critically important work.

-Charles

Charles Chamberlain, Chair
Democracy for America