Dear MoveOn member,

The first day of public impeachment hearings was "brutal" and "damning"
for Donald Trump, according to Politico.^1

The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine has revealed that Trump was directly
involved in bribing Ukraine into making up dirt on Joe Biden to help him
win re-election. Trump's Republican defenders have no response but to push
bizarre conspiracy theories.

Momentum for impeachment is building an unstoppable head of steam. But if
impeachment passes the House on a straight party-line vote, it will be
dead on arrival in the Senate.

We've made a list of the House Republicans who are most likely to crack
first—Republicans with a track record of crossing party lines as well as
Republicans who are retiring and may be willing to challenge their party
leadership. And to turn up the heat, we’re hitting these House members
with ads, calls, and events—and we're considering putting up billboards
highlighting the most damning testimony against Trump from the impeachment
hearings.



We've designed the billboards. And we'll put them up if we can raise
$100,000 by the end of the week. Will you donate $3 to help
turn up the heat on key House Republicans and put up "impeach Trump"
billboards in key districts around the country?

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



The mounting evidence against Trump has become so damning that even
Republican voters have started to turn on him, with a majority of
Americans supporting the impeachment inquiry.^2

But on the first day of public testimony, things got much, much worse for
Trump:

* New evidence was revealed showing Trump's direct involvement in
bribing Ukraine.
* The top U.S. diplomat said that, by holding up key military aid, Trump
was putting Ukraine in serious danger of Russian aggression.
* Witnesses said that even Trump loyalist Gordon Sondland admitted that
Trump had zero interest in actual corruption in Ukraine; his only
interest was dirt on the Bidens.
* Republicans falsely claimed that Ukraine, not Russia, meddled in the
U.S. election, and they offered no defense except wild attacks at the
witnesses and the White House whistleblower.

These bombshell revelations are just the beginning. But Republicans are
terrified of angering their base, and none dare stick their head up first.
The only House Republican who has come out for impeachment so far actually
left the party to become an Independent. That's why the key to breaking
the wall of GOP opposition is to just get the first one or two Republicans
to break from the pack. Once that happens, the roof could cave in.

We're launching an all-out effort to convince the most vulnerable and
likely-to-flip Republicans to admit the truth and support impeachment, and
we're starting with billboards in their home districts. Then we'll turn up
the heat with protests, days of action, and a flood of phone calls to
Capitol Hill.



Trump is on the ropes, but we need to keep the pressure on. Will you chip
in $3 to help impeach Trump?

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



Thanks for all you do.

–Emily, Manny, Kelly, David and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Trump exposed: A brutal day for the president," Politico, November 13,
2019 
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2. "Support for Trump impeachment rises as 59% say he pursued personal
interests in Ukraine, poll finds," USA Today, October 23, 2019 
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