The first day of testimony on the impeachment of Donald Trump was "brutal" and "damning," according to Politico.

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?

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?

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 
https://act.moveon.org/go/113153?t=4&akid=250556%2E40999114%2EfY2AV0

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