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I saw this ad on Morning Joe today. I know that I will be voting next election, but for others who voted for the first time in their lives last fall for the sole purpose of stopping trump, I wonder if messages like this might depress turnout?
"This is a message for leaders of the Democratic Party. For over two years this president has broken the law, and nothing happened. You told us to wait for the Mueller investigation and when he showed obstruction of justice, nothing happened. When this president took money from foreign governments and blocked the release of his tax returns, nothing happened. And when his administration illegally refused to testify, nothing happened. Now you tell us to wait for the next election? Really? This is why we volunteered, raised money, went door to door, and voted in the last election. Our founding fathers expected YOU, Congress, to hold a lawless president accountable. And youre doing nothing," people in the ad say. "Nothing. Nothing. Nothing."
"He broke his oath of office. Hes defying you. Hes laughing at you. And hes getting away with it," they add. "This is our democracy."
At the end, Tom Steyer himself appears to say: "Congress is part of the system and the system is broken. We have to fix it."
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/05/16/steyer-backed_group_need_to_impeach_blasts_house_dems_hes_laughing_at_you_hes_getting_away_with_it.html
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)he strikes me as a typical rich publicity hound. He apparently raised a lot of money, but what has he actually DONE?
Voltaire2
(12,625 posts)to reject neo-fascism and the corrupt election of Trump?
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Before Trump.
brooklynite
(93,851 posts)There would be the votes to support his impeachment movement.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Or maybe spend some of those millions running ads blasting McConnell and Republicans for not holding hearings on Merrick Garland and educating the public about the importance of judicial nominations.
That would have been nice, too.
Me.
(35,454 posts)He must know best. Let's get rid of Nancy & Nadler immediately.
MattP
(3,304 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,676 posts)Hey Tom hows this. Fund a campaign against Mitch McConnell and youll do more then your bullshit impeachment campaign.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)some money to help defeat McConnell, Graham, Cornyn and others would be huge.