Anti-Trump billionaire Tom Steyer is calling on fellow Trump opponents to throw house parties across the country next month to demand his impeachment.
“Thousands are expected to attend the house parties, which will be held from coast to coast in both large cities and small towns across the country,” Steyer-funded group Need to Impeach said in a statement. “Those who would like to host house parties can.”
“Need to Impeach supporters will host house parties in more than 500 communities across the country on Feb, 17, 2018 — the weekend before President’s Day — to further build momentum and demand that members of Congress step up and remove Trump from power.”
The Need to Impeach website currently fails to explain what an impeachment party would look like, or how to locate venues, and when people enter their name and email address under “Sign up here to host a Party to Impeach,” no information is presented other than a message that says “Thank you for adding your name to our petition demanding that Congress impeach Donald Trump.”
This is just a desperate petition campaign by Steyer which will amount to nothing for two reasons.
First, a petition cannot lead to impeachment. According to Article II Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, “The President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
Second, hosting a house party typically leads to fun moments, bad decisions, and hangovers, but not the impeachment of a sitting president.
Additionally, the House overwhelmingly rejected Rep. Al Green’s (D-TX) articles of impeachment twice, the latest occurring just hours before the government shutdown.
Steyer blasted Democrats after the second vote flopped on Friday.
“This vote is not a reflection of whether or not Trump has passed the threshold for impeachment, which he did months ago,” he said in a press statement after the vote. “It is a failure by members of Congress to do what’s right to keep the American people safe.”
Steyer’s sentiments don’t appear to be in line with Democrat leadership, who have repeatedly dismissed calls to impeach Trump citing FBI Special Counsel Mueller’s ongoing Russian investigation.
Still, that’s not stopping him from throwing $30 million to Democrats for House races in the 2018 midterms.
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