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I’m here in Ohio with my team — my wife Kat, my kids, a couple
of our closest friends, and some of the hard-working people helping run this
campaign. In a few hours, I’ll be on CNN debating the other Democratic
candidates for the first time. I hope you’ll tune in to watch.
Before I go up there, I want you to know one thing: This isn’t just about me. It’s about all of us.
When I’m talking about my plans to break the pervasive corporate
control of our government, I’m thinking about the family I met in Denmark,
South Carolina, who doesn’t have clean drinking water because corporations
have been getting away with polluting for too long.
When I’m talking about how I plan to tackle the climate crisis,
I’m thinking about the people I met at our climate justice town hall in
Oakland, California, and the thoughtful conversations we had about how we’re
going to stabilize the natural world together.
When I’m talking about Mr. Trump’s dangerous presidency,
I’m thinking of the more than 8 million Need to Impeach supporters who called
for impeachment with me and who continue to fight for accountability in
Washington.
I draw a cross on the back of my hand every day to remind myself
to tell the truth, and the most important truth to tell right now is that
there is a serious consequence to staying silent in the face of adversity —
and that consequence ripples throughout generations.
I’m running for president to put power back in your hands, so we
can welcome a brighter, more sustainable, equitable future for all. I’m
excited you’re giving me the chance, and I’m glad to know you’ll be watching tonight.
See you soon,
Tom
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Some thoughts I wanted to share with you before the debate. TOM STEYER.
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Sunday, October 13, 2019
Trump is up to his neck in investigations. ZACH KLEIN.
Last
month, Speaker Pelosi announced that Democrats in Congress were moving forward
with a formal impeachment inquiry against the president. Since then, we’ve
learned a lot.
Additionally, intentionally stonewalling and failing to participate in an impeachment proceeding is impeachable conduct itself. Just ask Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina. In 1998 during the Clinton impeachment hearings he said, “The day Richard Nixon failed to answer that subpoena is that day that he was subject to impeachment because he took the power from Congress over the impeachment process away from Congress and he became the judge and jury.”
Trump knows he’s in trouble. What innocent person takes to Twitter to say the investigation should be ended “for the good of the country” as opposed to because there was no wrongdoing?
He’s using fear tactics. He’s bullying. He’s obstructing justice and impeding the investigation. He’s abandoning his constitutional obligations. But at the end of the day, regardless of what happens in Congress, he will be held accountable if we win big in 2020.
That’s what I’m working towards every day between now and next November. Every time Trump tweets something ridiculous, lies, embarrasses us or even betrays us, let’s recommit ourselves to that fight. Let’s make sure we’re all doing everything we can to win here in Ohio and across the country in 2020.
Indeed the stakes are too high to do anything less than that.
Zach.
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- On a July call between Mr. Trump
and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump urged Ukraine to
investigate his political rival, Joe Biden
- The White House then moved all
records of the call to a highly classified, secret computer system with
restricted access
- Investigating committees in
Congress have issued a number of subpoenas, prompting Trump to say he
won’t participate in the impeachment inquiry
- Last week, two men working for
Rudy Giuliani were arrested on federal campaign finance charges after a
massive effort to funnel foreign money into our political process was
discovered
Additionally, intentionally stonewalling and failing to participate in an impeachment proceeding is impeachable conduct itself. Just ask Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina. In 1998 during the Clinton impeachment hearings he said, “The day Richard Nixon failed to answer that subpoena is that day that he was subject to impeachment because he took the power from Congress over the impeachment process away from Congress and he became the judge and jury.”
Trump knows he’s in trouble. What innocent person takes to Twitter to say the investigation should be ended “for the good of the country” as opposed to because there was no wrongdoing?
He’s using fear tactics. He’s bullying. He’s obstructing justice and impeding the investigation. He’s abandoning his constitutional obligations. But at the end of the day, regardless of what happens in Congress, he will be held accountable if we win big in 2020.
That’s what I’m working towards every day between now and next November. Every time Trump tweets something ridiculous, lies, embarrasses us or even betrays us, let’s recommit ourselves to that fight. Let’s make sure we’re all doing everything we can to win here in Ohio and across the country in 2020.
Indeed the stakes are too high to do anything less than that.
Zach.
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