Stand Up America Responds to Bombshell House Intel Hearing and Whistleblower Complaint
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, September 26, 2019
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Ryan Thomas
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NEW YORK — Following Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire’s testimony before the House Intelligence Committee and the releases of the bombshell whistleblower complaint, Stand Up America Founder and President Sean Eldridge released the following statement:
“The whistleblower complaint is a smoking gun that proves Donald Trump’s breathtaking abuse of power—and today’s hearing provided even more evidence that Trump has engaged in blatantly impeachable conduct and his White House actively attempted to cover up the evidence.
“Trump’s threat to our democracy is a national emergency, and Congress has no choice but to respond to this crisis by impeaching him. Every lawmaker—regardless of political party—must stand up to defend our Constitution by holding Trump accountable for his crimes and corruption.
“As Chairman Schiff said during today’s hearing, ‘No one, none of us, is above the law.’”
Yesterday, Stand Up America joined By the People and 13 other progressive organizations in sending a letter to Speaker Pelosi urging Congress to cancel recess.
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About Stand Up America
Stand Up America is a progressive advocacy organization with over two million community members across the country. Focused on grassroots advocacy to strengthen our democracy and oppose Trump’s corrupt agenda, Stand Up America has driven over 800,000 phone calls to lawmakers and mobilized tens of thousands of protestors across the country.
In May 2019, Stand Up America launched a nationwide campaign demanding that Congress begin a formal impeachment inquiry, which included driving 117,000 constituent calls to representatives from every congressional district in the country, a volunteer-driven peer-to-peer texting program that contacted 280,000 constituents in over 70 congressional districts, and other innovative digital organizing tactics.
In August 2019, Stand Up America also joined several partner organizations in launching ‘Impeachment August,’ a grassroots campaign that helped pressure dozens of lawmakers into supporting an impeachment inquiry and eventually pressure the House Judiciary Committee to formalize its inquiry.
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