Call the toll-free Capitol Switchboard (1-866-220-0044), tell Senators you oppose the
unconstitutional and unjustified impeachment of former President Donald Trump. Tell them you join the conservative leaders speaking on behalf of the millions of members represented by these organizations when you say this is an unconstitutional bill of attainder, not a legitimate impeachment.
February 5, 2021
Washington, DC
Conservatives are emphatically opposed to the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump.
Such impeachment is absolutely unconstitutional. The Constitution’s impeachment clause is unambiguous and applies only to the President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States. Nowhere does the Constitution provide for impeachment of non-office holders, or former presidents. Additionally, the Constitution requires the Chief Justice to preside in presidential impeachments. Yet, the Chief Justice will not preside over this impeachment, making the proceedings constitutionally invalid for even an additional reason.
It is evident, however, that this effort is not about complying with the Constitution, but rather an effort to contort the process to meet a partisan political end: to bar Trump from ever seeking public office again, to de-legitimize the accomplishments of his presidency, and to publicly shame the 74 million Americans who voted for him.
While impeachment is a political process, it has throughout our history been used sparingly and soberly as a tool of last resort. Democrats, in utilizing the process not once, but twice – first, to chase later-debunked claims of election interference and now, to punish a non-office holder with baseless claims of incitement – have transformed the impeachment process from somber-minded deliberation into cheap political theater. Our politics will suffer because of it.
We urge Democrats to abandon this pointless impeachment process that will serve only to further their partisan goals, and to further divide an already deeply divided nation. And we ask every Republican senator to vote against conviction – not only because Trump’s actions fail to meet the constitutional standard of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” but to publicly stand against this overtly political stunt masquerading as a principled constitutional practice.
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Chairman, Conservative Action Project
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Chairman
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The Leadership Institute
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Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
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Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.
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President
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President
Family Research Council
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President
Club for Growth
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Family Research Council
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President
Legal Immigrants for America
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President
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Jon Schweppe
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President
The Lindsey Foundation
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President
VAF
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President
Hawaiian Values
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Founder, President
RCW Speakers
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U.S. House of Representatives
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Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
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Former Member
Florida State House
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Director, Washington Bureau
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Gluskin Investment Partners
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The Vulnerable People Project
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President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
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Founder and President
Media Research Center
Rachel Bovard
Senior Director of Policy
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
Penny Y. Nance
President & CEO
Concerned Women for America
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U.S. House of Representatives
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White House Advisor
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Executive Director
Senate Conservatives Fund
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U.S. Secretary of Energy (1982-1985)
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President
Council for National Policy
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Club for Growth
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President
Citizens United
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President
Young America's Foundation
Mike Davis
Founder and President
Article III Project (A3P)
Craig Shirley
Reagan Biographer
Presidential Historian
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
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President
Less Government
James L. Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
Charlie Gerow
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American Conservative Union
Dr. Richard Rounsavelle
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MRC
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Chairman 1985-89, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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American Principles Project
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The Richard Norman Company
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United in Purpose
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CEO
Beaman Ventures
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The Conservative Caucus
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
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Chairman
Western Center for Journalism
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President
Recover America Now
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Lead Pastor
Oakland Hills Community Church
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