Thread by @peterdaou

GASLIGHT

I'm used to being gaslighted by Trump and the GOP, but I'm not going to sit back while the history of how we got to the brink of #impeachment is rewritten in real time.

The Dem establishment (Pelosi, Nadler, etc.) spent all year blocking it and letting Trump run amok.

It took MASSIVE grassroots pressure and mobilization by groups like @IndivisibleTeam, @by_the_ppl, @MoveOn, @StandUpAmerica to get here.

Not to mention the foresight and courage of reps like @RepMaxineWaters, @RashidaTlaib, @RepAlGreen, and others...

@IndivisibleTeam @by_the_ppl @MoveOn @StandUpAmerica @RepMaxineWaters @RashidaTlaib @RepAlGreen Friends of mine like @PamKeithFL, @jljacobson, @sarahkendzior, @murshedz, @ProudResister and many others were on the front lines of the #impeachment push, and were trolled and harassed nonstop for it.

PROGRESSIVES PRESSURED THE ESTABLISHMENT.

DON'T ERASE THEM AGAIN.

@IndivisibleTeam @by_the_ppl @MoveOn @StandUpAmerica @RepMaxineWaters @RashidaTlaib @RepAlGreen @PamKeithFL @jljacobson @sarahkendzior @murshedz @ProudResister And I don't have an iota of tolerance for the b.s. argument that #Pelosi was "vindicated" for waiting.

Doing nothing to hold Trump accountable while children were tortured at the border is not courage or 'smart strategy.' It's abdication of duty.

Let's be real here.

@IndivisibleTeam @by_the_ppl @MoveOn @StandUpAmerica @RepMaxineWaters @RashidaTlaib @RepAlGreen @PamKeithFL @jljacobson @sarahkendzior @murshedz @ProudResister Yes, giving proper credit matters.

The Beltway establishment claiming credit for progressive activism is garbage.

And it means these corporate-beholden "leaders" will continue to have a stranglehold on strategy and continue to try to appease GOP extremists.