It's 13 degrees w/ wind chill in our town of 75,000 people, and there's such a turnout that the police have shut down much of downtown & have a copter overhead. "What's happening now isn't political; it's constitutional," says State Sen. Laura Fine, to (teeth-chattering) cheers. 
.@JillWineBanks, a Watergate prosector, is speaking to a huge #ImpeachmentEve rally crowd in suburban Chicago: "this is worse than Watergate."
She draws a direct line to elections: "what you need to do from here is get on the bus, go to Iowa, and GET OUT THE VOTE."
She draws a direct line to elections: "what you need to do from here is get on the bus, go to Iowa, and GET OUT THE VOTE."
The tenor at this rally outside Chicago is somber, determined, and focused -- abd/but a group of protesters behind me just started impeachment caroling. #ImpeachmentEve
In which my 74-year-old Mom, at the giant #ImpeachmentEve rally in suburban Chicago, showcases the handwarmer she's using to hang in there in the frigid night.
"Even if Trump was impeached tomorrow, the hard work would continue," says the respected minister of a vibrant Baptist Church here, @MichaelNabors. "We must be a neighbor to everyone. Love everyone. And let's love the *hell* out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue." #ImpeachmentEve
Seen at this #ImpeachAndRemove rally outside Chicago: creative signs and plenty of American flags. The backdrop of the @IndivisibleEV stage said, simply, "democracy."
