Thread by @vigil4democracy

John Roberts is the Chief Justice of the United States (not just the Supreme Court).

He swore Trump in (and Obama, twice).

He will PRESIDE over Trump’s Senate impeachment trial. Will it be a sham? Let him know you’re watching: supremecourt.gov/contact

A THREAD. 1/x

Now that Trump is impeached, the media puts out a defeatist narrative: it’s virtually impossible for their cash cow Trump to be removed. IT’S A LIE.

@senatemajldr controls @SenateGOP, but he doesn’t preside over Trump’s impeachment trial. John Roberts does. 2/x

The constitution via heritage.org ... we only need two thirds of members PRESENT to concur on removing Trump.

Once Trump’s personal lawyer, Chief of Staff, Secretary of State, and ex-National Security Advisor testify, which GOP senators will dare to be present?! 3/x

Trump made a “perfect call”, but didn’t let @RudyGiuliani, @MickMulvaneyOMB, @SecPompeo or @AmbJohnBolton testify to prove it. What’s he hiding?!

@realDonaldTrump knows all these guys secretly hate him. They won’t commit perjury to protect him. 4/x

The first battle to remove Trump will be won by a simple majority vote. We need 51 senators to reject a sham trial, insisting on witnesses called.

Among 47 Democrats, those who need support are @Sen_JoeManchin, @SenatorSinema, @SenDougJones.
WV, AZ, AL, demand a #FairTrial! 5/x

At the same time, demand a fair trial from these vulnerable @SenateGOP members:
@lisamurkowski
@MittRomney
@SenCoryGardner
@SenSusanCollins
@BenSasse
@SenJoniErnst
@SenMcSallyAZ
@SenThomTillis
@JohnCornyn
We need only four of these nine Senators to reject a cover up! 6/x

Watch this 30-sec ad by @ForTheRuleOfLaw, running on TV for the next two weeks.

Call your GOP Senator, or if you don’t have one, tell your swing/red state friends and relatives to call! It’s urgent!! 7/x

PLEASE follow us and those fighting for democracy’s last gasp:
@SoSAmerica2019
@RefuseFascism
@Remove_TrumpNow
@by_the_ppl
@riseandresistny
@bkindivisible
@DemCastUSA
@WeDemandJustice
We’re planning actions through Dec & Jan; stay informed!! 8/x

Interrupting the thread to say:
Happy Hanukkah!

We’re delighted to finally recycle our recycled, well-used IMPEACH signs with @SpeakerPelosi’s number on them.

Onward to #removetrump! #TrumpPenceOutNOW #EndFascism 9/x

Trump’s presidency is balanced on a knife’s edge. This is the time to push hard! Read this whole thread.

During the holidays, call or write a GOP Senator, and also supremecourt.gov/contact

Don’t forget: tweet photos & video of your effort, hashtag #FairTrial! 10/x

To share on other social media, use this link:

Search “VigilForDemocracy John Roberts” on YouTube, Facebook, to find video.

Spend a minute a day to call/write GOP Senators AND the Chief Justice via supremecourt.gov/contact

Publicize #FairTrial!

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One of our volunteers spent a few minutes with her kids, writing three postcards to the Chief Justice today.

Figured Roberts must like puppies. And postcards from concerned citizens and school children, requesting a #FairTrial. 12/x

Merry #Impeachmas! Merry Christmas, too, but only if you’re not a rich conservative Catholic plotting an #OpusDei takeover of America. 13/x

When John Roberts was nominated for the Court, Opus Dei’s Austin Ruse said his fellow conservative Catholics could “breathe easy” and Leonard Leo “also assured conservative Catholics that Roberts will not follow the same path as Anthony Kennedy.”
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churchandstate.org.uk/2019/03/opus-d…

Here’s a mild vision of the America that the @FDRLST and Christian extremists want.

This is why they’re nostalgic for when America was “great”: White men and boys cheering silent, bound white women and girls.

People of color? Absent.
Other religions? Absent.
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Despite his extreme conservatism and Catholic beliefs, Chief Justice Roberts would like to maintain a facade of judicial independence.

Don’t let him get away with being a Trump/GOP stooge instead of a fair “umpire”. 16/x

Find you someone who looks at you the way Chief Justice John Roberts looked at Dubya!

This is the man who’ll preside over Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate. So don’t get your hopes up, but call/write him demanding a #fairtrial!!

SupremeCourt.gov/contact
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Maybe a historian like @KevinMKruse can shed light on details here.

@SpeakerPelosi should state that longstanding tradition, since Clinton, demands that @senatemajldr must clear distracting backlog of bills before taking up the impeachment trial. 18/x vox.com/platform/amp/2…