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ACTION ALERT: Impeach Trump and Pence for Venezuela Plot
RootsAction
(January 31, 2019) — Donald Trump and Mike Pence have actively supported a coup in Venezuela, damaging the rule of law, eroding respect for the United States, and risking disastrous results in Venezuela and internationally. Learn more here.
On the evening of January 22, 2019, following years of damaging US sanctions against Venezuela, which followed an unsuccessful 2002 US-supported coup attempt, Vice President Pence reportedly called Juan Guaido and told him that the United States would support him if he were to seize power in Venezuela.
The next day, January 23, Guaido attempted to do so. That same day, President Trump issued a statement recognizing Guaido as the President of Venezuela, despite the fact that Venezuela had an elected president and that Guaido had no legitimate claim to the presidency.
On January 24, 2019, the Trump-Pence administration attempted unsuccessfully to persuade the Organization of American States to recognize Guaido as president. And top Trump administration officials have threatened military action against Venezuela.
Imagine the uproar in the US government and media if what Trump and Pence have done in Venezuela were done by the President of Russia intervening to depose a government in Europe.
ACTION: Click here to email your member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Background:
* Democracy Now: How Washington’s Devastating “Economic Blockade” of Venezuela Helped Pave the Way for Coup Attempt
* Wall Street Journal: Pence Pledged US Backing Before Venezuela Opposition Leader’s Move
* Gray Zone: The Making of Juan Guaido
* Common Dreams: As Trump’s War Hawks Threaten Venezuela, Omar and Jayapal Demand US Rule Out Military Intervention
* RootsAction.org Draft Articles of Impeachment
* RootsAction.org Impeachment Strategy
* RootsAction.org Impeachment FAQ
* RootsAction.org Impeachment Campaign
How Washington’s Devastating “Economic Blockade”
Of Venezuela Helped Pave the Way for Coup Attempt
Democracy Now!
(January 25, 2019) — Venezuela remains in a state of crisis as opposition forces — with the backing of the United States — attempt to unseat the government of Nicolas Maduro.
On Thursday, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said the military continues to stand by Maduro. His remarks came one day after President Trump announced that the US would recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s new leader. Guaido, the new head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, declared himself president on Wednesday during a large opposition protest.
Meanwhile, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the US to remove all of its diplomats from Venezuela, but Washington is ignoring the request, claiming Maduro no longer has authority to take such action. We speak to two long-term observers of Venezuelan politics: Venezuelan-born NYU professor Alejandro Velasco and Steve Ellner, who lives in Venezuela, where he taught for several decades.
Part 1: How Washington’s Devastating “Economic Blockade” of Venezuela Helped Pave the Way for Coup Attempt
Part 2: Venezuelan Foreign Minister: The US Interferes in Latin American Politics Every Day, Every Hour
Part 3: Historian: Venezuela Is “Staging Ground” for US to Reassert Control Over Latin America
Part 4: CodePink’s Medea Benjamin Disrupts Pompeo Speech to Denounce US Regime Change Agenda in Venezuela
Pence Pledged US Backing
Before Venezuela Opposition Leader’s Move
(January 25, 2019) – The Trump administration’s secret plan offering support for opposition leader Juan Guaido was preconceived and tightly coordinated. The night before Juan Guaido declared himself interim president of Venezuela, the opposition leader received a phone call from Vice President Mike Pence.
Mr. Pence pledged that the US would back Mr. Guaido if he seized the reins of government from Nicolas Maduro by invoking a clause in the South American country’s constitution, a senior administration official said.
Articles of Impeachment:
Supporting a Coup in Venezuela
Roots Action
In his conduct while President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty under Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution “to take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”
And in his conduct while Vice President of the United States, Michael Richard Pence, in violation of his oath to faithfully execute the office of Vice President of the United States and to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, have damaged the rule of law and endangered international security by supporting a coup attempt in Venezuela.
On the evening of January 22, 2019, following years of damaging US sanctions against Venezuela, which followed an unsuccessful 2002 US-supported coup attempt, Vice President Pence reportedly called Juan Guaido and told him that the United States would support him if he were to seize power in Venezuela.
The next day, January 23, Guaido attempted to do so. That same day, President Trump issued a statement recognizing Guaido as the President of Venezuela, despite the fact that Venezuela had an elected president and that Guaido had no legitimate claim to the presidency.
On January 24, 2019, the Trump-Pence administration attempted unsuccessfully to persuade the Organization of American States to recognize Guaido as president.
In the above and related actions and decisions, President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Michael Richard Pence have acted in a manner contrary to their trust as President and Vice President, and subversive of constitutional government, to the prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, President Donald J. Trump and Michael Richard Pence, by such conduct, are guilty of an impeachable offense warranting removal from office
ACTION ALERT: Sign the Impeachment Petition
Need to Impeach
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