Steyer's new ad blasts democrats for not impeaching

[ecstatic]

I saw this ad on Morning Joe today. I know that I will be voting next election, but for others who voted for the first time in their lives last fall for the sole purpose of stopping trump, I wonder if messages like this might depress turnout?

This new ad from "Need To Impeach," a group backed by billionaire Tom Steyer that has collected more than 5 million signatures supporting ousting President Trump, blasts House Democrats for doing nothing to impeach the president.

"This is a message for leaders of the Democratic Party. For over two years this president has broken the law, and nothing happened. You told us to wait for the Mueller investigation and when he showed obstruction of justice, nothing happened. When this president took money from foreign governments and blocked the release of his tax returns, nothing happened. And when his administration illegally refused to testify, nothing happened. Now you tell us to wait for the next election? Really? This is why we volunteered, raised money, went door to door, and voted in the last election. Our founding fathers expected YOU, Congress, to hold a lawless president accountable. And you’re doing nothing," people in the ad say. "Nothing. Nothing. Nothing."


"He broke his oath of office. He’s defying you. He’s laughing at you. And he’s getting away with it," they add. "This is our democracy."

At the end, Tom Steyer himself appears to say: "Congress is part of the system and the system is broken. We have to fix it."

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/05/16/steyer-backed_group_need_to_impeach_blasts_house_dems_hes_laughing_at_you_hes_getting_away_with_it.html

[Wounded Bear]

1. Maybe some around here will realize that Steyer is not really our friend...

he strikes me as a typical rich publicity hound. He apparently raised a lot of money, but what has he actually DONE?

[Voltaire2]

3. You mean other than campaign tirelessly

to reject neo-fascism and the corrupt election of Trump?

[JonLP24]

6. From what I understand he was mostly a single issue (climate change) donor

Before Trump.

[brooklynite]

7. Perhaps if he had spent his millions electing Democrats to the Senate...

There would be the votes to support his impeachment movement.

[StarfishSaver]

8. Thank you

Or maybe spend some of those millions running ads blasting McConnell and Republicans for not holding hearings on Merrick Garland and educating the public about the importance of judicial nominations.

That would have been nice, too.

[Me.]

2. With All The Political Offices He's Held & Experience He has

He must know best. Let's get rid of Nancy & Nadler immediately.

[MattP]

4. Sounds like a why vote ad RNC must be laughing at this

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Ummm ....

Hey Tom how’s this. Fund a campaign against Mitch McConnell and you’ll do more then your bullshit impeachment campaign.

[ProudLib72]

9. Nah, that's risky. Much easier to attack Dems than call out Repubs.

[NewJeffCT]

10. agreed

some money to help defeat McConnell, Graham, Cornyn and others would be huge.