Press Conference on TRUMP IMPEACHMENT as FEARLESS LEADERS EMERGE — Removal Coalition Report

[0:00] direction of this institution from the moment they arrive. [0:05] Your willingness to stand beside and alongside Congressman Greene gives us the people who [0:12] have sacrificed this movement a reason to believe their voices will be heard inside [0:16] of that building. [0:18] We are encouraged and eager to help work alongside you in holding this president accountable. [0:25] Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, Angela. [0:27] Thank you. [0:29] History is watching. [0:31] What we excuse, what we do with the power we have, but we the people will always keep [0:37] showing up. [0:38] We will keep organizing and we will keep demanding that Congress fulfill its constitutional duty [0:46] to impeach, convict, and remove Donald Trump from office. [0:54] Thank you and also a special thank you to all of the veterans here today who have served [1:01] our country valiantly. [1:04] Thank you to the veterans. [1:05] Thank you. [1:14] So quick little back story before Congresswoman-elect comes up to speak. [1:19] When we started Citizens Impeachment, we started with emails and then phone calls, and then [1:25] we said, please request a meeting with your rep. [1:28] We will show up and we will talk about the need for impeachment, the need to follow your [1:33] oath and support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. [1:37] We spoke with 50-plus offices of sitting representatives in the 119th Congress, and every single one told [1:45] us to wait until after the midterms. [1:48] And I will be honest, that was just not good enough for me. [1:51] So we put a call out. [1:52] We said, we are looking for candidates that are willing to stand up and say, this corrupt [1:58] administration needs to be impeached. [2:00] And we found 150 people willing to say that before it was cool. [2:05] Back in November of 2025, they were willing to show up and say, oh yeah, this we cannot continue. [2:13] This is corrupt. [2:15] This is lawless. [2:16] This is unconstitutional. [2:17] And if I am elected to office, I will fulfill my oath to the Constitution and pursue impeachment [2:25] for Trump and his administration. [2:29] And then we asked them, are you ready to fight? [2:31] And that was the criteria. [2:33] That's how we met Congresswoman-elect. [2:35] That is what she is here to do. [2:37] And I am thrilled to introduce her to y'all today. [2:39] Thank you so much. [2:41] I have no voice. [2:45] I've been talking to everybody possible. [2:47] Hi everyone. [2:49] And thank you. [2:50] I am Angela Gonzalez-Dores, the Congresswoman-elect for Los Angeles, California's 34th Congressional [2:56] District that is home to generations of my family, many of which are also veterans. [3:02] And so happy Veterans Day. [3:04] I am here because of this courage group. [3:08] They took every call. [3:09] They provided the resources. [3:11] So we were able to sustain a campaign, a grassroots campaign with an average donation of $30. [3:19] And we won. [3:19] I am here because of over 100,000 Angelenos that want to see us get work done, that want [3:26] to see us show up to work. [3:29] And it is not a job to be in our community and to be in service of our community. [3:34] It's a joy. [3:34] This should be fun. [3:36] And so while my feet are hurting, I'm walking to every office possible on my fourth day here [3:40] in D.C. I am letting everyone know that we need to set the bar higher. [3:46] We need to make sure that what the American people just voted for means something. [3:52] And I am so proud to say that I am also here. [3:57] I'm also here because of the courage of Al Green. [4:00] I am doing that really very seriously. [4:01] And so I'm really excited to get to work and to follow their lead and to make sure that [4:07] folks don't feel like they are standing alone. [4:10] And I'm so proud to stand here today with all of you. [4:12] Thank you so much. [4:13] I wanted to bring Representative-elect Gonzalez-Torres- I know, I need to go eat something really [4:23] quickly. [4:24] God bless you. [4:25] Let's make it quick. [4:26] What's up? [4:27] Now, I am so grateful that you showed up today. [4:29] Are you committed to forcing votes on articles of impeachment soon out of the gate? [4:33] We're doing everything that we can now before we're even sworn in. [4:36] I take this very seriously. [4:37] Wonderful. [4:38] Thank you so much. [4:39] And I want to once again thank Representative-elect Gonzalez-Torres. [4:43] She is one of one, the only one of four that we know of so far of the courage candidates [4:50] to have been elected to even show up with us today. [4:54] And I really like you want to, you want to show up and just cheer people on and be happy, [5:01] but we have to from day one, hold every single one of their feet to the fire when they enter [5:07] this building. [5:09] Representative Green has been here for many years. [5:10] He would be the first to tell you the pressure to conform, the pressure to fit in, the pressure [5:16] to not stand out is immense. [5:20] It is immense. [5:21] And I will tell you, in this work for the past two years, you sometimes don't realize, you [5:28] don't have a moment to sit and reflect on just how incredible what you're living through [5:34] is. [5:35] But I will tell you, it has been the absolute honor in the midst of this immense darkness [5:42] to have been able to work with Representative Green for the past two years. [5:48] I think that history will look back on this man as the hero of our time, the one person [5:56] who was willing to stand up and stand out and go against the grain, get ejected from Congress, [6:05] force votes on articles of impeachment. [6:08] And they will look at him as an absolute hero. [6:12] I am beyond heartbroken that he will not be returning in the 120th Congress. [6:16] But please let it be lost on no one that you are in the presence today of an American hero. [6:31] The 120th Congress has the opportunity either, either to be defined by the betrayal of their [6:41] incumbent colleagues or to differentiate themselves. [6:48] That is their choice. [6:50] If they leave Donald Trump in office for two more years, they will have betrayed this country. [6:57] They will have betrayed their voters. [7:00] Keep an eye on them. [7:02] Keep an eye on Democratic leadership who I hear rumors are going to try to kill Rule 9. [7:12] Let me remind everybody what Rule 9 is. [7:14] Rule 9 is what Thomas Massey invoked to get the vote on the articles of impeachment against [7:20] Pete Hegsa. [7:21] Rule 9 is what Congressman Green has singularly used to invoke votes on impeachment of Donald [7:29] Trump. [7:31] They don't want this happening. [7:33] They do not want impeachment expedited and trials in the Senate. [7:38] They want to do performative work for the next two years that makes it look like they're [7:43] doing something while they are allowing this deadly criminal regime to carry on and create [7:49] more havoc, destruction and death. [7:54] I need everybody here to be prepared as engaged as you are right now in the fight for a new [8:01] speaker and a new Senate majority leader. [8:04] I need you to raise help when and if they try to kill Rule 9 in the House. [8:12] That will be a violation of the constitutional rights of the American people and we are going [8:18] to be on their case relentlessly about it. [8:22] So, our Rule 9 hero, my dear friend, thank you so much for being with us today, Representative [8:30] Al Green. [8:31] Thank you very much for your very kind and warm introduction, Jessica. [8:51] My friend, Jessica Denson, is incomparable. [8:55] She's uncompromising. [8:58] She is literally a force of nature. [9:03] She takes a stand and when you stand with her, you don't have to worry about your back. [9:09] Would you give Jessica a big expression of appreciation for what she's doing? [9:12] I can't hear you. [9:15] I can't hear you. [9:20] And to Dave, whom I've had the preeminent privilege of working with for some months now, he too has [9:29] brought to this challenge a sense of responsibility and commitment that is unparalleled. [9:40] So would you give Dave a big expression for me, please? [9:44] Thank you. [9:50] And Kara, it was an honor to stand next to you today. [9:54] I sense in you a spirit that will help us to conquer these challenges associated with [10:05] the White House. [10:07] You are among the few who will say some of the things that I've heard you say. [10:14] So would you give Kara a big expression of appreciation as well, please? [10:20] And to all of these folks who are standing behind us, it is said that a great person will [10:26] always rise to the occasion. [10:29] But it's the greater person who makes the occasion. [10:32] These are the occasion makers. [10:33] Give them a hand, please. [10:34] Thank you so much for making the occasion. [10:38] Thank you. [10:39] Thank you. [10:40] Thank you. [10:42] To the press that has the courage to carry these messages, we thank you too. [10:47] Because too often, we don't get the opportunity to get the message presented to the masses. [10:54] So we have to thank you for what you will do to get this message to the masses. [10:57] It means something. [11:00] And now, from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, they fight their country's [11:10] battles in the air, on land and sea. [11:14] First, they fight for right and freedom. [11:17] And to keep their honor clean, they are proud to claim the title of United States Marines. [11:24] Would you give the 251 years of service that they have given to this country? [11:31] This is the birthday of the United States Marines. [11:34] Give them a big hand, please. [13:00] To the floor, articles of impeachment that can bring 211 votes. [13:10] Now, some of you might not think that that was enough, and I'm one of you. [13:14] But I still want to let you know that that 211 votes is going to make a difference. [13:20] Let's hear it for Thomas Massey and what he was able to do with 211 votes in the Congress [13:26] of the United States of America. [13:28] I believe so much in what he has done that I want to assure you that I will do something [13:34] that members don't do for each other too often. [13:38] I'm going to have a flag flown over the capital of the United States of America to honor Thomas [13:44] Massey for the courage that he exhibited when he brought those articles of impeachment. [13:48] Would you give him a big expression of appreciation, please? [13:51] Friends, the battle is not over. [14:00] It really is still in its infancy. [14:03] But everyone here is committed to stay in the fight to the very end. [14:09] And the end of that fight is not just the notion that the Secretary of War, as he has proclaimed [14:16] himself, permission of the 434 additional members of the Congress. [14:31] The Congress of the United States of America declares war. [14:36] The President of the United States of America does not declare war. [14:40] When the President of the United States of America takes it upon himself to declare war, [14:44] the President of the United States of America is in violation of the Constitution. [14:48] A President who is in violation of the Constitution must be impeached. [14:57] Must be. [14:59] Must be impeached. [15:01] So friends, what Jessica has placed on her sign, [15:06] you'll see it says, Removal Coalition. [15:10] This is the Removal Coalition, [15:13] but that also is the Removal Coalition. [15:16] Those persons over there, this is what America looks like. [15:20] This is what democracy looks like. [15:23] You are what it will take to make a difference. [15:25] I regret that we couldn't have everybody in the triangle. [15:28] The rules don't allow it, but they are here with us. [15:31] Would you give them a big expression [15:33] of appreciation on this side? [15:36] Thank you, thank you, thank you. [15:41] Now, I am a liberated Democrat, unbought, [15:49] unbossed, unafraid, and unelected. [15:56] But I have not, I have not concluded [16:03] that leaving the Congress will take me away from the movement. [16:09] I have enjoyed the time that I've spent in Congress [16:12] and the service that I was allowed to render. [16:16] I assure you, my leaving does not mean that I will leave the movement. [16:21] The movement is more important than a congressional position. [16:27] It really is. [16:28] It is more important than any title that we can hold, [16:32] because it is about protecting the one thing that protects us all, [16:35] and that's the Constitution of the United States of America. [16:38] So, while I may not be in that facility with you, I will still be here with you, [16:45] and I assure you, we will not leave the movement until removal has been accomplished. [16:53] It is time for us to now take this to a different place, [16:58] and I assure you, I plan to be there. [17:00] Friends, I want to thank all of you for being here. [17:03] I want to let you know that it means something to me to see you, [17:06] to have this level of support. [17:08] I am a person who loves the country because I believe in what it stands for. [17:15] It hasn't always been good to me. [17:17] This country has not always been fair to me. [17:21] It has caused me to have to suffer some pains and some anguish and some heartbreaks, [17:26] but I still love what it stands for. [17:29] I love the notion that we have liberty and justice for all in our pledge. [17:35] I love the notion that this country would allow government of the people, [17:39] by the people, for the people to manifest itself. [17:42] I love it because, friends, in the final analysis, [17:46] the truth is this country, while it is not perfect, [17:51] it is a great place to perfect perfection. [17:54] This is the place to do it, and I am going to stay with you [17:59] because I know that if you're in the United States of America [18:03] and your spouse leaves you, if you're in the United States of America [18:10] and your dog bites you, if you're in the United States of America [18:14] and you go into bankruptcy, this is the best place in the world [18:19] to have your spouse leave you, bankruptcy to occur, and for your dog to bite you. [18:25] This is it. This is it. [18:27] So we've got to fight to protect what we can do in this country. [18:31] The freedoms that we have, we cannot allow to be sacrificed. [18:35] This is why we stand here today. [18:37] Again, I love the country, and I will stand with you. [18:42] I hope you will always stand with me. [18:43] God bless you. God bless the United States of America. [18:46] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [19:00] If I know anything about Representative Al Green, [19:03] I can tell you not only is he going to stick with us in the 120th, [19:07] but he's not done in the 119th either. [19:12] Thank you all so much for joining us today, especially the veterans. [19:15] And there have been a lot of shout outs to our wonderful veteran community. [19:19] But, you know, we've been organizing tens of thousands to this city for two years now [19:23] with an explicit demand, and we couldn't have done it without the veterans. [19:27] So one more round of applause for our incredible veterans. [19:35] I do want to take a minute. [19:36] Do you mind taking a few questions if there are any? [19:38] Are there any questions for Representative Green or any of us? [19:41] Yes. Thank you for the question. [20:01] I would refer you to them for them to give you their rationale. [20:05] But here is my thought in terms of why it's so important. [20:08] And I've discussed this with Jessica as well. [20:12] Impeachment, quite frankly, is the only means by which we can deal with a president [20:19] who is engaging in corruption, who disrespects the Constitution, the notion that you'd ought [20:26] to have due process, the notion that there is a separation of powers. [20:31] So it's the means by which we deal with the issue. [20:35] And we cannot allow ourselves to normalize what is taking place in this administration. [20:43] If we don't stand up and fight it, there will be some belief that this is something that [20:48] the people will tolerate. [20:50] We will not tolerate a president who disrespects the Constitution. [20:55] This means that he's doing things that are impeachable. [20:58] So we have to make sure that we take the stand that is appropriate and that is to impeach. [21:03] Now, I do believe that this president will not leave office before he is impeached. [21:12] And I do believe that he will be impeached. [21:15] I don't believe that we will allow him to leave office without the disgrace and the scarlet [21:22] letter associated with impeachment. [21:24] He must be impeached so that no other would-be authoritarian will take office and assume that [21:30] he can do what this president has done. [21:32] He must be impeached. [21:34] That is it. [21:36] Absolutely. [21:43] Anybody who commits an impeachable offense, Hexets obviously has, and there are others. [21:50] Yes, I do believe that what has been done with the cryptocurrency, some of these schemes, [21:59] the president's Ponzi scheme that he has, these things are things that if I were in Congress, [22:05] I would insist that we look into. [22:08] But I know that there are people who will. [22:10] And I'm going to be encouraging them to do so. [22:13] But yes, there will be other members. [22:14] I'm confident there will be other members of the cabinet, at least cabinet members who [22:20] have given us that which is provable. [22:25] And there are many who have. [22:26] Why is this time? [22:45] Well, let's start with this. [22:47] This Congress is about to pass legislation. [22:51] When that legislation is passed, some of it will get to go to the president. [22:54] He has a vote. [22:56] He will veto it. [22:57] When it's vetoed, then you have to get two-thirds of the House and two-thirds of the Senate to [23:01] override the veto. [23:03] Many of the people who are saying, let's not go forward, are saying it because they don't [23:08] believe we can get enough votes in the Senate to convict. [23:13] It takes two-thirds, the same two-thirds that it will take for the legislation that they're [23:18] going to pass. [23:19] Now, they're not going to start passing legislation because it's going to take two-thirds of the [23:25] House and two-thirds of the Senate to override the veto. [23:28] They're not going to stop passing legislation. [23:30] They're going to push it and find out who in the Senate will vote for it and who in the [23:34] Senate won't vote for it. [23:36] That's the same thing that we're doing with impeachment. [23:39] We're going to start with the House and we'll send it to the Senate and we'll find out who [23:43] in the Senate among them will make up the two-thirds necessary for us to get the impeachment [23:49] articles done. [23:50] That's just the way it works. [23:51] So I see impeachment the same way I see passing legislation. [23:56] First point, it's different this time because the president has been impeached for his insurrection [24:04] on this, the Citadel of Democracy, and that was important. [24:09] But he has since that time proven that he is a threat to democracy. [24:13] He has since that time proven that he is a threat to the lives of the American people. [24:19] Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, lost his life on his way to work. [24:26] Alex Preddy lost his life while on the ground unarmed. [24:33] The number goes on and on. [24:35] I won't go through all. [24:36] But the point is we cannot allow him to continue to have his unaccountable death squads committing [24:46] unjustified killings. [24:47] So those are some of the reasons. [24:48] Can I add? [24:51] Sure. [24:52] I just want to add, and Representative Green has articulated these points eloquently [24:55] many times, but one thing I have spoken at every press conference I've done here is [25:00] about the complicity of the members of Congress. [25:03] It doesn't matter what the eventual result will be. [25:06] They have taken an oath to uphold and defend, and when they do not invoke the one constitutional [25:12] means we have Article 2, Section 4, they themselves are complicit in the crimes of Donald Trump [25:18] and this regime. [25:19] They are basically giving a green light to any future authoritarian or criminal executive [25:25] actor to say, you can commit vast self-enrichment. [25:30] You can murder on the Caribbean. [25:32] You can engage in an illegal war. [25:34] You can have a paramilitary force execute American citizens on the streets of America, and there [25:39] will be no consequences. [25:41] That is what they have attached themselves to when they fail to invoke impeachment. [25:47] Now to the question of, well, they tried it two times. [25:50] What about now? [25:51] I have a question. [25:52] Have any of you, were any of you raised by a parent who said, if you try twice and you [25:58] fail, give up, walk away, never try again. [26:01] Anybody have that advice? [26:04] This is again and again and again and again. [26:08] This is such an absurd point that has been shoved down our throats for the past two years [26:14] that we try twice and never try again. [26:16] Are you insane? [26:18] We try over and over and over again. [26:21] You want investigations, like Representative Green said so clearly last time we were here [26:27] together? [26:28] You're going to have your trial in the Senate. [26:30] Everything is going to come washed out in the Senate and maybe we won't accomplish it [26:34] on the first time. [26:35] So you do it again and again and again and again and again. [26:39] There is an arsonist in the House. [26:41] There is nothing more important than getting the arsonist out of the House. [26:45] Oh yeah. [26:47] And John Boniface is not here, but if John, he's a constitutional scholar who has been [26:54] very much involved with us. [26:56] If he were here, I'm sure he would remind us that we could impeach the president at least [27:01] once a week and still have more to do at the end of a session of Congress. [27:07] So there's just so much that he has done and we just cannot allow it to all be excused [27:12] by virtue of the fact that somehow it would be uncomfortable or it may take more than one [27:18] opportunity to get the job done. [27:20] Once a job has begun, do not stop until it's done, be it large or be it small, do it well [27:25] or not at all. [27:26] We're not going to give up on this job. [27:27] Thank you. [27:28] I believe we have four and Kira can correct me if I'm wrong, four that have one that ran [27:40] as courage for democracy candidates. [27:42] They are Angela Gonzales Torres, Victoria Broderick of Tennessee, Chris Rabb of Pennsylvania and [27:53] Milat Kiros, we're watching you, Ms. Kiros of Colorado, who has already done some backtracking [27:58] on her commitments to impeachment. [28:00] That's this is my message to all of you. [28:01] You work for us. [28:03] We're holding your feet to the fire, not letting anybody off the hook here. [28:06] I just wanted to make one other point that I heard on the news last night. [28:10] You're going to hear this endlessly. [28:12] These fallacies that the media and the spineless people in the building behind us like to repeat [28:17] that somehow impeachment makes a martyr of Donald Trump, that it is a tool for martyrdom. [28:24] B.S. [28:26] You just push right past that. [28:28] He did not become a martyr after the first two impeachments. [28:31] He was not more popular. [28:33] He has literally had impeachment records scrubbed from the Smithsonian of the United States. [28:38] That is how much Donald Trump hates the fact that he has been impeached. [28:42] Do we not go after murderers? [28:44] Did we not go after Charles Manson because his cult made a martyr of him? [28:49] This is insane. [28:56] Absolutely. [28:57] Absolutely. [28:58] Please. [29:00] Please, Kira. [29:01] Thank you for these questions. [29:02] In addition to those four members that were with us throughout the 2026 electoral cycle, [29:07] we have more folks who have signed on to Team Courage, which endorses the impeachment of [29:13] the president. [29:14] That's our whole thing. [29:15] Nancy LaCour, Dan Coe, who has been on MS Now said, I'd love to do that day one. [29:22] We can get you a full list. [29:23] There's about, I think there's 10 of those, those folks as well who came on a bit later [29:27] in the cycle. [29:28] This is, this is not something that happens in isolation. [29:33] The more support we have for impeachment, the more support there is for impeachment. [29:38] The more we do this, the more we articulate why it is so crucial and essential to move this [29:44] accountability forward for the sake of our nation, of our democracy, of our constituents. [29:50] The more we tell that story, the easier it is for people to say, yeah, these people should [29:57] not be in office. [30:00] That includes not only Trump, but also, yes, the cabinet. [30:04] They are failing the American people and they need to be held accountable for it. [30:07] Dave, you want to say something? [30:10] Thank you. [30:14] The grassroots movement is working because we have members like Al Green, friends like [30:21] Jessica Denson and the Removal Coalition here from Citizens Impeachment. [30:25] I want to make it very clear that we are not going anywhere. [30:29] We've met with members of Congress. [30:30] I've met with the senior legal counsel of Leader Jeffries, unimpressed with the answers [30:37] of why impeachment is not important or a priority right now. [30:43] So we're going to keep pushing forward. [30:45] The movement continues. [30:46] Thank you. [30:47] Thank you. [30:51] Any other questions? [30:52] All right. [30:53] Thank you all so much for joining us today. [30:55] You can always find our calls to action at removetheregime.com. [31:00] I will just leave it, everybody. [31:01] Rule 9, don't forget about it. [31:03] If you're watching, if you dare get rid of Rule 9, we will give you absolute hell, constitutional [31:08] right. [31:09] Don't you dare take it away from us. [31:10] Thank you all so much. [31:44] For all of you, keep playing