President Donald Trump's reaction to the Charlottesville, Virginia, protest earlier this week has prompted a swell of support from politicians and the American people to impeach the commander in chief.
Representative Steve Cohen of Tennessee, who serves on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, announced Thursday he would file documents calling for Trump's impeachment in the House of Representatives. "I believe the President should be impeached and removed from office," Cohen said, according to a press release. "Instead of unequivocally condemning hateful actions by neo-Nazis, white nationalists and Klansmen following a national tragedy, the President said 'there were very fine people on both sides.' There are no good Nazis. There are no good Klansmen."
Cohen said Trump "has failed the presidential test of moral leadership," following his mitigating reaction to Charlottesville. "No moral president would ever shy away from outright condemning hate, intolerance and bigotry."
On Thursday, it was also reported that 40 percent of Americans are now in favor of impeaching Trump. Following his intemperate comments blaming both white supremacists and counterprotesters for violent protests in Charlottesville, the hashtag #ImpeachTrump has also been trending on Twitter.
Joining the chorus of perturbed American citizens on Twitter were many entertainment industry figures, including Oscar-winning La La Land director Damien Chazelle, actor John Cusack and singer Nancy Sinatra.
Here are some of the pro-impeachment messages from celebrities and public figures:
And call on the GOP as passionately as possible: impeach this loathsome misogynist racist. (10/10)
— Damien Chazelle (@DSChazelle) August 16, 2017
Gigs up - no one in a right mind can argue he's fit for office - or argue against his obvious racism and race baiting -
— John Cusack (@johncusack) August 18, 2017
Impeach or 25 th https://t.co/kmQvzQ9RAe
Guess what @realDonaldTrump? "both sides" r going to impeach U😆
— Diane Warren (@Diane_Warren) August 18, 2017
"Not only will we resist you, we will impeach you, Donald Trump" https://t.co/Zhk2k4Bcvq via @ABC
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) August 18, 2017
WHAT? @realDonaldTrump just commended shooting muslims with bullets soaked in pigs blood. IMPEACH NOW. #impeach #impeach #impeach #impeach https://t.co/5ZMCzVscer
— moby XⓋX (@thelittleidiot) August 17, 2017
IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH https://t.co/sCVbhsiPr3
— mae whitman (@maebirdwing) August 17, 2017
Good.#ImpeachTrumpNow https://t.co/S696bM8phv
— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) August 17, 2017
Honestly he doesn't seem to know anything about anything.#ImpeachTrump @realDonaldTrump
— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) August 18, 2017
when I find myself in times of trouble (everyday until #ImpeachTrump happens) @dodo comes to me. speaking words of wisdom. animals=love.
— Beth Behrs (@BethBehrs) August 18, 2017
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