Here is How Every Democratic Presidential Candidate Has Reacted to the Impeachment Scandal on Social Media
With so many people running for the Democratic nomination for President, the candidates seemingly try to outdo each other every day by reacting to things in the strongest way possible on social media. The announcement on Tuesday that House Democrats are moving forward with impeachment hearings was red meat for these publicity hungry candidates. Here is how each of the top 10 hopefuls reacted to the impeachment talk in the last 24-hours.
Joe Biden The Democratic frontrunner who is also at the center of the Ukrainian call scandal has stayed relatively quiet other than a tweet right around the time of Nancy Pelosi’s announcement calling President Trump’s actions “an abuse of power”.
President Trump's actions are an abuse of power. They undermine our national security. They violate the oath of office. If we allow a President to get away with shredding the United States Constitution — that will last forever.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 24, 2019
Elizabeth Warren Warren linked to a video of herself on the Racheal Maddow show calling for impeachment 5 months ago. She also issued a thank you to the protesters who pushed Democratic lawmakers to impeach. Today she tweeted that the President has “admitted” wrongdoing and that the transcripts “confirm” it.
The president admitted it.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) September 25, 2019
The "transcript" confirms it.
Donald Trump continues to commit crimes from the Oval Office, and the Justice Department refuses to hold him accountable. Now it’s on Congress to act. No one is above the law—not even the president.
I called for impeachment five months ago, the day after the Mueller report came out. Trump continues to commit crimes because he believes he’s above the law. If Congress does nothing to respond, he’ll be right.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) September 24, 2019
We must begin impeachment proceedings—now. https://t.co/aHbX63coJC
Change happens when a grassroots movement pushes from the outside, and leaders are willing to lead from the inside. Thank you to everyone who protested, organized, and asked the crucial questions to get us to this moment. This is an overdue but important step.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) September 24, 2019
Bernie Sanders The socialist candidate has stuck mostly to tweeting about his economic ideas except for a tweet about President Trump being the “most corrupt president” in the history of the U.S.
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in the modern history of this country.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) September 25, 2019
Pete Buttigieg “Mayor Pete” put out a video of himself on Chris “Fredo” Cuomo’s CNN show saying that this is a “moment of truth” and calling out Republicans for defending the President.
https://twitter.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1176919325044826112
Robert “Beto” O’Rourke “Beto” has tweeted a lot about impeachment in the last 24-hours. He has called the President “unfit”, circulated a personal impeachment petition and, like Mayor Pete, called out Republicans around the country.
Add your name if you agree President Trump is unfit for office and should be impeached: https://t.co/QwKaaliaXJ
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 24, 2019
This confirms what we already knew: President Trump asked a foreign power to investigate a political rival. He’s unfit for office and needs to be impeached. https://t.co/2px07X8N7K
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 25, 2019
I believe this is one of those moments where people, including Republicans, are going to put their country over their party, the future of this nation over their next election. pic.twitter.com/PoDRv77DCL
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 25, 2019
Kamala Harris Harris took to social media to post multiple videos of herself speaking live, reading statements and pontificating on TV. She also called President Trump the “least patriotic president” ever. The list she read from was a list she has been “carrying around” of President Trump’s “impeachable offences”.
Donald Trump is the least patriotic president we've ever had. pic.twitter.com/zdLpZvR9s7
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 25, 2019
I’ve literally been carrying around a list of Donald Trump’s impeachable offenses. It’s long. Congress should stand up for the integrity of our democracy in this process and hold Donald Trump accountable. pic.twitter.com/3PX4kMrT9y
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 25, 2019
Cory Booker Booker announced that President Trump has been “corrupting the office since the beginning” and saying that with the release of the Ukraine transcript, “the White House “agreed”.
We said he’s been corrupting the office since the beginning. Today the White House agreed.
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) September 25, 2019
Julian Castro Castro has been tweeting up a storm in a desperate bid to buoy his fialing candidacy. He has said the Attorney General has “zero credibility” and that the transcript is a “smoking gun”.
The Attorney General has zero credibility, demonstrated by his handling of the Mueller Report.
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) September 25, 2019
William Barr must recuse himself from any investigation involving Ukraine—and the DOJ’s Inspector General must investigate his conduct. https://t.co/b9aOcIO8Su
This is the smoking gun.
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) September 25, 2019
Donald Trump pressured a foreign government to work with his Justice Department to investigate a political opponent.
Congress should cancel recess and begin impeachment proceedings immediately. #TrumpImpeachment pic.twitter.com/yUC0fJW40l
Andrew Yang Entrepreneur Yang gave the most thoughtful, measured, and interesting response to the impeachment saying that removing Trump from office is “highly unlikely”.
Given the President’s latest actions I think impeachment is the right path forward. Asking foreign leaders for political help in return for aid and then suppressing your own agency’s inquiry is egregious. There have to be limits and Congress is right to act.
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) September 24, 2019
Amy Klobuchar Klobuchar has refused to call the transcript a “transcript” instead referring to it as a memo, implying that there is more that was not released. She has also agreed with the House impeachment proceedings.
This memo (#notatranscript) is clear: the President is abusing his power and trying to make secret deals with foreign leaders for his own political gain. It’s shameful. Our country deserves better.
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) September 25, 2019
The House did the right thing.
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) September 24, 2019