Impeach Trump or Invoke the 25th Amendment to Defend Democracy

Three major democracy watchdogs have documented what we're all witnessing: Trump is dismantling American democracy at unprecedented speed. The V-Dem Institute dropped our ranking from 20th to 51st out of 179 countries, placing us between Slovakia and Greece. Their founding director stated that "the developments in the United States are moving towards dictatorship" and called it "the most rapid decline ever in the history of the United States." This isn't partisan rhetoric. V-Dem found that Trump has rolled back democracy in one year as much as it took Modi in India and Erdogan in Turkey 10 years to accomplish. Bright Line Watch's survey of over 500 scholars now places the U.S. midway between liberal democracy and dictatorship. Freedom House reports we've joined Bulgaria and Italy in registering the largest declines in political rights and civil liberties among free countries. You took an oath to defend the Constitution, not to enable its destruction. Either begin impeachment proceedings, invoke the 25th Amendment, or step aside for someone who will. The evidence is clear. The trajectory is alarming. Your choice now will define whether you stood up for democracy or watched it collapse.