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January 7th, 2020 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi The Honorable Mitch McConnell Speaker Majority Leader United States House of Representatives United States Senate Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy The Honorable Charles Schumer Minority Leader Minority Leader United States House of Representatives United States Senate Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20510 Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader McCarthy, and Minority Leader Schumer: We write to strongly urge you to immediately reconvene Congress and stay in session to act on removing Donald J. Trump from his office as President of the United States. The attack on our nation’s Capitol yesterday was a result of his incitement, and we cannot go home while he remains in the highest office in our land, threatening our elected officials, our nation’s Capitol, and our very democracy. We cannot risk keeping Donald Trump in office any longer. President Trump has failed to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States by refusing to accept the results of our fair and free election, and worse, by inciting his supporters to attack our Capitol. The remaining two weeks of his presidency may prove to be detrimental to our nation—every day that he remains in office is a serious threat to our democracy and our national security. We cannot risk his unhinged behavior any longer. Leaders across the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have called for President Trump’s removal, whether through articles of impeachment or through invoking the 25th amendment. We will set a dangerous precedent if there are no consequences for a sitting U.S. President inciting violence as a last-ditch effort to remain in power against the will of the American people who voted him out of office. Congress must reconvene immediately in order to begin proceedings to impeach and remove Donald J. Trump from office. Sincerely, RASHIDA TLAIB Member of Congress JAMAAL BOWMAN, Ed. D. CORI BUSH Member of Congress Member of Congress ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ ILHAN OMAR Member of Congress Member of Congress AYANNA PRESSLEY Member of Congress .

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