My wife and I are former Republicans who switched to the Democrats after 2008 as our personal politics changed and as we saw the Tea Party and GOP move right politically. In 2018, we worked hard for the Democrats. My wife and I did phone banking. We both canvassed for Josh Harder. We did this because we desperately wanted a check against the current GOP and President Trump, and we were so happy when we won the House back. But now, I’m increasingly frustrated with the House’s response to the current crisis. We cannot let the GOP and Trump run roughshod over our Constitution and Congress’s Article I oversight responsibilities. I realize we may not get a conviction in the Senate, but it seems to me that we need to at least start the impeachment inquiry in order to break through the obstruction of justice and to raise public awareness of the crisis (including of the contents of the Mueller report, which most people have not read). I agree with Rep. Jerry Nadler that the Judiciary Committee should tackle this inquiry, leaving the rest of the House to pursue legislative priorities (most of which will also not pass the Senate).
William VanderWall, San Francisco
