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Once again, Impeachment

09 Saturday Jan 2021

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5th Congressional District, Capitol breach, Donald Trump, Emanuel Cleaver, impeachment

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2018 file photo].

Yesterday:

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @repcleaver
It is clear that the President needs to be removed from office. Unfortunately, the Cabinet does not appear to have the will to invoke the 25th Amendment. For that reason I have signed on to these Articles of Impeachment. We should begin the process immediately.
[….]
5:00 PM · Jan 8, 2021

Make it so.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): “…The country that I am seeing on television is unrecognizable to me…”

06 Wednesday Jan 2021

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5th Congressional District, Capitol breach, electoral college, Emanuel Cleaver, missouri, social media, Twitter

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2018 file photo].

This afternoon:

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @repcleaver
I am currently locked down in a safe and secure location. The country that I am seeing on television is unrecognizable to me. I will continue to pray for the safety of my colleagues and the Capitol Police Officers.
2:37 PM · Jan 6, 2021

Unrecognizable.

Good Trouble

06 Wednesday Jan 2021

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5th Congressional District, electoral college, Emanuel Cleaver, John Lewis, missouri, social media, Twitter

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2019 file photo].

This morning:

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @repcleaver
I can’t stop smiling thinking about @RepJohnLewis dancing with the angels today.
11:00 AM · Jan 6, 2021

Awomen. Amen.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): Impeach

11 Wednesday Dec 2019

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5th Congressional District, abuse of power, bribery, corruption, Donald Trump, Emanuel Cleaver, extortion, impeachment, missouri, obsruction of Congress

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2019 file photo].

Cleaver’s Statement on House Judiciary Committee Introducing Articles of Impeachment
Dec 10, 2019 [….]
(Washington, D.C.) – United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee announced the introduction of articles of impeachment against the President of the United States.

Today is a profoundly sad day for our nation. My heart is heavy, as we enter only the fourth time in our country’s history that the House of Representatives has been forced to introduce articles of impeachment against a sitting President. While no member of Congress comes to Washington to remove a President from power, we all swear an oath to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States. In recent months, the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees have presented a case with overwhelming evidence exposing significant presidential misconduct. The case presented alleges that the President abused the power of his office and undermined American national security by withholding congressionally-approved military aid in an effort to coerce a vulnerable foreign government into smearing a domestic political rival before the 2020 elections. This is a grave perversion of presidential power and antithetical to America’s founding ideals based on fair elections free from foreign interference.

I was extremely reluctant to agree to support an impeachment inquiry into the President. It was, and still is, a discomforting decision. But, as is the case in all of life, the most painful thing is ofttimes the most principled thing. After reviewing witness testimony, the call summary, and public statements from the President and his Chief of Staff, I am left with no other choice but to support the articles of impeachment introduced in the House. The evidence presented is unquestionably sufficient for a trial in the Senate. Should the articles of impeachment be sent to the Senate, I’m hopeful that every American will pay close attention to what is being presented and ask themselves whether or not this is the way we want our democracy to function moving forward. In this pivotal moment, I am thinking about my grandchildren and the country I want to leave for them. Future generations will look back on this time as a defining moment in American democracy. I intend to be on the right side of history.

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2018 file photo].

Impeachment: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D)

24 Tuesday Sep 2019

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5th Congressional District, corruption, Donald Trump, Emanuel Cleaver, impeachment, missouri, social media, Twitter

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2019 file photo].

This afternoon, from Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D):

Cleaver For Congress @Vote4Cleaver
I want history to know where I stood.
[….]
12:03 PM · Sep 24, 2019

Previously:

Impeachment: Consciousness of Guilt (September 24, 2019)

On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019

08 Thursday Aug 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Town Hall

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5th Congressional District, Emanuel Cleaver, gun violence, guns, Kansas City, MCC, missouri, NRA, Penn Valley, town hall

Yesterday evening on the Penn Valley campus of the Metropolitan Community Colleges Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) hosted a town hall of sorts on gun violence. The community event included elected officials, law enforcement officials, and leaders of community groups. Approximately 250 individuals and members of activist groups from the Kansas City metropolitan area attended. Media from the Kansas City metropolitan area covered the two hour long town hall.

“Do something”

“We must stop killing each other”

Patty Lewis (left), a Democratic Party candidate in the 25th Legislative District.

Representative Ashley Bland Manlove (D).

Patty Lewis (left), a Democratic Party candidate in the 25th legislative District, and Elad Gross (right), a Democratic Party candidate for Missouri Attorney General.

Representative Richard Brown (D).

Kansas City, Missouri Police Department Chief Richard Smith (left), Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) (center), and Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D) (right).

Speakers included Representative Cleaver (D), MCC Chancellor Dr. Kimberly Beatty, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, Kansas City Police Chief Richard Smith, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker, and the leadership (and members) of Moms Demand Action – Missouri, Grandparents against Gun Violence, Mothers in Charge, March for Our Lives – KC, Aim 4Peace, and the Ad-Hoc Group Against Crime.

Call them what they are

24 Sunday Jun 2018

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5th Congressional District, children, concentration camps, Donald Trump, Emanuel Cleaver, immigration, missouri

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2018 file photo].

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D), in an interview on MSNBC this morning, called the Trump ordered facilities holding children and families seeking asylum in the United States concentration camps.

Michael Bersin @MBersin
Call them what they are. @repcleaver just did. These are concentration camps.
8:23 AM – 24 Jun 2018

That’s what they are.

Previously:

Wendy Baird, a mom, age “thirty-something”, from Independence, Missouri and Senator Roy Blunt (r) (June 20, 2018)

Senator Roy Blunt (r): suffer the little children (June 20, 2018)

Protest imitates fashion (June 22, 2018)

Performance Art (June 22, 2018)

Somebody’s grandmother (June 22, 2018)

Immigration protest at Rep. Kevin Yoder’s (r) district office – Overland Park, Kansas – June 22, 2018 (June 23, 2018)

The more you know… (June 24, 2018)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) – Truman Gala – Jackson County Democrats – Kansas City – June 9, 2018

12 Tuesday Jun 2018

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Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) – Kansas City – June 9, 2018.

On Saturday evening Jackson County Democrats gathered in Kansas City for their annual Truman Gala. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) was the final speaker at the event.


Video by Jerry Schmidt.

Previously:

Truman Gala – Jackson County Democrats – Kansas City – June 9, 2018 (June 10, 2018)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): Priorities!

03 Saturday Mar 2018

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Yesterday in the 5th Congressional District:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
It was an honor to join so many legislators this morning to speak at @Eagle_Events for their SCA Legislative Breakfast
[….]
11:38 AM – 2 Mar 2018

What’s wrong with this picture? It’s not an open public town hall in the 4th Congressional District.

Summit Christian Academy
· Lees Summit, MO ·
Today was SCA’s Legislative Impact Breakfast. What a fantastic turnout with ten elected officials and nearly seventy SCA families. We look forward to building relationships with those who serve our city, state, and great nation! Thanks to all who came, and remember; FIND YOUR VOICE with your representatives! Also special thanks to Michaela Loux who led in prayer and the four SCA Boy Scouts who led us in pledges and escorted our guests back to the commons. #SCAsharp #vickyhartzler #rebeccaroeber #Mikecierpiot #edemery #Danstacy #Randyrhoads #FredDeMoro #Dianeforte #RoyBlunt #RobBinney
[….]

Summit Christian Academy is in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, in the 5th Congressional District which is represented by Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D).

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): while knowing a thing or two about thinking and praying…

15 Thursday Feb 2018

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…also knows that it’s not enough.

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2018 file photo].

This morning, via Twitter, from Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D):

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver‏ @repcleaver
One of your first actions as president was to make it easier for people with mental illness to buy a gun. Stop blaming the students and start protecting our kids.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!

10:01 AM – 15 Feb 2018

You tell him.

Previously:

Become a single issue voter (February 14, 2018)

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