In what looked like a coordinated messaging campaign over the weekend, the organized left threatened to “take to the streets” if and when President Trump fires Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
We joined forces with @moveon, @IndivisibleTeam, @CommonCause, @Public_Citizen and many other partners to prepare a rapid response if Donald Trump fires Robert Mueller. We have 80,000 RSVPs to 500 events in all 50 states. Join us: https://t.co/ZfmUrHDQxY
— #MarchForTruth (@MarchForTruth17) December 17, 2017
MarchForTruth was the “central organizing account” for the 150+ cities that demonstrated on June 3, 2017, “to call for urgency & transparency on #TrumpRussia.”
Soros-backed MoveOn.Org is organizing “emergency ‘Nobody is Above the Law’ rallies around the country” in the event Trump fires Mueller.
The anti-Trumpers have been in a lather over the possibility that the president could fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller before Christmas, after Congress leaves Washington for the winter recess.
Trump has repeatedly insisted that he has no plans to fire Mueller, but that didn’t stop Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) from repeating the “rumor” on California’s KQED News on Friday.
“The rumor on the Hill when I left yesterday was that the president was going to make a significant speech at the end of next week. And on December 22, when we are out of D.C., he was going to fire Robert Mueller,” Speier said.
Some prominent members of the Resistance spread the message this weekend, including President Obama’s former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Attorney Walter Shaub, who resigned in July, was one of the first to tweet about “taking the streets” on Friday.
Here is the unavailable tweet. pic.twitter.com/1WC9qlQES4
— Track (@Track0987) December 17, 2017
Shaub blocked everyone who reacted negatively to his hysterical tweet — including this writer, who wondered how he had managed to miss Hillary Clinton’s many ethical lapses while she was secretary of state (when he was Obama’s ethics czar).
Shaub later tweeted: “This tweet apparently triggered the tiki torch crowd. My theory is people with violent tendencies will hear violence in the language of peaceful protest. But you literally have to agree to the policy of nonviolence and complying with all law enforcement orders to sign up, so…”
Because everyone who finds him ridiculous is apparently a white supremacist.
Left-wing celebs soon jumped on the bandwagon.
Rob Reiner (aka “Meathead”) on Saturday morning urged his followers to prepare to “take the streets.”
Make no mistake,by attacking Mueller,DT's state run TV(Fox) is pushing US to a constitutional crisis. Be prepared to take the streets.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) December 16, 2017
George Takei encouraged “massive and sustained protests.”
If Trump fires Mueller, patriotic Americans would be well within their rights to shut the country down through massive and sustained protest.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) December 16, 2017
Rumor is that HUGE Trump/Russia News is going to drop today.
Fox News is currently trying to build a case undermining Mueller.
THIS IS COORDINATED.
If Trump fires Mueller WE MUST TAKE TO THE STREETS IN PROTEST.
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) December 15, 2017
It doesn't matter the moment America, could be Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, if @realDonaldTrump orchestrates the firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller we must immediately & peacefully take to the streets & STAY THERE until Congress restores his authority. #GetReadyNOW pic.twitter.com/9ix4duOaFz
— Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) December 16, 2017
If Trump fires Mueller, we take to the streets. Immediately.
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) December 16, 2017
JOIN. And stay ready. They’ll try to sneak this through over Christmas, you watch… https://t.co/QKxu2lo6fB
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 17, 2017
If @realDonaldTrump fires Robert Mueller, people should go into the streets. It should be Tahrir Square like uprising. We must defend our democracy and the rule of law. This should be a popular uprising like we've never seen in America.
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) December 17, 2017
Americans will not put up with further interference in the Russia investigation.
The Resistance is mobilized & ready to peacefully take to the streets if needed to defend the rule of law.
Text MUELLER to 21333 to be the first to hear how you can help protect the investigation.
— Sean Eldridge (@SeanEldridge) December 17, 2017
Attorney and law professor Seth Abramson went on a long Twitter rant over the rumored firing, calling it a “constitutional crisis” and “actual emergency.”
(THREAD) There's now a rumor in Congress that Trump plans to fire Special Counsel Mueller on December 22. If this happens, it will trigger a constitutional crisis. This thread explains what's happening and what to do—please read and share it widely.
This is an actual emergency. pic.twitter.com/3UMG39V4q3
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) December 16, 2017
Naturally, he too called upon his followers to “take to the streets.”
22/ So all Americans, no matter their political stripe or what chance you think there is that Trump is guilty—1% or 90%—should do what Americans did during the Watergate Era if Trump fires Mueller: take to the streets and swarm Congress' phone lines until rule of law is restored.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) December 16, 2017
23/ If this happens, you can expect peaceful disruptions in American life for *some time*. Mass protests that block highways and buildings and shut down parts of cities; mass walkouts from jobs and schools; a media atmosphere in which only one story—this one—can be or is covered.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) December 16, 2017
Worst of all, Eric Holder, Obama’s disgraced former attorney general, also called for massive protests if Trump ends the witch hunt:
ABSOLUTE RED LINE: the firing of Bob Mueller or crippling the special counsel’s office. If removed or meaningfully tampered with, there must be mass, popular, peaceful support of both. The American people must be seen and heard – they will ultimately be determinative.
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) December 17, 2017
Meanwhile, the president made clear for the umpteenth time Sunday night that he has no plans to fire Mueller.
Asked whether he is considering firing Robert Mueller, Pres. Trump says, "No, I'm not." Then asks reporters: "What, are you surprised?" https://t.co/EBbOYKXp2n pic.twitter.com/zAxQHzuKyu
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 17, 2017
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