Dozens of religious-right and right-wing leaders and their political allies “emphatically” urged the Senate to shut down the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump without hearing from any witnesses Thursday. They described Democrats’ desire to have senators hearing from witnesses—something supported by a super-majority of Americans—as “nonsensical.”
The right-wing activists repeated White House talking points, calling referring to the impeachment has a “sham.” They described calls for the Senate hear testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton a “bizarre demand” because the House of Representatives hadn’t taken the time to issue a subpoena to Bolton and fight in the courts to have it enforced.
The statement says that signers’ affiliated organizations are included for identification purposes only, but the groups represented reflect the breadth of the right-wing institutional infrastructure that is being deployed on behalf of Trump’s administration and his reelection. The letter was publicized by the Conservative Action Project. Among the signers are former Attorney General Edwin Meese and right-wing publisher Alfred Regnery; Meese was the Conservative Action Project’s founding chairman and Regnery is its current chairman.
The signers and the way they are identified on the statement:
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Chairman, Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
William L. Walton
President
Council for National Policy
David Bozell
President
ForAmerica
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
Thomas Fitton
President
Judicial Watch, Inc.
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Executive Director, Conservative Partnership Institute
Rachel Bovard
Senior Director of Policy
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
Tom McClusky
President
March for Life Action
Myron Ebell
Director, Center for Energy and Environment
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Adam Brandon
President
FreedomWorks
Mary Vought
Executive Director
Senate Conservatives Fund
The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth
Scott T. Parkinson
Executive Director
Republican Study Committee (2016-2018)
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.
Noah Wall
Vice President of Advocacy
FreedomWorks
Christopher Malagisi
Executive Director of Outreach
Hillsdale College
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP
Marjorie Dannenfelser
President
Susan B. Anthony List
The Honorable Matt Schlapp
Chairman
American Conservative Union (ACU)
Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.
President and CEO, First Liberty Institute
Lisa B. Nelson
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
The Honorable Donald Paul Hodel
U.S. Secretary of Energy (1982-1985)
U.S. Secretary of Interior (1985-1989)
The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute
L. Brent Bozell, III
Founder and President
Media Research Center
David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United
The Honorable James C. Miller III
Budget Director for President Reagan
Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
Steve Berger
Pastor
Grace Chapel
The Honorable Scott Walker
President-elect
Young America’s Foundation
Charlie Copeland
President
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Caroline Wetherington
President
Women for Trump Florida
Dr. John C. Eastman
Founding Director, The Claremont Institute’s
Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
Floyd Brown
Chairman
America Fighting Back PAC
Willes K. Lee
President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Glenn Preston Story
Co-founder & President
Patriot Mobile
Ron Robinson
President
Young America’s Foundation
Jim Simpson
Author & Journalist
Congressional Candidate (MD-2)
Jim Backlin
Vice President of Legislative Affairs
Christian Coalition of America
Eunie Smith
President
Eagle Forum
Jake Hoffman
President & CEO
Rally Forge
Phil Kerpen
President
American Commitment
Matthew Tyrmand
Principal
Matthew Tyrmand LLC
Craig Dance
President / CEO
Champion Coach
Austin Ruse
President
C-Fam
Debbie Georgatos
Host, America Can We Talk
CWT Publications, LLC
Richard H. Wright
Owner
R & S LLC
Rick Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
William W. Pascoe, III
Board Member
Tea Party Patriots Action
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Sal Russo
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Tea Party Express
Robert Chambers
Vice President
AFA Action
Jim Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
Khadine Ritter
President
Eagle Forum of Ohio
Eric Georgatos
President
America Can We Talk Enterprises
Kathleen Patten
President and CEO
American Target Advertising
Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
CorsiNation.com
Kent Glesener
President
Paradigm Construction & Engineering, Inc
William H. Shaker
CEO
Washington Marketing Group
Jeff Hunt
Director
Centennial Institute
Mario Navarro da Costa
Director, Washington Bureau
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. C.
Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Thomas Pyle
President
American Energy Alliance
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Rebekah Gantner
Executive Director
Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
Ed Martin
President
Phyllis Schlafly Eagles
Andresen Blom
President
Hawaiian Values
Allen Roth
President
Secure America Now
John F. Tate
President
America’s Liberty PAC
Lee Beaman
CEO
Beaman Automotive Group
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Dr. Tim Daughtry
Author
Daughtry & Company
Ron Pearson
Executive Director
Conservative Victory Fund
George C. Landrith
President
Frontiers of Freedom
Richard Norman
President
The Richard Norman Company
Bob Carlstrom
President
AMAC Action
Reverend Gregory Quinlan
President
The Center for Garden State Families
Penna Dexter
Co-host
Point of View Radio
Randy M. Long
Founder
Long Business Advisors, LLC
J. Christian Adams
President
Public Interest Legal Foundation
Richard D. Hayes
Partner
Hayes Berry White & Vanzant LLP
Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Amapola Hansberger
President
Legal Immigrants for America
Lisa G. Calvert
Christian Speaker
Rabon-Calvert Int.
Dr. Richard Rounsavelle
Trustee
Media Research Center
Ralph A. Rebandt II
Lead Pastor
Oakland Hills Community Church
Ralph Benko
Chairman
The Capitalist League
William Bortins
Marketing and Promotions
The NAV
Tim LeFever
Chairman
Capitol Resource Institute
The Honorable Penny Pullen
State Representative 1977-1993
Illinois General Assembly
Donna Hearne
CEO
Constitutional Coalition
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Lori Roman
President
ACRU Action Fund
The Honorable Mike Hill
Representative
Florida State House
Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
Allen Hebert
Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston
Philip B. Haney
Customs & Border Protection Officer (CBPO – Ret)
Dept. of Homeland Security (Founding Member)
Jessie Jane Duff
Gunnery Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.)
Sr Fellow London Center for Policy Research
Barry Meguiar
President
Ignite America
Terry Schilling
Executive Director
American Principles Project
Tim Wildmon
President
American Family Association
