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MWEG Member Op-Ed: “Romney Should Stand for a Fair Impeachment Trial”
“I’m a Romney Republican. In fact, Sen. Mitt Romney and I have a lot in common. Like the senator, I’ve been a Republican all my life, and I’ve even served as a state delegate and precinct chair. Like the senator, I love my family and I’m devoted to my faith. We even form part of the same community: Sen. Romney is my grandmother’s neighbor.” Click here to read MWEG member Emily Taylor’s Salt Lake Tribune op-ed calling for Republicans who are true to their faith to lead the fight to hear from witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial. Romney Should Stand for a Fair Impeachment Trial • January 28, 2020…
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Pray for Truth
It’s been a rough week for a lot of us in the U.S. Our rule of law seems under siege by leaders attempting to redraw lines between right and wrong, blurring once-common notions of truth. This reality played out this week in my home city of Boston, where a U.S. Customs official ignored an order from a federal court and deported an Iranian Northeastern University student who was here legally with a student visa. In the span of those same few days, the U.S. Senate, presiding over the impeachment trial of our sitting president on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of justice, continued to attempt to conduct a…
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MWEG on the Hill
The women of MWEG come from across the political spectrum and are united in their commitment to peacemaking and to boldly calling for elected leaders to govern with integrity. Here are excerpts of letters written by our some of our members to their members of Congress:
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MWEG Members in the News
MWEG members all across the United States are writing some fabulous op-eds and letters to the editor about impeachment! Here is a selection of those pieces, with many more to come. Christie Black :: Arizona Capitol Times “Since when is ethical government a partisan issue? Is it only a concern when it is an offense from the opposing party? I have followed the impeachment inquiry and the report released this week. The evidence that the president abused his power and then obstructed the inquiry is incredibly compelling. The inquiry did not consist of slanted evidence with hyper-partisan witnesses. The witnesses were people of character, dedicated to their country.” Alicia Crowley…
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A Visit to Our Congressman
On Friday, October 11, Traci Paice and I made a quick visit to Congressman Ken Buck’s office in Greeley, Colorado. A few days earlier, Traci had sent Congressman Buck an email expressing support for the impeachment inquiry, and she got a response wherein he claimed Speaker Pelosi “lacks the power to initiate such an inquiry on her own.” He said the House must pass a resolution. Concerned with this response, Traci posted his letter in the comments of an MWEG Discussion Group post about the White House’s intent to not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. Because Congressman Buck is also my representative, her comment caught my eye, so I copied…
