Supporters of President Donald Trump protested outside the 6th Congressional District office of U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath Saturday afternoon in Sandy Springs.
McBath, a Marietta Democrat, voted with her party Friday when the House Judiciary Committee returned two articles of impeachment against Trump, who is accused of abuse of office and obstruction of Congress.
The Trump protestors got approving social media messages from U.S. Sen. David Perdue and U.S. Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, both strong Trump supporters, as well as the Cobb Republican Party.
Danielle Alvarez, regional communications director for the Trump re-election campaign, said around 50 people turned out for the protest.
Georgians are fed up with the Democrats’ obstruction & impeachment sham. They want results: Growing the economy, rebuilding our military, and leveling the trade playing field. @GaRepublicans #gapol #gasen pic.twitter.com/XMsrn6QXJ9
— David Perdue (@DavidPerdueGA) December 14, 2019
Trump is accused of threatening to withhold U.S. foreign aid to Ukraine if it didn’t investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate. House Democrats also charged the president with obstructing their investigation.
Republicans and Trump supporters have been charging that the Democratic-led House investigation is a “sham impeachment” process. Former U.S. Rep. Karen Handel, who’s campaigning to win back the seat McBath claimed from her in last year’s elections, has used similar language.
After Friday’s committee vote, Handel said “that since the beginning of this sham process, Lucy McBath has been purely partisan and has had no interest in finding the facts. She promised us she would be independent and bipartisan, but it is obvious that promise was empty.”
Handel was at a North DeKalb Republican women’s event on Saturday.
Saturday’s rally wasn’t the first time Trump supporters have gathered outside McBath’s office.
The 6th District includes East Cobb, North Fulton and Sandy Springs and North DeKalb, and it is being eyed as another battleground seat in House elections in 2020. McBath is the first Democrat to represent the district in 40 years.
The full House is expected to vote on the impeachment articles next week.
The protest was organized by Stop the Madness, which is supported by the Republican National Committee.
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