Fil-Ams and activist groups call for President Trump’s impeachment

OAKLAND, CA — A diverse group of all ages and backgrounds said they drew energy from supporters who drove by as they demonstrated outside a busy intersection in Oakland on Wednesday night.

Yvette Felarca, from the activist group By Any Means Necessary, said this protest comes in the wake of a violent weekend, when two mass shootings claimed 22 lives in El Paso, Texas; and nine lives in Dayton, Ohio and dozens more injured.

She and her group are putting the blame on President Donald Trump.

“Considering Donald Trump and the racism and immigrant-bashing that he ran on and the fact that he is placing himself as the spokesperson for a white supremacist, neo-Facist movement in this country and in some ways across the world this is absolutely the making of Trump and of his presidency.”

On Monday morning, the president denounced the shootings, calling them “evil attacks” and crimes “against all humanity”.

“In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America.”

Felarca isn’t moved.

“Nobody believes a word Donald Trump says. He doesn’t even believe it, probably, other than his own racism and everyone knows that’s all he means is his racism. That is who he has been all his life, certainly long before he ran for president, long before he became president. So no, no one believes a word he says, including his own supporters.”

Felarca has been calling for Trump’s impeachment — echoing Democratic congressman Al Green from Texas, who introduced articles of impeachment based on Trump’s rhetoric against immigrants.

“The only reason he’s still president is because of the racism of the Republican party and because of the cowardice of the democratic party leadership that’s refusing to take action and impeach him when they have the power to.”

Meanwhile, according to El Paso police chief Greg Allen, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius has been cooperative; however, shows no remorse for his actions.

Crusius is also believed to have written a hate-filled manifesto that published online about 20 minutes before the shooting.

The document is filled with racist language aimed at immigrants, especially Latinos — and these protesters are hoping this culture of hate would end, before more lives are put at risk.