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'Impeachment Is Coming' Trends on Twitter After News That Trump Tried to Influence Australian Leader for His Own Benefit
30 September 2019
President Donald Trump waits to speak on the phone in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2017. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
After several more breaking news items about President Donald Trump and his inner circle hit in rapid succession Monday afternoon, Twitter responded as only they can: with a trending hashtag.
#ImpeachmentIsComing trended on Twitter earlier Monday as the result of three major news items:
<ul class="ee-ul"><li>President Trump <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/us/politics/trump-australia-barr-mueller.html">pressured Australia</a> and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/attorney-general-barr-personally-asked-foreign-officials-to-aid-inquiry-into-cia-fbi-activities-in-2016/2019/09/30/d50cd5c4-e3a5-11e9-b403-f738899982d2_story.html">other countries</a> to help him discredit the Mueller investigation</li><li>Trump's personal lawyer, <a href="https://secondnexus.com/news/politics/rudy-giuliani-yells-shut-up-chris-hahn/">Rudy Giuliani</a>, was subpoenaed by Congress over his involvement</li><li>Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was revealed to be on the <a href="https://secondnexus.com/news/read-whistleblower-complaint-states-i-learned-from-multiple-u-s-officials-had-intervened-to-lock-down-all-records-of-the-phone-call/">July call</a> between President <a href="https://secondnexus.com/news/trump-server-crowdstrike-ukraine-transcript/">Trump and Ukrainian President</a> Volodymyr Zelensky</li></ul><p>People reveled in the news...</p><p><iframe width="100%" height="150" scrolling="no" class="rm-shortcode twitter-embed-1178778679834480640" id="twitter-embed-1178778679834480640" type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="/res/community/twitter_embed/?iframe_id=twitter-embed-1178778679834480640&created_ts=1569877712.0&screen_name=maddenifico&text=Incredible+day%2C+and+it%27s+still+only+5%3A00+PM+ET%3A%0A%0AIn+the+span+of+30+minutes%2C+three+breaking+news+stories+covering+th%E2%80%A6+https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FKHP1T3kEnx&id=1178778679834480640&name=Bill+Madden" frameborder="0" data-rm-shortcode-id="RNPJY91574968387"></iframe></p><p></p><p><iframe width="100%" height="150" scrolling="no" class="rm-shortcode twitter-embed-1178775262072311812" id="twitter-embed-1178775262072311812" type="lazy-iframe" 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data-runner-src="/res/community/twitter_embed/?iframe_id=twitter-embed-1178795492639219712&created_ts=1569881721.0&screen_name=_TheRealTima&text=Rudy+has+been+subpoenaed%21+%F0%9F%98%AD%F0%9F%98%AD+I+said+it.+You+are+going+to+jail+and+%23ImpeachmentIsComing+https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F25130TVzIw&id=1178795492639219712&name=t+i+m+a+%F0%9F%A5%80" frameborder="0" data-rm-shortcode-id="IIJJ791574968387"></iframe></p><p></p><p><iframe width="100%" height="150" scrolling="no" class="rm-shortcode twitter-embed-1178797369376346112" id="twitter-embed-1178797369376346112" type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="/res/community/twitter_embed/?iframe_id=twitter-embed-1178797369376346112&created_ts=1569882168.0&screen_name=_TheRealTima&text=So+Mike+Pompeo+was+on+the+call+to+Ukraine+and+Trump+was+pressuring+Australia+to+help+him+discredit+the+Mueller+inve%E2%80%A6+https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F3ME5XCoi2E&id=1178797369376346112&name=t+i+m+a+%F0%9F%A5%80" frameborder="0" data-rm-shortcode-id="S24FF01574968387"></iframe></p><p></p><p><iframe width="100%" height="150" scrolling="no" class="rm-shortcode twitter-embed-1178772804046594048" id="twitter-embed-1178772804046594048" type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="/res/community/twitter_embed/?iframe_id=twitter-embed-1178772804046594048&created_ts=1569876311.0&screen_name=Rosie&text=Here+comes+the+downpour+-+shame+on+all+who+participated+-+who+listened+-+who+knew+and+did+nothing%E2%80%A6+https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FateQsupvfE&id=1178772804046594048&name=ROSIE" frameborder="0" data-rm-shortcode-id="HSBCKC1574968387"></iframe></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><iframe width="100%" height="150" scrolling="no" class="rm-shortcode twitter-embed-1178797381845999626" id="twitter-embed-1178797381845999626" type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="/res/community/twitter_embed/?iframe_id=twitter-embed-1178797381845999626&created_ts=1569882171.0&screen_name=carolinawdwrker&text=%23ImpeachmentIsComing%0A%23ImpeachmentIsComing+%0A%23ImpeachmentIsComing+%0A%23ImpeachmentIsComing+%0A%23ImpeachmentIsComing%E2%80%A6+https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FKqQnQXLLck&id=1178797381845999626&name=Anthony+Sarver" frameborder="0" data-rm-shortcode-id="F3TU051574968388"></iframe></p><p></p><p>...except at the Kremlin where President Vladimir Putin reportedly wants no information about his phone calls with Trump revealed.</p><p><div id="action_button_container"></div>
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