WASHINGTON – When members of the new House of Representatives convene here Jan. 3, they will be asked to state the following words in their oath of office.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."
And once Republican members reach their new offices, they will be confronted with the reality of what happened last month when the old Congress approved operating capital for the continuation of Obamacare and an executive amnesty they claimed was unconstitutional – hundreds of thousands of yellow letters demanding the ouster of John Boehner as speaker of the House.
In fact, 450,000 – so far.
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All because of the "Don't Be Yellow: Dump Boehner Campaign," through which Americans are responding to a call from WND founder Joseph Farah.
And that's just the total through Monday.
Farah said he expects, based on early reaction, to generate millions of letters in time for delivery when the new Congress opens its session early next month.
"It's not the Christmas present John Boehner was hoping to receive," said Farah. "It's clear from the viral nature of this campaign that millions of Americans, mostly Republicans, by the way, would like to put coal in Boehner's stocking this year. And they'd like him to accept the gift as just another member of the House of Representatives rather than as its leader."
The innovative campaign that allows anyone to send a form letter on yellow paper to every Republican member of the House was organized quickly last week in response to growing anger and frustration from GOP voters who feel ripped off by what they see as a betrayal by Boehner and his leadership team over what Farah characterizes as "his capitulation to Obamacare and the unconstitutional amnesty executive action, which were both fully funded by House Republicans who were voted into office to do just the opposite."
At about two inches per 500-page ream, there's already a stack of letters more than 15 stories tall destined for guaranteed delivery to House GOP members.
"While the news cycle has forgotten about Boehner's betrayal of Republican voters in November, the grass-roots electorate has not," said Farah. "Even while Americans are busy Christmas shopping and getting ready for the holiday season, they are angry enough at the Republican establishment to put their money where their mouth is – investing in this unusual lobbying effort to wake up House members as to the state of their leadership crisis."
"Will Republican House members respond in January? At the very least, they won't be able to ignore the deluge of mail that awaits them," he said.
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"You can order your letters sent today, and they will be ready for delivery when the new Congress reconvenes in January. It would be great to see thousands or, better yet, tens of thousands flooding in that first week. That will make an impression that cannot be ignored by Republican members of the House," he said.
"I'm excited. Now it's up to you. I've already ordered my letters. I've even secured the domain names DumpBoehnerCampaign.com and DumpBoehnerNow.com for social media dissemination. Tell your friends," he wrote.
The letter explains to members of the U.S. House that two issues have "prompted Americans to turn in droves to the Republican Party in November 2014 – Barack Obama's blatantly unconstitutional executive action to provide amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, and the deliberately deceptive restructuring of America's health-care system through Obamacare, which threatens to unravel the greatest health delivery system in the world."
Pointing out that Republicans before the election "solemnly vowed to STOP this lame-duck president," the letter states: "Now you have the power, right and duty to stop him.
"But it won't happen with John Boehner leading you. You know this to be true. The trillion-dollar budget deal is just the latest proof that Boehner is not capable of leading the House to victory during this critical period."
It calls on members to replace him.
On Twitter, the hashtags #BoehnerMustGo and #DumpBoehner were surging, and other commentators, while not adopting the specific letter-writing campaign, agreed with the goal.
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Farah noted that the launch of the program rivals the historic "Pink Slip Campaign" in 2010 that generated some 9.5 million letters to Congress.
"Americans are angry about Boehner's betrayal of the voters who gave him a bigger majority in the House and Republicans control of the Senate. This could prove to be Boehner's undoing," he said.
The campaign allows people to send letters, with their own names and addresses via FedEx, all for the one price of $29.95, to each of the House GOP members.
Farah said, "From previous campaigns we know this approach prompts members to talk about the boxes of letters that are coming into their offices each day. And that's exactly what we want to do with the DUMP BOEHNER CAMPAIGN – a grass-roots lobbying effort that can channel your outrage into effective and meaningful action."
He said what can be guaranteed is that members "will see, hear and feel your participation in it."
"We saw the same thing in 2010," recalled Farah. "People were angry then. They may be angrier now. It is as if elections have no consequences when Republicans vote."