RNC officials said the calls were not prerecorded 'robocalls.'
"Our supporters are incredibly fired up to help us fight this impeachment charade," RNC spokesperson Mike Reed said."Our 'stop the madness' campaign has helped hundreds of thousands of voters get the information they need to reach out to their Democrat representatives and tell them to drop the phoney impeachment inquiry and get back to work for the American people."
Although some campaign finance lawyers have denounced the targeting of House Democrats' offices as an attempt to restrict their communication capabilities, others have indicated that the RNC's efforts could be a legitimate use of campaign resources. "They can use campaign and RNC funds for impeachment-related work, including legal and advocacy," former Democratic National Committee general counsel Joe Birkenstock said, adding that these efforts appear to go slightly beyond what is typically done.
The calls were not the first time members of the RNC have attempted similar phone-jamming efforts against Democrats. In 2002, the New Hampshire state Republican Party hired a telemarketing business to tie up the Democrats' get-out-the-vote phone line. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched the formal impeachment inquiry on September 24 after a whistleblower's complaint, which alleged that Trump asked Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to probe the family of former Vice President Joe Biden, became public. Trump on Monday demanded that the Ukraine whistleblower
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