Hundreds Take Part In Anti-Trump Impeachment Rally In Evanston

EVANSTON, IL - Demonstrators from all over the country, including Evanston, came together in droves Tuesday night to call for the removal of the president of the United States from office.

More than 500 people braved the chilly weather at Evanston's Fountain Square to support Donald Trump's impeachment ahead of the House's historic vote. Holding anti-Trump signs in the air, protesters, young and old, chanted "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go," and “No-one is above the law."

Trump is accused of abuse of power, stemming from his efforts to get Ukraine to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden Jr., Hunter Biden, in return for foreign aid. He's also accused of obstructing Congress by blocking testimony and refusing to provide documents to lawmakers as part of the impeachment inquiry.

A coalition of liberal groups that included MoveOn.org and Indivisible organized hundreds of protests across the country. Evanston was one of more than 600 cities throughout the nation calling for Trump's removal from office, according to event organizers.

Tuesday's event was put together by Indivisible Evanston and included the following speakers: Illinois senator Laura Fine, former Illinois senator Daniel Biss, Water Reclamation District Commissioner Cam Davis, former Watergate prosecutor and MSNBC commentator Jill Wine-Banks, and Michael Nabors, the president of the Evanston/North Shore Branch NAACP and pastor at Second Baptist Evanston.

According to event organizers, the speakers encouraged the crowd to mobilize, canvass and vote in the next election.

The House will vote on Wednesday whether to make Trump the third president in U.S. history to be removed from office.

Trump maintains that the impeachment hearings have been a "witch hunt" by Democrats who want him removed from office at all costs.

"This is an assault on America and an assault on the Republican party," Trump said in a tweet Wednesday.