LOWELL — About three dozen constituents and activists visited the office of U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan on Tuesday afternoon to push for the congresswoman and her Democratic Party to take a more-aggressive approach to the prospect of impeaching and removing President Donald Trump.

Trahan herself was in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday so she was unable to meet with the voters herself, but her office’s District Director Maria Syrniotis listened and took notes as they laid out their many reasons for believing the Democrats need to do more to remove Trump from office, from the tactics used in his administration’s immigration enforcement to his threats to annex or invade territory controlled by U.S. allies.

“Fundamentally, what we are asking for is the … introduction of articles of impeachment against the president,” said Bryan Winter, a retired U.S. Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and program director for 50501, a national organization created last year in protest of Trump and his policies.

Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives twice during his first term. The first time was in 2019, with two articles of impeachment accusing Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of justice, stemming from a House inquiry that found Trump had tried to coerce Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy into announcing an investigation into the family of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden by withholding military aid.

The second impeachment of Trump took place in 2021 after his 2020 loss to Biden, with the House vote taking place in the final days of Trump’s first term in response to the U.S. Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, which Democrats argued was instigated by Trump in an attempt to overturn the election’s results. While the House voted both times to impeach Trump, the Senate voted both times not to convict him, with the second Senate impeachment vote taking place weeks after Trump had already left office.

In December, articles of impeachment were brought up against Trump again, but Republicans successfully passed a vote to table the motion with support from a handful of Democrats. Trahan was among the representatives to support impeachment by opposing the motion to table.

Dan Ward, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who also served in Afghanistan, told Trahan’s staff about the soldiers from allied countries he served alongside in that war, and how he feels watching Trump antagonize those allied countries through his insistence on U.S. control of Greenland, a territory of Denmark.

“To see what this president is doing to our longstanding alliances … that alone feels like a disrespect to years of service and to the world order of peace,” said Ward.

His wife, Kim Ward, said later “this is a moment like none other.”

“We need our representatives to meet it, and I don’t feel she has met the moment yet,” said Kim Ward. “I think all of us are here to say we have your back, please go. Whatever reservation you might have, it is time to put it aside and work for the people.”

Among the crowd was U.S. Senate candidate Alex Rikleen, who is running in the Democratic primary against incumbent Sen. Ed Markey and U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton. Rikleen pointed out that getting a successful vote for impeachment is just a few flipped Republican votes away.

“The math on this is much less daunting than people have been led to believe. We only need three Republicans to flip on this if we have unified Democratic support right now, and there are currently two Republicans who have already voted for a Trump impeachment in the past,” said Rikleen.

Rikleen noted the Senate would be a “heavy lift” if Trump is impeached in the House, as the Senate requires a two-thirds vote in the 100-person chamber for a conviction.

Organizer John Moses, a member of the Chelmsford School Committee and another veteran of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, pointed to a recent incident in Minnesota, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been conducting a significant immigration crackdown as unrest grows over ICE’s tactics and the killing of Renee Good in Minnesota earlier this month.

ICE agents in St. Paul, Minnesota, were photographed recently breaking down the door of a Hmong man who was a naturalized U.S. citizen from Laos. ChongLy Thao was seen being removed from his home over the weekend by ICE agents in winter conditions without adequate winter clothing, though he was later released on Sunday.

“His wife, in Vietnam, worked for the United States government with the CIA, and earned their right through putting their lives in danger for American service members and politicians in our country, and ICE broke into his house, an American citizen … kicked down his door, no fourth amendment, no training, no deescalation, after his wife just passed away,” said Moses. “They pulled this human being, an American citizen who had given so much into the cold air with a bathrobe, his underwear and his crocs.”

Moses pointed as well to the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban as the U.S. pulled out of the country in 2021. As the country fell, many Afghans who helped the U.S. during the war fled here to avoid reprisals from the Taliban.

“I have brought dozens of families to Massachusetts, and they are all saying one thing: ‘We are afraid. We are not naturalized yet, we don’t have asylum yet, or a country to go back to yet, and I still deal with the Taliban,” said Moses.

Another among the crowd was Lowell resident Valerie Rice, who told The Sun she felt it was important to be there “to be counted” as a movement builds against President Trump.

“To make people know, especially elected officials, that voters really care. I understand (Trahan) is part of the minority, but I would like to hear them fighting tooth and nail, even for the losing fights right now,” said Rice. “I think it is just really important with all the things going on. Things are looking dire.”

Trahan herself was not present due to being in the nation’s capital and has not yet commented on the visit, but Syrniotis thanked the group for visiting the office and making their voices heard.

“I’ve been taking notes. I hear you. The Congresswoman hears you. … We are hearing these stories and we are deeply affected by them because we live here, we are raising our families here. So seeing all of you out hear sharing these stories, I am going to bring them back to the congresswoman,” said Syrniotis.

The visit to Trahan’s office was part of a larger “Walk-out, walk-in” national movement being held on Tuesday where groups visited their congressional representatives’ offices to demand more action in opposing Trump’s policies.