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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAxios: "Freshman Democrats Balk at Impeaching Trump"
The big picture: There's been a cable news feeding frenzy over the "I" word, fueled in part by freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib's bleep-worthy call for ousting the president. But the reality is that the vast majority of new House Democrats are right in line with their caucus' leadership; they're uninterested in discussing impeachment before special counsel Robert Mueller finishes his work.
Instead, they emphasized aggressive Democratic oversight, including opening investigations into the president, his campaign and his administration.
By the numbers: Of the 64 new House Democrats:
- 48 believe Congress should wait for the Mueller report's release before considering impeachment.
- 7 go a little further, saying that language is "not helpful."
- 6 support impeaching the president.
- 3 have not made clear, on-record statements.
Rep. Al Green of Texas, the first member of Congress to introduce an Article of Impeachment against President Trump in 2017, confirmed this sense of hesitancy to Axios:
"I can assure you that there is far more pressure on people who are supportive of impeachment not to impeach than there is on those who don't favor it to impeach. Exponentially more."
https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-impeachment-house-democrats-e38d068b-77a2-4438-b3b7-79961d779b9b.html
Interesting ...
triron
(21,914 posts)jay1124
(29 posts)if they can get Dolt45 dead to rights on all of his crimes, then yeah impeach the motherfucker. its the same with voting for pelosi for speaker, they just cant come out and say they support her. this is more like 3d chess than charging in with a sledge hammer breaking everything.
basically, you take a shot at the king, you better not miss!
Eyeball_Kid
(7,410 posts)brooklynite
(93,846 posts)Until Mueller or SDNY issues a report, all we have are accusations. And Pelosi will correctly hold down a discussion of Impeachment until then.
mcar
(42,208 posts)Makes sense to me. Do people think this is controversial?
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)A premature, messy, stalled impeachment drive could create unmanageable problems for the dems - trump would be much more likely to survive.
question everything
(47,264 posts)We have seen several freshmen making headlines instead of quietly taking time to learn how Congress works, how they can attend to their constituents.
Yea, I know, I am in the minority here. I am on the side of Hillary Clinton and Al Franken, two "celebrities" who quietly sat in the back for the first two years, or so, to learn how to best serve. They realized that serving their constituents was more important than generating headlines.
Of course, different generations.
struggle4progress
(118,034 posts)EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)mcar
(42,208 posts)JI7
(89,173 posts)corruption investigated, exposed, and brought down.
that's going to take a while. especially since the crimes are likely continuing .