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EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 08:32 PM Jan 2019

Axios: "Freshman Democrats Balk at Impeaching Trump"

The vast majority of freshman House Democrats are not quite ready to "impeach the motherf*cker." Over the last two weeks, Axios reached out to every single one of the 64 new House Democrats, and only a tiny fraction said they were on board with impeachment.

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 ...
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Axios: "Freshman Democrats Balk at Impeaching Trump" (Original Post) EffieBlack Jan 2019 OP
WTF is wrong with them! triron Jan 2019 #1
They're freshmen in some red districts jay1124 Jan 2019 #2
They don't know the facts like Maxine Waters knows them. n/t Eyeball_Kid Jan 2019 #4
What 'facts' does Maxine Waters know? brooklynite Jan 2019 #10
48 believe Congress should wait for the Mueller report's release before considering impeachment. mcar Jan 2019 #3
Yeah, that's how I feel as well. I don't see how that is "balking". LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #8
Pelosi is giving Mueller cover and time to duly investigate and report. empedocles Jan 2019 #5
This, actually, is refreshing question everything Jan 2019 #6
+ struggle4progress Jan 2019 #7
Not a single lie anywhere in your post ... EffieBlack Jan 2019 #9
+1000! mcar Jan 2019 #11
misleading . I want trump impeached but I want him and others connected to his JI7 Jan 2019 #12

jay1124

(29 posts)
2. They're freshmen in some red districts
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 08:47 PM
Jan 2019

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!

brooklynite

(93,846 posts)
10. What 'facts' does Maxine Waters know?
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 09:47 PM
Jan 2019

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)
3. 48 believe Congress should wait for the Mueller report's release before considering impeachment.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 08:49 PM
Jan 2019

Makes sense to me. Do people think this is controversial?

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
5. Pelosi is giving Mueller cover and time to duly investigate and report.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 09:08 PM
Jan 2019

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)
6. This, actually, is refreshing
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 09:11 PM
Jan 2019

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.

JI7

(89,173 posts)
12. misleading . I want trump impeached but I want him and others connected to his
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 09:52 PM
Jan 2019

corruption investigated, exposed, and brought down.

that's going to take a while. especially since the crimes are likely continuing .

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