Democrat Jeff Van Drew (NJ-2) on Fox Business: Impeachment Investigation "fracturing the nation"

[brooklynite]

Democratic New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew attacked his own party for the current impeachment investigation going on in the House of Representatives, during an interview on Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo.

Van Drew, who was one of two Democrats to vote against the impeachment proceedings last month, remained critical of party leadership's decisions on the investigation into President Trump's discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"I just think we'll keep going down this road, keep spending more time. Many of us came to Congress because we really wanted to accomplish goals, really work on issues such as healthcare, work on issues dealing with prescription drugs, election security, the debt, the deficit — the list goes on," Van Drew explained.

He went on to point out that people should "understand the importance" of impeachment and added that no president has been impeached and convicted in the Senate.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democrat-against-impeachment-calls-out-party-for-fracturing-the-nation-with-investigation

[gratuitous]

1. So, Jeff

The House has passed more than 400 bills to accomplish goals, work on issues, and get something done. Have you figured out, yet, what has happened to those bills the House has sent to the Senate? Is that the fault of House Democrats, too? You're sitting there in the midst of unprecedented lawlessness and all you can do is carp about minutiae.

[drray23]

2. That's their new tack on impeachment..

Since they can't discuss the facts, let's pull the "its divisible to the country, " argument. I don't recall any such worries for the gop during Clinton's impeachment.

[CatWoman]

4. however

this guy is a democrat

[drray23]

6. Barely.

As I said, the gop did not care back then, why should we now ?

[exboyfil]

3. You know what happens to squirrels sitting in the middle of the road

They have no rules. Obama should have told FU to Mitch McConnell - we are putting all the information we have about Trump's ties to Russia in the public media. In hindsight I bet he would now.

Until the rot is gone, it is a zero sum game.

[cbdo2007]

5. And how are those other issues going for you Rep. Van Drew?

They are blocking all progress in the Senate and are reversing all good things that have been done over the past couple of decades.

[Qutzupalotl]

7. Maybe they'll "keep spending more time" on this because

the President commits multiple crimes every week. That doesn’t support Jeff’s position of ignoring them.

[stopbush]

8. Let it fracture!

At the end of the day there will be 60-70% of Americans on one side of the fracture with 30-40% (the knuckle draggers) on the other side.

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. the fracture has been there for a long time

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. it ain't impeachment "fracturing the nation", it's the extremist cult called GOP

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. So how do the rules work here when we can't say anything negative about a Democrat

that sounds just like a FUCKING REPUG?????

I'm so confused.

[kentuck]

12. I wouldn't vote for him...

if he was in my district.

[Roland99]

13. Overly naive

[struggle4progress]

14. He flipped his district R-to-D in November 2018. Part of his job is representing those folk.

Of course, since he sits on Natural Resources and several Agricultural subcommittees, impeachment stuff shouldn't be getting in the way of any of his own committee work

[maxsolomon]

15. the Nation fractured after Clinton was hounded and impeached for Perjury.

Lindsey Graham may have forgotten, but I sure as fuck haven't.

I assume Pelosi isn't counting on Van Drew's vote.

[Jersey Devil]

16. Well, he is from NJ only sort of

The 2nd Cong Dist is the very tip of South Jersey from Atlantic City to Cape may and some very rural counties in the Chesapeake Bay area, akways extremely Republican.