Posted on 09/24/2019 12:41:59 PM PDT by tcrlaf
Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to end months of caution on impeachment Tuesday afternoon, launching a formal inquiry aimed at removing President Donald Trump over allegations he withheld aid from Ukraine to pressure that country to launch a corruption inquiry aimed at damaging former Vice President Joe Biden.
All 13 Texas Democrats in Congress support impeachment or are at least open to it, after five holdouts joined the chorus in the hours before her announcement, some more enthusiastic than others.
Texas Republicans remained unified in their opposition to impeachment, even as Democrats around the country lined up to demand impeachment on Tuesday, projecting a sense of unity and momentum.
The first from Texas who hadn't already demanded Trump's ouster was Fort Worth Rep. Marc Veasey, long a holdout, who said he's ready to vote for impeachment immediately.
Four others -- Dallas Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson and Colin Allred, Laredo Rep. Henry Cuellar, and Houston Rep. Lizzie Fletcher -- said for the first time that they're ready to begin proceedings if the White House refuses to turn over a whistleblower complaint alleging misdeeds by Trump in his dealings with Ukraine, or as other evidence emerges against him.
"If the decision is made by the president and his administration to withhold this information from Congress, or if the allegations of his abuse of power are substantiated, I will be placed in a position where I must fulfill my constitutional duty and support impeachment proceedings," said Johnson, dean of the Texas congressional delegation and chair of the House Science committee.
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What about that phony lamb
Pelosi was jealous of NeverTrumper-in-chief Bill Weld calling for the President to be executed. The leftists are seen as pikers now.
If impeached Trump should pull a Bill Clinton and remain in office.
What are you trying to say? Bill Clinton was not convicted in the Senate trial, that’s why he remained in office.
Clinton was impeached by the House, but never convicted by the Senate.
If these desperate idiots do this it will go down in history as the first impeached President to be re-elected. The vote in the Senate will likely be less than 50. Does make me wonder on how Romney would vote.
The Senate had a Republican majority during the impeachment trial.
This may be why Tinkerbell Mittens has been running his punk mouth here lately. Can’t count on support from him
Why aren’t the republicans at the hill defending TRUMP?....UGHHHHH!!! Our base is seething with anger!!! CAN’T wait to vote cause our calls and standing up to the RINOS isn’t working!!
I stand corrected. Either way, even if Romney and his fellow weak sisters vote to convict, it will be a repeat of Andrew Johnson, and the fools who play along with this travesty will end up in the dustbin of history.
Emerson has Trump at +1 today. Pretty sure this is the first time I’ve ever seen any non-Rasmussen poll have Trump in positive territory.
They want another civil war ? They can proceed with this farce. We know who the criminal is, and it isn’t the President.
IMPEACH ALL DEMOCRATS
Ban & Outlaw the Democrat Party
Stand up a national civilian militia to support the ban
I wish we could.....they’re the evil to POTUS’ good. Sure am glad I was sitting down for the shocker about the 13 Texas reps being in line with impeachment and removal. My beloved Texas is in peril unless people wake up to what’s really going on.......damn!!
This is like having someone tipped off to your hole card in five card stud and you are surprised when they raise you.
Here is the agenda. They vote on Lewis’ (racist to the core and dumb as a stump) motion. It passes with the first count, this Biden crap. Whistleblower says supports the notion. Trump releases the best evidence: the tape. Whistleblower says he will not reveal the source. Followed by two months of nothing but more unsupported crap. Media says it is the seriousness of the charge not the evidence that is important and we are all back at square one, no resolution, no one in jail, no one removed and worse of all no one hung. The impeachment crap rolls on two articles 2 through infinity with nothing but innuendo, half truths, and gossip. Again no resolution except to smear Trump 24/7 in the media.
They’re probably thinking they’ll impeach Trump, prevent Pence from getting a new VP confirmed, impeach Pence, then Pelosi (as Speaker of the House and #3 in succession) becomes President.
Truly a Hail Mary.
“Whistleblower says he will not reveal the source.”
Which is easy.....John Bolton.
They’re not senators, and senators determine removal.
If (D)'s go with impeachment, and the transcript isn't released until sometime after....it won't matter if the transcript is totally favorable to Trump.
nancy has already stated there doesn't need to be a Quid Pro Quo for impeachment, there only needs to be talk about a political opponent.
Once she says go, they will regardless. It will be their last ditch attempt to try and prevent Trump from getting re-elected and it will be a test of the nation to see where our future is heading.
2/3s for conviction. They will not even get 1/3rd.
Where are the high crimes and misdemeanors?
That...has clearly been their agenda since they knew there was no RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA.
Damage him politically with the "moderates" / "independents" and more conservative (D)'s that voted for him in 2016.
They know his base will stay will him, but there just aren't enough in terms of votes to get him re-elected.
Y’all are just too friendly and welcoming to all those out-of-state Libs moving in for economic reasons and bringing their stupid Liberal voting habits with them.
Make it a requirement that only native Texans can vote in Texas and you will be good to go.
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