Posted on 09/27/2019 11:44:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In the past week -- amid allegations that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office for personal political gain -- there has been an absolute rush among House Democrats to call for impeachment proceedings against the President. What was once regarded as a risky position, politically, has now become a default position of the vast majority of the Democratic caucus.
But interestingly, it's not the position of the entire caucus. Yes, 223 House Democrats are on the record supporting an impeachment inquiry. But 12 holdouts remain.
Why? Good question! As (almost) always in politics, the answer to that question is, well, politics. Of the 12 holdouts, 11 represent districts that Trump carried in 2016. Trump's winning margin in those 11 ranges from quite narrow (+1.5 percentage points in Rep. Lucy McBath's suburban Atlanta seat) to huge (+31 in Rep. Collin Peterson's rural western Minnesota seat).
The one outlier in the group is Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas). Trump lost Johnson's seat by 61 points in 2016.
Johnson is a bit of a unique case as some outlets -- including the Texas Tribune -- count her as in favor of impeachment. CNN does not because, in her statement on the subject, Johnson made her support for impeachment conditional. "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," she said. The whistleblower complaint has now been turned over to Congress so it remains to be seen where, exactly, Johnson now comes down on impeachment.
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Because they want to be elected Republicans next time.
Maybe not all dem pols are brain dead zombies. I know, I know, hard to believe as it might be; anything is possible.
Soros hasn't gotten to them yet?
Tulsi switched I believe.
This is cnn trying to mussel all dems to support impeachment, or be doxed. Typical leftest bullying.
I don’t believe it!
I didn’t think there were 12 sane democrats.
THE DEMOCRAT IMPEACHMENT HOLDOUTS LIST:
* Rep. Lucy McBath (Georgia)
* Rep. Jared Golden (Maine)
* Rep. Collin Peterson (Minnesota)
* Rep. Jeff Van Drew (New Jersey)
* Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (New Mexico)
* Rep. Max Rose (New York):
* Rep. Anthony Brindisi (New York)
* Rep. Kendra Horn (Oklahoma)
* Rep. Joe Cunningham (South Carolina)
* Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas)
* Rep. Ben McAdams (Utah)
* Rep. Ron Kind (Wisconsin)
Adam Schiff cries wolf and the fools in the press come running...
From a GOP District in upstate NY - He should change party affiliation.
Paula Reid was giving opinion pretending to be hard news on CBS This Morning - these azzes like zoo zoo Jiang should run for office if they want to be Leftist activists.
Impeach for what they'll figure out later.
CNN telling 12 dems that they better get on board or else.
Given this one sampling datum point, we can assume 0.05% are not.
Without those 12 votes, the Democrat case against Trump falls apart!
Now the far left will bully these 12 holdouts and threaten them.
Come running? This is a coordinated attack.
WE WILL PRIMARY EVERYONE OF THESE AND MORE WHO VOTE FOR IMPEACHMENT......
THE DEMOCRAT IMPEACHMENT HOLDOUTS LIST:
* Rep. Lucy McBath (Georgia)
* Rep. Jared Golden (Maine)
* Rep. Collin Peterson (Minnesota)
* Rep. Jeff Van Drew (New Jersey)
* Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (New Mexico)
* Rep. Max Rose (New York):
* Rep. Anthony Brindisi (New York)
* Rep. Kendra Horn (Oklahoma)
* Rep. Joe Cunningham (South Carolina)
* Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas)
* Rep. Ben McAdams (Utah)
* Rep. Ron Kind (Wisconsin)
[[THE DEMOCRAT IMPEACHMENT HOLDOUTS LIST:]]
you forgot
*Rep Mitt Romney (Utah)
Oh wait- He wants impeachment
nm- carry on
Rep. Collin Peterson votes with Republicans on a lot of issues, and he has done so, during his entire duration in Congress.
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