2020 candidate Rep. Tim Ryan says Pres. Trump “gets off on shaming communities around the United States.” “His behavior across the board is shameful ... he needs to be impeached, not necessarily for that shameful behavior, but for the criminal behavior.”
Those calls have grown louder following testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller before Congress in July.Impeachment appears politically risky for Democrats for many reasons, not least of which is that even if the House could get a majority to support impeachment, it likely would go nowhere in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Our democracy was attacked by a foreign power, and there is evidence that the president obstructed justice. Congress must hold him accountable. I believe the time has come to consider an impeachment inquiry."50. Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois Rush believes that Trump should be impeached, his office told CNN in May. "Congress has a responsibility to protect the Constitutional foundation of our government with respect for the laws of this great nation.
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