"a slowly growing chorus of calls from almost 70 House members for an impeachment inquiry,.."

[riversedge]

too slow for me.





Pelosi ally, freshmen Democrats join calls for Trump impeachment


https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/06/20/pelosi-ally-freshmen-democrat-join-calls-for-trump-impeachment/KMUCjg2BDvlnjBHuzTBZvK/story.html
By Laurie Kellman Associated Press,June 20, 2019, an hour ago


WASHINGTON (AP) — Three more Democrats have joined a slowly growing group calling for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, including a close ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a Democrat who flipped a Republican district.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a congressional veteran, said in a Twitter video that Trump ‘‘certainly has committed all kinds of offenses that meet the standard’’ for a formal charge by the House. Rep. Sean Casten told the Chicago Sun-Times that he wants Congress to use ‘‘every tool’’ to investigate Trump, even if that means paying a political price in the 2020 elections. And California Rep. Tony Cardenas tweeted that he came to the decision after studying special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.



The two Illinois lawmakers spoke out Wednesday evening, shortly after former White House aide Hope Hicks refused to answer House Judiciary Committee questions about Trump during his presidency. The new statements highlight a slowly growing chorus of calls from almost 70 House members for an impeachment inquiry, though Democrats still oppose such a move. And Pelosi has resisted launching official proceedings without broad bipartisan support.

On Wednesday night, Schakowsky left that camp.

‘‘The House of Representatives should begin an impeachment inquiry officially, because President Trump certainly has committed all kinds of offenses that meet the standard of impeachment,’’ she said in the tweeted video.

Casten on the same day set himself apart from many of the Democrats’ most vulnerable freshmen who helped flip the House from Republican control in 2018.

‘‘I am in favor of initiating an impeachment inquiry,’’ he told the Chicago Sun-Times in remarks confirmed by a spokeswoman.

All three lawmakers said launching an impeachment inquiry would give the House more legal strength to compel information from a president who has vowed not to cooperate with Democratic investigations.

‘‘We cannot allow Trump to continue to obstruct Congress’s investigation and prevent us from getting to the truth,’’ Cardenas said in a statement posted on Twitter. ‘‘We have come up against a wall. It is time to break down that wall.’’....................................................

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R

[Nevermypresident]

2. I respect their courage. They can not be accused of putting party over country.

[Fullduplexxx]

3. Doesnt matter nancy says no

[mopinko]

4. tic toc motherfucker. this is part of a plan.

i have been watching this, and i do believe it is being orchestrated.
jan would never, ever, ever, ever do anything that the speaker didnt want her to do. they have been sisters in arms for too long.

katie porter and sean casten are interesting to me.
i suspect they are watching to see what happens in their districts.
these 2 are poster children for swing districts.

watch for those 2 to visit their districts to meet their voters, and see how that looks.
if there is a lot of enthusiasm and little blow back, it will be time, imho.

the rest of the plan involves getting through the court filings to get information, and to maybe send someone to cool their heels in jail while the get ready to sing.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. It's time for an investigation.

They don't have to have an impeachment vote later, but there is a lot of evidence that needs to be brought out and shown to the people now. If they don't at least give the people the facts about this President and those around him, they can't blame the public for having no idea what the truth is. This is a lot more than a political discussion, this is what they are elected to do, to hold the President accountable to the people and give us the knowledge we need to govern ourselves.