Trump impeachment vote fails overwhelmingly - POLITICO
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Rep. Al Green of Texas and has been a lawmakers for seven terms whose conscience has “compelled him” to push forward a measure attempting to impeach President Trump. He presented articles of impeachment and described the president as “a bigot who incites hate and has demeaned the presidency.” Democratic leaders viewed this motion as a distraction and all three hundred and sixty-four representatives who voted to sideline this measure believe that the fifty-eight “extremists” who didn’t would better utilize their time “focusing on tax relief for American families and businesses, and working to fund our troops and veterans through the holiday season rather than threaten a government shutdown.”
I relate this motion to attempt to impeach the president as Congress attempting to impeach President Andrew Johnson in the Reconstruction Era. While President Trump has not deliberately and knowingly violated a strongly enforced law passed by Congress, such as Johnson did by illegally removing his Secretary of War from office, it was still a legitimate notion that was voted on.
I think it’s admirable that Al Green felt compelled by his own morals to go forward with this notion even while he knew he was unlikely to succeed, but I think I agree that there are other things to worry about. Not to dismiss the incredible disfavor that Trump receives throughout the nation, but I don’t believe that trying to relieve more direct results of their suffering is immoral.
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Rep. Al Green of Texas and has been a lawmakers for seven terms whose conscience has “compelled him” to push forward a measure attempting to impeach President Trump. He presented articles of impeachment and described the president as “a bigot who incites hate and has demeaned the presidency.” Democratic leaders viewed this motion as a distraction and all three hundred and sixty-four representatives who voted to sideline this measure believe that the fifty-eight “extremists” who didn’t would better utilize their time “focusing on tax relief for American families and businesses, and working to fund our troops and veterans through the holiday season rather than threaten a government shutdown.”
I relate this motion to attempt to impeach the president as Congress attempting to impeach President Andrew Johnson in the Reconstruction Era. While President Trump has not deliberately and knowingly violated a strongly enforced law passed by Congress, such as Johnson did by illegally removing his Secretary of War from office, it was still a legitimate notion that was voted on.
I think it’s admirable that Al Green felt compelled by his own morals to go forward with this notion even while he knew he was unlikely to succeed, but I think I agree that there are other things to worry about. Not to dismiss the incredible disfavor that Trump receives throughout the nation, but I don’t believe that trying to relieve more direct results of their suffering is immoral.
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