Rep Al Green prepared his third impeachment try in the past 2 1/2 years. This time he wanted to impeach President Trump for being a racist.
Now, racism, even if true, and it’s not, is not grounds for impeachment. Lawmakers voted 332-95 table Green’s resolution. Top Democratic leadership was against the measure and more Democrats voted against the bill than voted for it. A few more impeachment votes and Trump will be a shoo in for a second term.
Polls are already showing displeasure at the Democrats playing dirty politics, rather than working to solve problems.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to set aside a resolution by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, to introduce article of impeachment against President Trump – the third time the Houston-area lawmaker has taken a shot at impeaching the president, but the first since Democrats regained control of the House.
Lawmakers voted 332-95 to table Green’s resolution, which was widely opposed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other top Democrats worried that the measure would force vulnerable swing-district lawmakers into peril ahead of the 2020 elections. The bipartisan vote shelved any chance of bringing forth articles of impeachment against Trump in the near future.
“The president has committed an impeachable offense,” Green said on the House floor earlier on Wednesday. “Yesterday, we condemned him for that. Today is our opportunity to punish him.”
137 Democrats voted in favor of tabling the resolution compared to just 95 who voted against shelving it. Only one lawmaker, Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., voted present.
Trump tweeted afterward, “The United States House of Representatives has just overwhelmingly voted to kill the Resolution on Impeachment, 332-95-1. This is perhaps the most ridiculous and time consuming project I have ever had to work on.”