Politics

Democratic Leaders Try to Slow Calls to Impeach Trump

Written by Teunis Felter

When House Democratic leaders hastily called a news conference Wednesday to demonstrate their outrage at President Trump’s latest dramatics, they took great pains to show they were not seeking to railroad him out of the White House. “No one ought to, in my view, rush to embrace the most extraordinary remedy that involves the removal of the president from office,” said Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the sober-minded senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. Yet, at that very moment, Representative Al Green, Democrat of Texas, was in the well of the House thundering, “The president must be impeached!”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/us/politics/democrats-trump-impeachment.html?_r=TheCenterNews.com

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Teunis Felter

Teunis Felter has over 20 years experience as an author, editor, and scientist. When not exploring outside, he enjoys reading history, researching genealogy, and civilly discussing politics.