BOOM! Up to 217 members now.

[pnwmom]

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LATEST: 217 of 435 House members (216 Democrats and 1 independent) now support some type of action on impeachment.

218 House votes are needed to impeach the president.

The full list: https://nbcnews.to/2ldsnj2

[MontanaMama]

1. And the dominoes begin to fall.

I might actually sleep tonight.

[ffr]

2. The Russian Asset in the WH nightmare doesn't end tonight, but it marks the beginning of the end.

Sleep tight.

[MontanaMama]

5. Oh I know you're right.

It’s just a relief that we might be headed in the right direction for a change. It’s going to be a mess but we just may end up okay.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Yes! And we are definitely dipping into those 31 vulnerable

Seats. Kudos to those brave souls !!

[VarryOn]

3. We've known since election night 2016...

That Trump would be impeached. It will happen. Dont worry.

[Skittles]

9. don't worry?

the man has done and IS DOING an *incredible* amount of damage

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Yes...it's so much more than a word or an ok

The "Speaker's on board now are you happy?" It is not personal at all. It's about stopping a monster and getting our FuBarr country back!

[Skittles]

15. I am so, SO tired of them Laura PourMeaDrink

this is not a fucking GAME

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. Exactly. And it's truly scary that people are acting that way

here today.

[Skittles]

22. check this out

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212497863

[BigmanPigman]

20. Hopefully this will put the brakes on doing as much dmage

as he would unfettered. Of course he will still continue to destroy the country since that seems to be his goal (and Putin's). He could even destroy it with more passion once he sees himself slipping down in the polls, sort of like his swan song. We all know he has no love for this country.

[Skittles]

21. it may, it may not

but at the very least it will show WHO APPROVES OF THIS BULLSHIT

[Pluvious]

31. Our greatest danger is a scorched earth response

The true narcissist will desire to take it all down with them.

And just think about all the dirt that might end up getting released now ...

[BigmanPigman]

32. A deluge of info is coming.

[kentuck]

4. 218 is the number that the Democrats need.

To prove they are not a toothless tiger.

[pnwmom]

8. No, they don't need that many till an actual impeachment vote. It's okay if there are still some

who want to see more evidence before they take a stand.

[kentuck]

23. If you want to get the attention of the White House...

Show them 218 votes for an investigation.

[panader0]

24. Are there no Repub reps that will cross the aisle?

[customerserviceguy]

29. They know what will happen to them if they do

Trump will personally fund a primary challenger for them.

[SunSeeker]

6. It's happening!!

[dalton99a]

7. Kick

[B Stieg]

10. This is turning into a fairly historical day!

The inquiry should produce more. The one thing tRump is #1 at is corruption, and it's coming round, finally!

[SergeStorms]

11. Pelosi wouldn't have gone this far...

if she didn't already know she'd have the votes. That's one of Nancy's trademarks, arithmetic.

[Hekate]

14. That and protecting people who need to be protected. The 7 who stepped up today...

...are all freshmen from districts won by Trump -- but they are also veterans with intelligence backgrounds who understand the oaths they took to protect the country and the US Constitution. When they could not take it any more and stepped forward to put their own political careers on the line, Mme Speaker knew she had the critical mass to move on this.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. May be more than just vote counting. Trump/GOP

Gonna spin this like it's not that big a deal and that Dems overstepped. Per interview- Robert Costa WaPo.

[calimary]

18. OMG! 207?

Wow, that NPR impeachment tracking website SAYS it was updated as of Sept. 24th. Sure doesn’t look like it!

I do like the sound of 207!

[Lulu KC]

19. Come on babies!

You can do it!

[panader0]

25. 211 now--just announced on MSNBC!

[Farmer-Rick]

26. Anyone keeping track of Senate Impeach votes?

[Funtatlaguy]

27. Will never know. McConnell won't allow a vote

[WhiteTara]

28. Does this mean

republicons are coming into the fold?

[lindysalsagal]

30. I believe this roll call effect will happen in the senate, too.

The senators probably already know who the low hanging fruit would be: in a gerrymandered district where the go vote wouldn't threaten the senator. Deals are probably being made, quietly. If mcturtle were smart. He'd use this to chuck frump and save his party. Promise a cushy trustee job or two to get a sacrifice and get past it.

[BigmanPigman]

33. 217 now, just reported on MSNBC!

[pnwmom]

34. Who's going to be 218! Any minute now!

[BigmanPigman]

35. Tulsi!

[pnwmom]

36. LOL

[BigmanPigman]

37. Ooops, I was wrong...it's 216. Close though!

[pnwmom]

38. MSNBC is saying 217, including Justin Amash.

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NBC News
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LATEST: 217 of 435 House members (216 Democrats and 1 independent) now support some type of action on impeachment.

218 House votes are needed to impeach the president.

[BigmanPigman]

39. Oh, Amash...HE was included in the 217 count.

One to go!

[triron]

40. Who are the new democrats that just came out (2 of them)?

[pnwmom]

42. It means Trump will not be able to campaign on the claim that the proof he's done nothing wrong

is that even the House Democrats didn't impeach him. That is, assuming eventually they do so.

And in the meantime it will help them in their Court battles to get documents.

[pnwmom]

46. But it means much less that the R's in Senate won't convict him

than it would if even the Dems in the House wouldn't impeach him.

[Flaleftist]

43. The process can bring his corruption to the attention of low-information voters.

If Republicans want to risk attaching themselves to Trump and refusing to do what is right, so be it. I don't think he is going to gain many new supporters out of this.