Most Freshman from Trump Districts Back Impeachment. Wil we have their backs in 2020?
Washington — A majority of freshman Democrats who won House districts held by Republicans in 2018 now support an impeachment inquiry, spurred by the whistleblower complaint about President Trump's conversation with the Ukrainian president. The revelation was enough to propel many of these lawmakers to speak out after months of carefully walking a tightrope over the divisive issue, several said in interviews with CBS News.
As of Thursday morning, 34 of the 43 freshman Democrats who flipped districts in last year's midterm elections had expressed support for an impeachment inquiry or believe the president's actions rise to the level of impeachable offenses if the whistleblower's claims prove to be true, a CBS News examination found.
aqqwertyuiop[poiqAll but six of those lawmakers represent what the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the party's campaign arm, consider to be "frontline" districts, or districts Democrats must retain to preserve their House majority in 2020.
The willingness to support impeachment proceedings is a significant change of pace for these freshmen lawmakers. Many have refrained from talking about impeachment in the past, worried that doing so might hamper their own reelection efforts in districts where the president still enjoys significant support.
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