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TexasTowelie

(112,323 posts)
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 12:15 AM Aug 2018

Democratic U.S. Reps from Texas call for impeachment

The day after Trump’s campaign manager was found guilty on eight counts of tax and bank fraud charges and Trump’s lawyer pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts, which implicated Trump in criminal activity, Texas Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are calling for the impeachment of the president.

Here are Tweets from some Texas Democratic representatives:

Rep. Al Green, D-Houston: Where there is a will, there is a way. The framers of the Constitution provided impeachment as the way to remove an unfit President. The ultimate question is, does Congress have the will? #CountdownToImpeachment #ImpeachmentIsNotDead

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston: #OTD @POTUS’s personal lawyer and campaign chair pleaded and/or were found guilty of crimes bearing on his fitness to be President of U.S. and Leader of Free World. @realDonaldTrump must explain his acts to American people.

Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville: After today’s guilty verdict in the @PaulManafort trial and @MichaelCohen212’s plea deal, time is up. We must impeach crooked Donnie. @realDonaldTrump @POTUS

Rep. Lloyd Doggett: D-Austin: I again urge GOP colleagues to stand w/ our country. Yes, Putin did all he could to elect Trump, but he doesn’t care about political parties. He only seeks to divide & corrupt our trust of one another. What Putin opposes is the democracy we hold so dear.

Read more: https://www.dallasvoice.com/democratic-u-s-reps-from-texas-call-for-impeachment-10256955.html

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Democratic U.S. Reps from Texas call for impeachment (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2018 OP
not productive and just activates the trumpets more esp since repubs control the house nt msongs Aug 2018 #1
All four are in relatively safe seats. TexasTowelie Aug 2018 #2

TexasTowelie

(112,323 posts)
2. All four are in relatively safe seats.
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 12:51 AM
Aug 2018

Doggett has the toughest of the races since it includes some rural counties are that heavily Republican, but he seems to win each time he comes up for reelection.

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