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Not the Bi-Partisan Impeachment They Were Looking For
For Nancy Pelosi and her historic freshman class, the time for strategy is rapidly ending and a point of decision is coming.
When the House of Representatives took their formal vote on the impeachment inquiry, two Democrats voted against it. With Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement that Articles of Impeachment are forthcoming, it does not appear either of her dissenters have changed their minds:
Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, one of two Democrats to vote against formalizing the impeachment inquiry, said he plans to vote against all the articles of impeachment “unless there’s something that I haven’t seen, haven’t heard before.”
He warned Democrats to “be careful what you wish for” and he added that impeachment “is tearing the nation apart… And I want to bring people together.”
Van Drew, whose district voted for Trump in 2016, said he would have preferred a censure vote on Trump so they could “move on.” Van Drew was first elected in 2018, winning a seat that was previously GOP controlled.
Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, the other Democrat who also opposed the inquiry, was also asked if he’d vote to impeach.
“I don’t have an idea what they’re…
