At least 10 progressive Democrats elected to the House last week are expected to back efforts to impeach President Trump once they are sworn in, keeping alive a push led by outgoing Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), Fox News Digital reports.
Green, who introduced articles of impeachment against Trump in August, is counting on Reps.-elect Melat Kiros of Colorado, Nancy Lacore of South Carolina, Dan Koh of Massachusetts, Chris Rabb of Pennsylvania and Angela Gonzales-Torres of California, among others, to carry the effort after he leaves Congress. "Impeachment is the only means for our future," Green told Fox News Digital after a Capitol Hill news conference with two activist groups, the Removal Coalition and the Courage for Democracy Project. "The end is to have the president removed from office."
Gonzales-Torres said she intends to continue Green's effort. Removal Coalition founder Jessica Denson called Democrats who prefer hearings and prosecutions over impeachment "spineless," and the coalition said "hearings and prosecutions aren't enough."
The groups admitted they may not succeed. Even if a Democratic House impeaches Trump, removal takes a two-thirds vote in the Senate, which acquitted him in both of his earlier impeachment trials. Democrats take control of the House in January. Trump did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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