Those Democrats, all representing districts that Trump won in 2016, huddled on Monday afternoon in an 11th-hour bid to weigh additional — though unlikely — options to punish the president for his role in the Ukraine scandal as the House speeds toward an impeachment vote next week.
The group of about 10 members included Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), Anthony Brindisi (D-N.Y.), and Ben McAdams (D-Utah.)…
The Trump-district Democrats say they are increasingly worried that a lengthy Senate trial — which could stretch into the spring — will result in an even more polarizing 2020 campaign.
Some of the Democrats involved have quietly reached out to centrist House Republicans in recent days to see whether they would be willing to censure Trump, according to multiple lawmakers, including in conversations on the House floor.
I would think that this plea was more likely than not provided to leadership prior to Monday, but that the 11th hour bid was a last gasp effort. The problem is that these members have seen the polling in the battleground states, see how unpopular this is outside of the base Democratic Party, and see it being a huge negative for their reelection prospects. One wonders if this would be a different situation if it wasn't a Presidential year. In a non-Presidential year the stakes might be a little lower for overall Party unity, whereas the House punting on impeachment at this point would have really undermined the Party base and likely suppressed 2020 enthusiasm.
Pelosi and Schiff and the left wing of this Party has screwed everyone else in their TDS inspired quest to pass articles of impeachment. At this point, I don't see either how they can think it helps them, but also how else they could really get out of it.
Moreover, the concept of dropping the articles down to two rather weak allegations seems to undercut things in a mild, almost passive-aggressive manner.
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😂Joe Biden is promising to not comply if subpoenaed by lawmakers to testify 🤣
Subpoena Corn Pop then, let's see if Quid Pro Joe is full of malarkey.
Maybe get ahold of Hunter in the VIP section of a strip club.
And Schiff huddling with his Ukrainian donors and whistleblower.
Biden refuses to comply with a subpoena. Dictator! Nazi!
Well how could Biden refuse a subpoena when the Democrats claim that other people refusing subpoenas is an impeachable offense for the President (and he isn't even refusing anything himself)?
Pelosi will make them walk the plate.
It's more important to her to be minority leader than Speaker.
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