By a whopping 344–79 margin, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected Rep. Al Green’s (D-TX) impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon.
Lawmakers voted to “table” the measure. According to Fox News, a vote to table “is a procedural mechanism allowing House members to vote against consideration of a bill without having to vote on the bill itself.”
Notably, all three members of House Democratic leadership sided with Republicans: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA).
Green’s latest attempt to impeach the president follows Trump’s decision to strike three Iranian nuclear sites last weekend.
Politico reported that Green “used a fast-track process to force a quick vote.”
In a Tuesday morning statement, Green, who appears to be consumed by his hatred for Trump, told colleagues:
I did not come to Congress to be a bystander while a president abuses power and devolves American democracy into authoritarianism with himself as an authoritarian president.President Trump’s unauthorized bombing of Iran constitutes a de facto declaration of war. No president has the right to drag this nation into war without the authorization of the people’s representatives.
Green, you may recall, was escorted out of the chamber for his despicable behavior during Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress in March. Accompanied by a loud chorus of boos and jeers from his colleagues intended to drown out Trump’s voice, Green stood up, raised his cane toward the podium and began shouting.
House Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to interrupt the speech, saying, “Members are engaging in willful and continuing breach of decorum, and the chair is prepared to direct the sergeant at arms to restore order to the joint session. … Mr. Green, take your seat.”
The Democrats ignored Johnson until he ordered the House sergeant at arms to remove Green from the chamber.
Green’s hatred for the president is well-documented. During Trump’s first term, Green filed articles of impeachment against him three times. And two weeks into Trump’s new administration, he filed new impeachment articles over what he called “ethnic cleansing in Gaza.”
A total of 79 Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), voted to advance the measure. Ocasio-Cortez, a vocal critic of the strikes, was lambasted by Trump in a fiery — and well-deserved — Truth Social post on Tuesday. Mary covered that story here.
Given the Democratic Party’s record-low approval ratings and the success of the Trump-ordered mission, it’s truly baffling that any Democrat would waste their time on a stunt like this.
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