A resolution to impeach President Donald Trump was overwhelmingly rejected by both Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives after Democratic Representative Al Green forced a vote on it.
Green, who has been calling for Trump’s removal, put forward on Wednesday two articles of impeachment against the president. Lawmakers killed his resolution in a 364-58 vote. Ahead of the vote, Green said Trump was “unfit” for office because he causes harm to the U.S. society.
“As I have said before, this is not about Democrats, it is about democracy. “It is not about Republicans, it is about the fate of our Republic. May everyone vote their conscience knowing that history will judge us all,” Green wrote in a memo.
The memo didn’t make any mentions of “obstruction of justice” or the ongoing Russia investigation, but rather emphasized the president’s reported association with “White Nationalism, Neo-Nazism and Hate.”
“Friends, whether we like it or not, we now have a bigot in the White House who incites hatred and hostility,” Green wrote.
Green filed impeachment articles in October as well, but House Democrats persuaded him not to force a vote and he eventually abandoned his effort. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi maintained that impeachment efforts have to be postponed until there is conclusive evidence of an impeachable offense, according to Fox News.
“Now is not the time to consider articles of impeachment,” she said in a joint statement with Minority Whip Steny Hoyer.
White House spokesman Raj Shah called Green “extremist.”
“It’s disappointing that extremists in Congress still refuse to accept the President’s decisive victory in last year’s election. Their time would be better spent focusing on tax relief for American families and businesses, and working to fund our troops and veterans through the holiday season rather than threaten a government shutdown,” he said.
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