Former Vice President Joe Biden declared on Tuesday that Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump if he continues to stonewall attempts to investigate his alleged wrongdoing, including his call to the Ukrainian president.
Biden’s statement came amid rising calls among Democrats to begin impeachment efforts in wake of Trump’s reported attempts to get Ukraine to dig up dirt on Biden.
“If the President does not comply with such a request of the Congress, if he continues to obstruct Congress and flaunt the law, Donald Trump will leave congress, in my view no choice, but to initiate impeachment,” Biden said. “That would be a tragedy, but a tragedy of his own making.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is expected to announce a formal impeachment inquiry later Tuesday afternoon.
Watch Biden below:
Biden says if Trump keeps stonewalling Congress, it has no choice but to launch impeachment inquiry pic.twitter.com/Ev2yq8nBIt
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) September 24, 2019
No room for “if”. The criminality is there already.
Hmm, I kinda sorta worry about this being perceived as a Biden vs. Trump episode. It should be more about the People vs. Trump, if you want to get everyone on board.
A segment of the Very Online community may see impeachment as a great thing. Polling is pretty clear that the majority of the American people see it as a last resort (something like 10% of all Americans disapprove of Trump overall but have never supported impeachment). I think this statement was written narrowly and intelligently.
And daring Donald Trump to shoot himself in the foot is never a bad idea.
Biden: Congress Has ‘No Choice’ But To Begin Impeachment
If Trump Keeps StonewallingFIFY, Marshmallow Joe.
You’re welcome.
Nixon was reelected with 49 states, and 19 or so months later he resigned. Things turn around very quickly, and I daresay we the people are so exhausted by trumPP because he’s inescapable on media that we may be ready to say goodnight and goodbye.
Also, 40 House members lost their seats in the midterm elections and something like 350 Dems flipped R seats in the year or so before that. We and particularly women are paying attention. Woke is the term, am I right or am I right?