House Majority Whip: Trump Will Face Impeachment Proceedings Eventually

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House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said on Sunday morning that he believes President Donald Trump will face impeachment proceedings in the House sometime in the future.

During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Clyburn told show host Jake Tapper that House Democrats weren’t waiting for approval from the Senate, that they were aiming to “bring the public along” instead.

“We believe that if we sufficiently, effectively educate the public, then we will have done our jobs and we can move on an impeachment vote and it will stand, and maybe it will be what needs to be done for the Senate to act,” Clyburn said.

“We’re trying to ensure we do what’s necessary to educate the public, make sure the public understands exactly what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, so people won’t misinterpret this as being a political move on our part,” he continued.

Tapper said, “But it sounds like you think that the President will be impeached or at least proceedings will begin in the House at some point, but just not right now.”

“That’s exactly what I feel,” the House majority whip responded.

Watch Clyburn below:

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  1. oh well,

    yesterday, Pelosi finally started delivering the right message…

    now Clyburn comes along, and practically hands Trump his road map…“If the public ever feels that we’re being political with this, we will have done tremendous harm to the country, to the constitution, and to the people we are sworn to serve.”

    With the Dem leadership, it always seems like one step forward, two steps back…

  2. Jim was briefed before this show…

    And it WASN’T from his fellow South Carolinian, Lindsey “Guilty” Graham

  3. just in case there are those who haven’t stopped along this trail to smell …

    a rose … by any other name … —

  4. Sure wish Democratic leadership was a bit more coherent in message. Yeah, unlike tribes, coalitions need more organizational work – herding cats and all that – but the herders need to agree on where they’re going and say it in a manner that leaves no doubt.

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