“Make no mistake about it: backing impeachment will cost the Democrats their majority in 2020,” he added.
Calls for Trump to be impeached have grown in the last few days amid allegations that Trump pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden
Joe BidenTrump instructed administration to withhold military aid for Ukraine days before call with president: report More Democrats threaten impeachment over Trump’s dealings with Ukraine Seven Freshman Democrats pen op-ed urging Congress to impeach Trump if new allegations are true MORE‘s son.
A growing chorus of House Democrats is pushing for an impeachment inquiry, piling pressure on Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiMore Democrats threaten impeachment over Trump’s dealings with Ukraine Whistleblower fuels impeachment talk Pressure on Pelosi to impeach Trump grows MORE (D-Calif.), who has been opposed to impeachment so far.
She is set to deliver remarks on the topic at 5 p.m.
Several Democrats have raised concerns that a full embrace of impeachment could hurt more moderate caucus members who flipped districts in 2018 that Trump won in 2016.
Nearly half of the first-term Democratic lawmakers who flipped districts are now backing impeachment following reports of Trump’s call with Zelensky and a whistleblower complaint that is said to be centered on that call.
Recent polls have generally shown support for impeachment in the high 30 percent to low 40 percent range.
Democrats currently hold a 235-199 majority in the House of Representatives, and generic congressional ballots show them winning by wide margins in 2020.
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