All but a statistical margin of error’s worth of Democrats in Congress are in support of the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, which will include an apparent full House approval of articles of impeachment this week. That didn’t stop Trump from seizing on the case of one Congressional Dem who opposes impeachment, whom he touted as exemplary of some kind of presidential innocence that simply does not exist. No matter how many tweets Trump concocts — and how readily he transforms impeachment into a partisan debacle no matter the evidence against him — Democrats keep building their case.
Remarkably enough, Trump reportedly personally met with the Congressional Dem in question, New Jersey’s Jeff Van Drew, whose positions on issues like gun rights were already apparently well outside of the Democratic norm. Trump still acted surprised at Van Drew’s opposition to impeachment and reported plans to become a Republican anyway.
In response to one quote (from days ago) in which Van Drew said he’d seen nothing “new and unusual” emerge during the impeachment proceedings, Trump tweeted:
‘Thank you for your honesty Jeff. All of the Democrats know you are right, but unlike you, they don’t have the “guts” to say so!’
Thank you for your honesty Jeff. All of the Democrats know you are right, but unlike you, they don’t have the “guts” to say so! https://t.co/OUc46HUwPq
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 15, 2019
There is no evidence of any kind of secret opposition to impeachment among Congressional Democrats. In fact, there is evidence of open support for impeachment among a majority of Americans at large. Although Trump has claimed that his poll numbers are great, they haven’t actually changed much. A new Fox News poll says 54 percent of Americans support impeachment.
On Friday, Trump said his poll numbers were going "through the roof." https://t.co/7TE8io5Etj
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) December 15, 2019
In response to a tweet about Van Drew’s planned party switch, Trump posted:
‘Wow, that would be big. Always heard Jeff is very smart!’
In reality, Trump likely didn’t even hear of Van Drew until very recently.
Wow, that would be big. Always heard Jeff is very smart! https://t.co/7yDPU4N3wd
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 15, 2019
It’s not the first party switch that’s stemmed from the impeachment process. After Michigan Congressman Justin Amash announced his support for the impeachment inquiry, he ended up leaving the Republican Party and re-registering as an independent. Consistently, Republicans have refused to break with the party line of absolute, unquestionable Trump innocence, no matter the available evidence.
Check out Twitter’s response below…
