Dem. Rep. Stands Up to Pelosi, Blasts Impeachment

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New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew just made it clear to a reporter that, as things stand right now, he remains opposed to the impeachment effort. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

By Ben Marquis

Published December 6, 2019 at 5:31pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her allies in the liberal media would have you believe that the Democratic caucus is united behind the effort to impeach President Donald Trump and see him removed from office.

That simply isn’t the case, however, and cracks in the facade are already starting to appear even before official articles of impeachment have been drafted or put to a vote.

There were two Democrats who voted against Pelosi’s resolution authorizing the impeachment inquiry in late October, and one of those two — New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew — just made it clear to a reporter that, as things stand right now, he remains opposed to the impeachment effort and would vote against any articles that may soon be put forward.

Van Drew was tracked down on Thursday by CNN senior congressional correspondent Manu Raju, who tweeted that the freshman congressman “plans to vote against all the articles of impeachment ‘unless there’s something that I haven’t seen, haven’t heard before.'”

Raju added, “Van Drew warned Democrats to ‘be careful what you wish for’ and he added that impeachment ‘is tearing the nation apart. … And I want to bring people together.’ Van Drew said he would have preferred a censure vote so they could ‘move on.'”

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Poster Comment:

Some of our representatives do have enough common sense than to simply follow the party line. ;)