{"id":10845,"date":"2017-05-13T13:45:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T19:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=10845"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:59","slug":"rrunning-list-of-legislators-who-have-discussed-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/rrunning-list-of-legislators-who-have-discussed-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Rrunning list of legislators who have discussed impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/impeach12.jpg\" data-wp-pid=\"11578\" alt=\"impeach trump\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"7\" \/><b>CNN<\/b> &#8211; As the backlash to President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/05\/09\/politics\/james-comey-fbi-trump-white-out\/index.html\">firing of FBI Director James Comey <\/a>escalates, Democratic lawmakers are increasingly raising the prospect of impeachment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Some, such as California Rep. Maxine Waters, have explicitly called for impeaching the President. Others, like Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, have merely mentioned the possibility, with Gabbard saying last month that she was studying the impeachment process.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Impeachment requires the support of a majority of members of the House of Representatives. No Republicans have publicly voiced support for impeaching Trump. CNN&#8217;s KFile is, however, keeping a running count of Democratic lawmakers who have talked about impeachment. That count, which includes those who discussed impeachment prior to Comey&#8217;s firing, is currently at 11, 10 members of the House and Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad ad--epic ad--tablet\" data-ad-text=\"show\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Here&#8217;s the list: [WeImpeach Editor&#8217;s Note: CNN&#8217;s list is incomplete, but the article is nonetheless interesting]<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\"><strong>California Rep. Maxine Waters: <\/strong>Waters has been talking about impeachment for months, most recently telling MSNBC&#8217;s Chris Hayes on Thursday that &#8220;The President needs to be impeached.&#8221; Waters also suggested in the interview that Trump could be charged with &#8220;obstruction of justice&#8221; for saying that the FBI&#8217;s Russia investigation was a factor in his decision to fire Comey.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__read-all\">\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\"><strong>Texas Rep. Al Green: <\/strong>Green told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/05\/10\/politics\/kfile-democratic-congressman-comey-impeachment\/index.html\">local news station KRIV<\/a> Tuesday evening that Trump&#8217;s firing of Comey would be an impeachable offense if it was done to stop the investigation into alleged ties between Russian and Trump&#8217;s 2016 campaign.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/05\/12\/politics\/kfile-democrats-impeach-trump\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN &#8211; As the backlash to President Donald Trump&#8217;s firing of FBI Director James Comey escalates, Democratic lawmakers are increasingly raising the prospect of impeachment. Some, such as California Rep. Maxine Waters, have explicitly called for impeaching the President. Others, like Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, have merely mentioned the possibility, with Gabbard saying last month&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2312,"featured_media":11578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,54,22,4,62,51,21,32,25,29],"tags":[125,124,76,123,107,127,126,106,105,77],"class_list":["post-10845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-california","category-connecticut","category-hawaii","category-impeachment-news","category-kentucky","category-maryland","category-minnesota","category-new-york","category-texas","category-wisconsin","tag-calltoaction","tag-dumptrump","tag-impeach","tag-impeachtrump","tag-muslimban","tag-nofascistusa","tag-potus","tag-resist","tag-theresistance","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rrunning list of legislators who have discussed impeachment &#8226; 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