House Democrats are expressing outrage behind closed doors after Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) forced a vote on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump – a move that many in his own party slammed as self-serving and “utterly selfish.”
That’s according to Axios, which reported Tuesday that Thanedar’s seven articles of impeachment against the MAGA leader sparked profanity-laced fury among his colleagues.
“The vote could be politically tough for many Democrats, who feel impeachment is politically foolish but are facing demands from their grassroots to mirror Trump's shock-and-awe tactics,” according to the Axios report.
“People are p---ed,” one senior House Democrat told Axios. Another one fumed: “This is the dumbest f---ing thing. Utterly selfish behavior.”
"What a dumbs---,” a third House Democratic lawmaker reportedly said.
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The fresh anger came as Thanedar’s effort – which a fourth member told Axios was “irrelevant” because Republicans’ motion to table the vote “will succeed” – was marked as privileged, which forced the House to vote on the measure by Thursday.
Lawmakers also accused Thanedar of misrepresenting the amount of support within his party for the measure, the report said.
“Thanedar first raised the ire of his colleagues last week by listing several colleagues as co-sponsors on his impeachment articles based on vague conversations without looping in their staffs,” according to Axios.
But Thanedar brushed off the criticism Tuesday.
“It's not about elections,” he said as he dismissed questions that the move was tied to a primary challenge the Michigan lawmaker is facing. “It's about doing the right thing."
He added that he would not withdraw his motion, “unless someone can convince me that many of my articles are incorrect."
