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Who Says There Aren't Any Heroes In America Anymore?

Here is the full list of the 94 Democrats who voted in support of Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) impeachment effort:

Reps. Alma Adams (N.C.)

Nanette Diaz Barragán (Calif.)

Karen Bass (Calif.)

Joyce Beatty (Ohio)

Earl Blumenauer (Ore.)

Suzanne Bonamici (Ore.)

Brendan Boyle (Pa.)

Anthony Brown (Md.)

G.K. Butterfield (N.C.)

Tony Cárdenas (Calif.)

Andre Carson (Ind.)

Sean Casten (Ill.)

Joaquin Castro (Texas)

David Cicilline (R.I.)

Yvette Clarke (N.Y.)

William Lacy Clay (Mo.)

Steve Cohen (Tenn.)

Danny K. Davis (Ill.)

Madeleine Dean (Pa.)

Diana DeGette (Colo.)

Mark DeSaulnier (Calif.)

Debbie Dingell (Mich.)

Lloyd Doggett (Texas)

Mike Doyle (Pa.)

Eliot Engel (N.Y.)

Veronica Escobar (Texas)

Adriano Espaillat (N.Y.)

Dwight Evans (Pa.)

Marcia Fudge (Ohio)

Jesús “Chuy” García (Ill.)

Sylvia Garcia (Texas)

Jimmy Gomez (Calif.)

Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.)

Brian Higgins (N.Y.)

Jared Huffman (Calif.)

Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas)

Pramila Jayapal (Wash.)

Hank Johnson (Ga.)

Robin Kelly (Ill.)

Joe Kennedy (Mass.)

Dan Kildee (Mich.)

Ann Kirkpatrick (Ariz.)

Rick Larsen (Wash.)

Brenda Lawrence (Mich.)

Barbara Lee (Calif.)

Mike Levin (Calif.)

Andy Levin (Mich.)

Ted Lieu (Calif.)

Zoe Lofgren (Calif.)

Alan Lowenthal (Calif.)

Nita Lowey (N.Y.)

Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.)

Doris Matsui (Calif.)

Betty McCollum (Minn.)

Jim McGovern (Mass.)

Jerry McNerney (Calif.)

Grace Meng (N.Y.)

Gwen Moore (Wis.)

Seth Moulton (Mass.)

Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.)

Grace Napolitano (Calif.)

Joe Neguse (Colo.)

Donald Norcross (N.J.)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.)

Ilhan Omar (Minn.)

Frank Pallone (N.J.)

Bill Pascrell (N.J.)

Donald Payne, Jr. (N.J.)

Chellie Pingree (Minn.)

Mark Pocan (Wis.)

Ayanna Pressley (Mass.)

Jamie Raskin (Md.)

Cedric Richmond (La.)

Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.)

Mary Gay Scanlon (Pa.)

Jan Schakowsky (Ill.)

David Scott (Ga.)

Brad Sherman (Calif.)

Jackie Speier (Calif.)

Eric Swalwell (Calif.)

Mike Thompson (Calif.)

Bennie Thompson (Miss.)

Dina Titus (Nev.)

Rashida Tlaib (Mich.)

Paul Tonko (N.Y.)

Norma Torres (Calif.)

Lori Trahan (Mass.)

Juan Vargas (Calif.)

Filemon Vela (Texas)

Nydia Velázquez (N.Y.)

Maxine Waters (Calif.)

Bonnie Watson Coleman (N.J.)

Peter Welch (Vt.)

Frederica Wilson (Fla.)
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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
I do not see how impeachment proceedings would have been in the Democrats' interests.
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@QuixoticSoul

It's in the best interest of the [i]country[/i].
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@beckyromero Failing to impeach Trump is in the best interests of the country?
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@QuixoticSoul

This was a vote expressing an interest to begin impeachment proceedings.

It's an ongoing effort.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@beckyromero The proceedings are doomed to fail and would motivate the republican base. It’s counterproductive to initiate them.
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@QuixoticSoul [quote]It’s counterproductive to initiate them.[/quote]

History says otherwise.

Which party won the next presidential election after impeachment proceedings were started against Richard Nixon?

Which party won the next presidential election after impeachment proceedings were started against Bill Clinton?
daisymay · 51-55, T
@QuixoticSoul [quote]motivate the republican base[/quote]

They only get to cast one vote, though. If people aren't already operating under the impression that every one of his supporters will be voting, then I don't know what to tell them
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@beckyromero Nixon resigned in disgrace, and impeachment would have likely succeeded. That’s a dramatically different situation.

@daisymay There are a lot of people who aren’t all that happy with Trump’s nonsense - but if you make him into a martyr for the cause they might well overlook that.
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@QuixoticSoul Nixon resigned in disgrace, and impeachment would have likely succeeded.

Impeachment proceedings can't [i]succeed[/i] until they actually [i]begin[/i]!
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
A difference without a distinction. @beckyromero
@beckyromero The Democrats can start impeachment proceedings but they will never pass a Republican Senate, no matter what Trump has done.
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@Pitchblue

We shall see.

Timing is everything.
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@jackjjackson [quote]A difference without a distinction.[/quote]

A criticism without a point.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
We all know that there will be no guilty of an impeachable offense finding in the Senate. Fortunately the real decision makers smarter than those on the list and apparently you realize that. @beckyromero
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@jackjjackson

Enough Republicans may soon come to realize that they might better being rats escaping a sinking ship than to go down with it.

Especially if the timing of an impeachment vote in the Senate is set for AFTER the election.

Susan Collins (ME) ?

Joni Ernst (IA) ?

Cory Gardner (CO) ?

Thom Tillis (NC) ?

Ben Sasse (NE) ?

Martha McSally (AZ) ?
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
You’re in dreamland other than the part where you acknowledge that the President be be re-elected 😀 @beckyromero
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@jackjjackson [quote]other than the part where you acknowledge that the President be be re-elected[/quote]

Just the opposite.

Impeachment proceedings against Nixon and Clinton resulted in the [b]OPPOSITE[/b] party winning the next presidential election.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
There are not and will not be impeachment proceedings. The dem leadership has made that quite clear. @beckyromero
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@jackjjackson

Pelosi will only protect Il Duce for so long.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
So now it’s name calling in addition to an inaccurate reading of politics. @beckyromero
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@jackjjackson [quote]So now it’s name calling[/quote]

I thought President Bonespurs likes nicknames?

He assigns ones to all his foes.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
You’ve lost your objectivity.


@beckyromero