Lawmaker threatens to introduce impeachment articles against Trump

Trump Impeachment Process Begins as Democrat States President 'Failed Test of Moral Leadership'
Lawmaker threatens to introduce impeachment articles against Trump
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18 August, 2017

On Aug. 17, Cohen took to Twitter to share an official statement on his decision.

But he prompted another firestorm of criticism on Tuesday when he again blamed "both sides" and suggested that the white supremacist protesters included some "very fine people". "There are no good Nazis".

Almost two-thirds of Americans said they considered the attack that led to a death in Charlottesville an act of "domestic terrorism", a view that spanned partisan lines.

Popular Video This young teenage singer was shocked when Keith Urban invited her on stage at his concert. Speaking Tuesday from Trump Tower in New York City, the president condemned the "egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence" of groups like neo-Nazis, but also accused the counterprotesters - the "alt-left", by his term - of being "very, very violent" and contributing to the tragic events.

Democratic leaders have sought throughout the year to discourage such an aggressive strategy against Trump, fearing that it could both undercut the ongoing Russian Federation investigations and politicize those probes in ways that might damage Democrats in their districts.

Trump failed the test of moral leadership required of a USA president by shying away from condemning hate, intolerance and bigotry, Cohen added. "Neo-Nazis and the KKK are domestic terrorists", he said.

"I think it's more likely we're going to have snow tomorrow", Cohen said during a press conference in Memphis, the Tennessean reports.

Cohen went on to detail other potentially impeachable actions Trump has committed, claiming he had no choice but to begin the process to remove the president from the White House.

The report reflects the increasingly stark divide between Democrats and Republicans in how they view Trump's potential impeachment, along with attitudes toward the investigation into the Trump campaign's possible collusion with Russian Federation to sway the 2016 election.

On June 7, Democratic Reps.

Trump's overall favorability rating in the poll stands at 38 percent favorable, 56 percent unfavorable. Sixty-eight percent of Republicans said it was an accurate statement, and 83 percent of Democrats said it was inaccurate.

President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn after arriving via Marine One at the White House in Washington, D.C., on August 14.


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