U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence no longer supports impeaching Trump in abrupt reversal

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Detroit Metro Times

U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence has changed her mind on impeaching President Trump.

Appearing on Charlie LeDuff’s No BS News Hour podcast on Sunday, the Southfield Democrat said she now favors censure over impeachment.

"We are so close to an election," Lawrence said. "I will tell you, sitting here knowing how divided this country is, I don't see the value of taking him out of office. I do see the value of putting down a marker saying his behavior is not acceptable."

Her comments are a significant departure from her pervious statements about impeachment.

Read more: https://m.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/11/26/us-rep-brenda-lawrence-no-longer-supports-impeaching-trump-in-abrupt-reversal

[calimary]

1. Censure has n this case is just a fancy word for toilet paper.

That’s what trump will do with it.

[dewsgirl]

2. I am so disgusted by this.😠

[SKKY]

3. I was afraid of this. Folks are going back to their districts.

We may lose a couple more because of this.

[Jose Garcia]

8. Trump only received 19% of the vote in her district

[SKKY]

15. There must be a reason why she's changed her stance on this...

...

[lagomorph777]

16. Kompromat? Novichok threats?

Or is she just weak? I can't believe her constituents would be happy with this position.

[pandr32]

4. Someone needs to hear from constituents

This was said on a podcast, too!

[Takket]

5. Time for a primary challenger to step up

This is beyond ignorant behavior. People who think like this threaten our entire way of life. If you rubber stamp criminal behavior, you are just asking for it to happen again and again.

[PatSeg]

6. Does Lawrence

have any idea how much damage that fool can do in a year? Every day brings a new outrage and another dent in our democracy. Tyrants tend to work fast when they destroy democracy. Look what Erdogan did in Turkey, a "good friend" of Trump. I'm sure he can give Donald some tricks.

[cstanleytech]

28. But you're forgetting even if he's impeached in the House the Senate has to convict him.

I'm not saying we shouldn't impeach him but I do think the timing is crucial as it could be used to help us in the election.
How? Well if Pelosi waits until say September or October to impeach him it would put the Republican senators in a bind as it limits the time they can spin their vote not too convict to the voters.

[PatSeg]

30. I know

but even so, it does not help to have a Democrat from a blue district back off on impeachment. She sounds so wishy-washy. We get enough of that from republicans.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. I hope her constituents respond appropriately.

My representative would sure be hearing from me if she did that.

[Bayard]

9. Just STOP it!

Anyone who goes over to the Dark Side at this point is a traitor to the American people, and the Constitution, ESPECIALLY a Dem!

[RainCaster]

10. How much did she get for that?

How is her 401k looking now?

[mysteryowl]

11. I believe this to be a republican proganda spin and unfortunately, Rep. Lawrence has fallen for it.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Primary her for not being a Democrat

[Dennis Donovan]

13. She's back on board:

Link to tweet

[The_Counsel]

29. "...She's "Very Concerned" About Senate Republicans on the Matter..."

I really wish House members would stop thinking this way. Their job is to impeach (indict)--or not. The decision whether to convict is up to the Senate (jury/judge).

Is there enough evidence to IMPEACH? That's what y'all should be worried about, Congresswoman...

[Haggis for Breakfast]

38. Is she a friend of Susan Collins ?

[rpannier]

39. Sounds like it

We should see what she thinks 20 minutes from now

[Cha]

41. lol

[Cha]

40. Wow.. that was quick 180.. it pays to read

the whole thread.. Mahalo, DD

[Traildogbob]

14. Purge, every four years

So according to Mosco Mitch, GOP and some coward ass dems, we should have a 1year Purge every election year where no laws apply. A year of murder, theft, rape, treason, arson, gemocide, anything, during election years. We can not enforce any laws during that time, so precious reps can keep a job, damn the democracy and rule of law. Really starting to hate the country I served. Allow troops to slaughter civilians. How the fuck are we different from ISIS? Wonder why the countries we occupy hate us. Where the fuck is that God of love? What a joke he is. Radical religious nut jobs killing kids in the name of Jesus, and fur thrills. Treason in our face, Foxers for Russia. Fuck the Kurds, fuck Ukrainians, fuck all our allies, kill kids, and no laws for any GOP. The stay on the court ruling yesterday is a knife in the heart of the constitution. Fox loves the death of the country.

[underthematrix]

17. This is inaccurate. I watched that segment.

She supports impeachment, i.e. INDICTMENT but not removal or conviction.

We can refer to #TraitorTrump as one of four IMPEACHED presidents in the republic's more than 200 year history.

We can bring him justice only if we vote him out of office.

[DeminPennswoods]

19. She won't get a vote on removal or conviction

nt

[lagomorph777]

25. Fortunately, she has no say regarding conviction.

Well, no more than you or I.

[More_Cowbell]

18. When people ask me "Why not just vote him out?"

I always say that if we're going to start ignoring the constitution in favor of a vote, we should start with the second amendment. Lots of people would like to vote on *that*.

[BlueIdaho]

20. You can't vote him out if he cooks the election.

At this point no one can guarantee that, if left untouched, Trump and his cronies won’t manipulate the election to keep his fat ass in office.

[lagomorph777]

26. We can guarantee they are manipulating it, and will continue until stopped.

[TheRealNorth]

27. Exactly

[AncientGeezer]

36. But not a majority...re: 2A

Thank God we don't vote on the Bill of Rights ..or any other Amendment.

[Aristus]

21. She must have had a midnight knock on the door by Putin's minions...

n/t

[GeorgeGist]

22. Coward

[stillcool]

23. You made me go and read the article...

I hate to get pissed off about nothing....so thanks! I can ignore this story, as she continues to support impeachment!

[Thomas Hurt]

31. WTF does this person think that if she votes to impeach it is done deal he will be convicted...

and the consequences will be removal? This is bee ess.

[SunSeeker]

32. She was just on MSNBC saying she has not flipped, that she supports Trump impeachment & removal.

[George II]

34. That's what the body of the article says, the headline contradicts her.

[George II]

33. Not your headline, but metrotimes' headline contradicts the article:

"Lawrence said she still supports impeaching Trump but censure may be a more viable...."

She still supports impeachment.

[riversedge]

35. I would take down the OP since it is false information. dangerous at this point of the

impeachment process.

[SunSeeker]

37. Yup. And already being used by Trump (Kellyanne Conway) against the impeachment.

OP needs to delete or at a minimum edit with confirmation that she supports impeachment.

[Polybius]

42. I wouldn't be surprised if others follow

Max Rose is taking plenty of heat for supporting impeachment in Staten Island.

[zanana1]

43. He still has plenty of time to crap all over this country.

If he gets away with it, he'll be able to do absolutely anything he wants!