Texas Democrat Calls For Trump Impeachment on US House Floor
Published on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 By Common Dreams
Texas Democrat Calls For Trump Impeachment on US House Floor
Rep. Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday morning to formally call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
"Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart," Green said. "I rise today with a sense of responsibility and duty to the people who have elected me; a sense of duty to this country; a sense of duty to the Constitution of the United States of America."
"I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to call for the impeachment of the President of the United States of America, for the obstruction of justice," he declared. "I do not do this for political purposes, Mr. Speaker. I do this because I believe in the great ideals that this country stands for: liberty and justice for all...I do it because, Mr. Speaker, there is a belief in this country that no one is above the law, and that includes the president of the United States of America."
He urged citizens to visit impeachDonaldTrumpnow.org/, here a petition launched by the group Free Speech for People had 992,578 signatures as of Wednesday morning. Green also referenced recent polls showing growing public support for impeachment.
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