Steyer pressures Congress to impeach

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2. Democratic leaders still foot-dragging

By James Downie
May 26 at 5:26 PM

With parts of the House Democratic caucus pushing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to begin impeachment hearings, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday to address the issue ...

Host Chuck Todd kicked off the interview by asking whether Jeffries agreed with Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) that the president had “engaged in impeachable conduct.” Jeffries replied, “I certainly think there’s reason to believe that there was obstruction of justice.” “If that’s the case,” Todd said, “then why aren’t you ready to start impeachment hearings?” ...

... during the Watergate scandal, public support for impeachment consistently trailed events. Before the televised Watergate hearings began in May 1973, fewer than one-third of Americans thought the break-in a serious scandal, even though the burglars’ ties to the White House and the Nixon campaign had already been extensively reported. After the hearings, 53 percent thought the scandal serious, and 71 percent thought Nixon at least somewhat culpable. Yet even then, it wasn’t until the month Nixon resigned that a majority of the public supported his removal from office ...

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