Steyer pressures Congress to impeach

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5. Doing what's right now

BY JASON LEMON ON 5/26/19 AT 1:54 PM EDT

... Tlaib, a freshman progressive from Michigan, appeared for an interview on NBC News’ Meet the Press to discuss her efforts to push Democrats in Congress to move forward with impeachment proceedings. She argued that the Trump administration was violating the Constitution by trying to hinder congressional investigations.

“This is not about the 2020 election, it’s about doing what's right now for our country," Tlaib said ...

Earlier this year, Tlaib introduced a bill that called on Congress to begin investigating the president’s impeachable offenses. She also infamously said in January that “we’re going to go in and impeach the mothef---er,” referring to Trump.

Although Tlaib was criticized for the remark, she doubled-down on the statement at the time. “I will always speak truth to power,” she wrote on Twitter. "This is not just about Donald Trump. This is about all of us. In the face of this constitutional crisis, we must rise" ...

https://www.newsweek.com/impeaching-trump-doing-whats-right-rashida-tlaib-1436421