Barrasso: Dems sought impeachment since 2016

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) believes the Democrats have wanted to impeach President Donald Trump since in election win in 2016.

Barrasso, who was in Green River Monday, said Democrats wrote articles of impeachment against Trump in December 2016, a month prior to when he took office.

“They’ve been beating the impeachment drum since day one,” Barrasso said.

Barrasso claims Democrats have been obsessed with impeaching the president to such a degree that it’s holding up pieces of legislation passed by the Senate. Specifically, Barrasso cites military pay increases and a bipartisan highway infrastructure act bill that passed the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Barrasso serves as chairman of 21-0 as important legislation being blocked by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Barrasso said the House should vote on impeachment and not simply drag the issue out. Regarding Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensku where Trump urged his Ukrainian counterpart to launch investigations against former Vice President Joe Biden, Barrasso declined to comment specifically about his thoughts on the phone call, but said he has tried to provide weapons to the Ukrainian government for the past five years.

Barrasso said the Obama Administration only provided Ukraine with night-vision goggles and MRE rations, saying the United States should provide more aid to the country.

“They should have had (weapons) five years ago,” Barrasso said.

Impeachment is the process where a legislative body charges an official with misconduct, but does not remove the official from office. Impeachment begins at the House of Representatives, which starts with the House Judiciary Committee investigating and writing the articles of impeachment. The full House will vote on it, but it requires a majority vote to pass. If approved, the Senate hosts a trial and passes a resolution setting how it would handle trial procedures. After the trial, the Senate votes to remove the President from office, which requires a two-thirds majority to approve.

 

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