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2 Michigan congresswomen are undecided on Trump impeachment vote
The House Judiciary Committee has approved two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The charges now go to the full House for an expected vote next week. (Dec. 13) AP |
| Elissa Slotkin |
"This is going to be one of the most serious things I probably ever vote on, so I'm going to take it seriously," Slotkin, D-Holly, said on Fox News shortly after the committee voted to approve two articles of impeachment against Trump. "I'm going to put the full body of information together and I'm going to make an objective decision."
Slotkin said her office's phones "have been ringing off the hook" with people on both sides voicing their opinions and that she expects to reach a decision by the end of the day Monday. She is also holding a town hall meeting at 11 a.m. Monday at Oakland University and expects impeachment to be part of that discussion with residents.
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| Haley Stevens |
She told the Free Press she planned "to read through the articles in full and spend time with my constituents" before making up her mind and said she was not in "a rush to judgment."
"This is not something I came to Congress to do," she said.
The Democratic majority in the House is widely expected to vote in favor of the articles of impeachment against Trump, sending them before the end of the year to the Senate, where a trial would be held next year. It is considered unlikely, however, that the Republican majority in the Senate will vote to remove Trump from an office, which would require a two-thirds majority in the chamber.
Trump has insisted he did nothing wrong, arguing that he was only trying to get the Ukrainian president to root out corruption in his request during the July call — even though there is no evidence Biden or his son, Hunter, who was on the board of a Ukrainian energy company, did anything illegal or corrupt. Biden, the former vice president, is the leading contender among Democrats to be the presidential nominee facing Trump next year.
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Slotkin in 2018 flipped a district comprised of northern Oakland County and Ingham and Livingston counties that in 2016 backed Trump 50.6% to 43.9% for Hillary Clinton. Steven's district, made up of parts of Oakland County and western Wayne County, backed Trump 49.7% to 45.3%.
While Slotkin and Stevens are potential wild cards in the impeachment vote on the House floor, most of the rest of Michigan's congressional delegation is not: The other five Democratic members of the U.S. House — Debbie Dingell or Dearborn, Dan Kildee of Flint, Brenda Lawrence of Southfield, Andy Levin of Bloomfield Township and Rashida Tlaib of Detroit -- have either said they will vote for impeachment or that they are leaning that way.
After suggesting in an interview a couple of weeks ago, she might support censure over impeachment, Lawrence is definitely in favor of impeachment, her office confirmed again Friday. Dingell told Fox News that while she's keeping an open mind and reviewing the articles, it was "probably highly unlikely" that she would vote against them.
As for Republicans in the Michigan delegation, all of them — U.S. Reps Jack Bergman of Watersmeet, Bill Huizenga of Zeeland, Paul Mitchell of Dryden, John Moolenaar of Midland, Fred Upton of St. Joseph and Tim Walberg of Tipton — are either confirmed to vote against impeachment or are expected to do so. Upton, perhaps the most moderate member of the group, put out a statement Thursday saying he believing the impeachment push was "clearly motivated by what I believe is an attempt to overturn the last election."
"I get it. Democrats aren’t happy with the result. But the time to vote on the next President is next November, not next week," he said.
U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, a former Republican and now an independent representing Cascade Township, has said he will vote to impeach Trump.
Republican groups have been targeting Slotkin and Stevens with ads and other materials criticizing them for their support for the impeachment inquiry. But Slotkin — a former CIA officer and acting assistant defense secretary — said she wasn't going to be "pushed and prodded" into a decision.
She also said that she recognizes that she represents a district that is traditionally Republican and that there may be a political downside to whatever decision she makes.
"Sometimes you have to make calls that aren’t based on a poll or on some political consultant and if this is the end of my political career, at least I’m doing what I think is right and I’m basing my decisions on integrity," she said. "That is the most I can do."
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