Majority of Democrats vote to table effort to impeach Trump for striking Iran
A majority of House Democrats banded together with their Republican peers to table an effort to impeach President Trump over his strikes against Iran.
In an overwhelming 344 to 79 vote, the House opted to shelve a single article of impeachment from Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), who has repeatedly pushed to oust Trump in recent months.
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A whopping 128 Democrats voted against impeachment.
“I take no delight in what I’m doing,” Green declared prior to the vote. “I do this because no one person should have the power to take over 300 million people to war without consulting with the Congress of the United States of America.”
Green had accused Trump of engaging in abuse of power by ordering the weekend strikes against Iran’s Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow facilities.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) promptly brought up a vote on whether to table the impeachment push.
Several Democrats, such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) argued in favor of impeaching Trump after he announced the attacks; however, only Ocasio-Cortez voted against tabling the article of impeachment.
Democratic leadership refrained from criticizing Green too sharply, but implied the impeachment effort was distracting from more pressing concerns, such as the party’s opposition to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Trump survived two impeachment attempts during his first administration.
“I understand that the Constitution is going to be meaningful or it’s going to be meaningless,” Green added in his push for impeachment.
Green infamously heckled Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress earlier this year before getting escorted out of the lower chamber.
The congressman has long clamored for impeaching Trump.
Back in February, Green had pushed to impeach Trump over the president’s suggestion that the US could take control over the Gaza Strip.
In April, he again vowed to bring up articles of impeachment against Trump. Green made similar attempts during the first Trump administration as well.
A month prior, Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) pulled his articles of impeachment against Trump amid backlash from his party.
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