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Rep. Shri Thanedar, the Democratic Congressman for Detroit's 13th Congressional District, thought he would spearhead a push to impeach President Donald Trump. He drafted a 29-page impeachment resolution alleging an abuse of power in the first 100 days.
While many on Capitol Hill certainly share his disdain for the president, it appears that the House—including the majority of Democrats—is showing little appetite for this, at least at the moment, The Bulwark reports, adding:
When it became apparent on Wednesday that the resolution would be swiftly tabled by the House, and that an overwhelming majority of his fellow Democrats did not want to vote on impeachment, Thanedar withdrew the resolution… for now.
Thanedar is on an island by wanting a show-vote to impeach Trump. At his press conference on Wednesday announcing the impeachment resolution, he was the only lawmaker present—all but one of his five colleagues who had signed on as cosponsors had withdrawn their support—and he was flanked by fewer than a dozen supporters with mostly homemade signs.
