Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) said Thursday that he will force a House floor vote to impeach President Trump next week.
The actual House vote will likely only be a procedural vote, but it will still serve as the first referendum in Congress to impeach Trump. It comes when Trump has spent less than 11 months in office.
“Next week, there will be a vote to impeach,” Green announced in a House floor speech.
“I refuse to stand idly by as a billionaire bigot does irreparable harm to my country. A billionaire bigot who tolerates the KKK, but won’t tolerate Islam. A billionaire bigot who tolerates anti-Semitism, racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, xenophobia and homophobia,” he said.
Green plans to force a vote on a “privileged” resolution that lays out his case for impeaching Trump. Under House rules, privileged resolutions must receive floor action within two legislative days.
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