Tulsi Gabbard, a House member and 2020 candidate, holds the line against impeachment on Fox this a.m.: “I’ve been consistent in saying…Impeachment…would be terribly divisive for the country at a time when we are already extremely divided.”https://t.co/60IdIqbsI1
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) September 24, 2019
“The hyper-partisanship is one of the main things that is driving our country apart,” she added. “I think it’s important to defeat Donald Trump. That’s why I’m running for president. But I think it’s the American people who need to make their voices heard in making that decision.”
The Democrat — still clinging to a 2020 candidacy for the Democratic nomination — made her comments as some centrist Democrats ratchet up the conversation in Washington about the possible impeachment of President Donald Trump in light of a whistleblower controversy involving a call Trump made to the Ukraine president connected to corruption in that country.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is now even planning to huddle with other House Democrats on the matter on Tuesday afternoon. – READ MORE