Democratic Representative Elissa Slotkin, co-author of a column that helped launch the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, ended months of uncertainty by telling voters that she will vote for impeachment
ROCHESTER, Mich. - Democratic Representative Elissa Slotkin, co-author of a column that helped launch the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, ended months of uncertainty on Monday by telling voters at a noisy town hall meeting that she will vote for impeachment.
Slotkin is one of seven first-term House Democrats with national security backgrounds who helped pave the way for the impeachment inquiry of Trump, writing a column in the Washington Post in September backing the probe and calling the Ukraine scandal “a threat to all we have sworn to protect.” Two other co-authors, Representatives Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and Jason Crow of Colorado, announced their support for impeachment. “Today I am driven by facts and evidence to protect the integrity of our democracy,” Spanberger, another CIA veteran, tweeted on Monday.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin hosts a town hall in Rochester, Michigan, U.S., December 16, 2019. REUTERS/Michael Martina Slotkin told reporters after the town hall she was not concerned about predictions she would pay for the decision at the ballot box in 2020.Republican and conservative groups have cranked up the pressure on the column authors, along with dozens of other Democrats in swing districts, ahead of the full House vote on impeachment later this week.
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