House Democrats, already itching to open an impeachment inquiry against the president, stepped up pressure on their leadership to punish him in response to a series of tweets and comments about four minority freshmen.
Democrats Monday in a closed-door meeting urged support of a censure resolution against Trump for calling on four freshman liberals to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done.”
Trump tweeted the comments at Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.
The four held a press conference Monday and urged Democratic leaders to open an impeachment inquiry into the president.
“It is time to stop allowing this president to make a mockery out of our Constitution,” Omar said Monday. “It is time for us to impeach this president.”
Pelosi, who does not support opening an impeachment inquiry or calling up a censure resolution, sought to vent the mounting pressure on Monday with an announcement that the House would vote on a resolution condemning Trump’s tweet.
“The House cannot allow the President’s characterization of immigrants to our country to stand,” she said in a letter to fellow Democrats, announcing the forthcoming resolution.
