Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii., revealed at a town hall this week that she is exploring the possibility of impeachment regarding President Trump and the ongoing investigations into possible ties to Russia and the country’s attempt to meddle in the 2016 election.
During a Wednesday town hall, Gabbard said that she is “studying more” about the impeachment process, but cautioned that if Trump would be replaced with Vice President Pence if he were removed from office. She argued that Pence could be “far more effective” in moving conservative legislation along.
“On issue of impeachment, I am doing my homework,” Gabbard said at the town hall in Hilo, Hawaii. “I am studying more about the impeachment process. I will just say I understand the calls for impeachment, but what I am being cautious about and what I give you food for thought about is that if President Trump is impeached, the problems don’t go away, because then you have a Vice President Pence who becomes President Pence.”
“If you do your research on his positions on many of the issues we’ve talked, many of the issues that I get phone calls about from people all across the state, the issue of war and peace, he’s about as hawkish as they come,” Gabbard said of Pence. “Issues relating to the environment, education, healthcare — I disagree with so many of the positions that he has. In some ways given the fact that he’s a former member of Congress and very well connected within the Republican establishment in Washington, he’d be able to, I believe, be far more effective in furthering his agenda than we have seen so far in President Trump’s first 100 days.”
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Gabbard is by no means the first Democrat to float the idea of impeachment. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., has repeatedly brought up the possibility throughout Trump’s first three months in office.
