Trump impeachment drove record candidate recruitment, Republicans say

Published February 22, 2020 7:58pm ET



Republicans say the record number of GOP candidates who filed to run for Congress this cycle point to the Democrats’ “socialist agenda” and “impeachment obsession” as the main motivators.

According to recently released federal candidate financial information obtained by Fox News, 781 Republicans filed federal paperwork to run for the House in the 2020 cycle.

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