Trump faces new impeachment threat as House Democrat moves forward with resolution
The Democratic representative from Texas, Al Green, told the U.S. House on Wednesday that he was bringing articles of impeachment against Donald Trump for his proposal to “take over Gaza.”
Trump’s plan was a “desperate deed” that amounted to ethnic cleansing, the Texas representative, Al Green, said. This aggressive move came as Democrats stepped up their resistance to the fledgling Trump administration and its barrage of chaotic, power-grabbing new policies that many see as a coup.
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Who is Al Green?
Green, a firebrand politician who launched several unsuccessful attempts to impeach Trump during his first term in office, is unlikely to gain much traction with his latest effort. Pete Aguilar, the No. 3 House Democrat, told Politico on Wednesday that impeachment was not an immediate focus for his caucus.
Texas Congressman Al Green introduces articles of impeachment against Trump. Photo: KXAN.
However, it’s evidence that more elected Democrats are finding their voice amid what critics say has been a muted response so far to the extremes of Trump’s 16-day-old second presidency. The liberal advocacy group, Call to Activism, posted on X on Tuesday a clip of Maryland representative Jamie Raskin suggesting he was also open to a new impeachment effort. “If you can find me two Republicans, I’ll go to work tomorrow,” Raskin said, referring to the governing party’s wafer-thin House majority.
“The impeachment movement is going to be a grassroots movement, not a top-down one”
Green invoked the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in condemning Trump’s proposal to remove Palestinians from Gaza and rebuild the war-torn territory as a U.S., owned “Riviera of the Middle East.” The plan has been globally condemned as “outrageous,” “shameful,” and “illegal.” Additionally, Green said, “The impeachment movement is going to be a grassroots movement, not a top-down one,” and that “when the people demand it, it will be done.”
Trump was impeached twice during his first term: in 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over his efforts to seek help from Ukraine in the following year’s presidential election; and again in 2021 for inciting the January 6 Capitol riot following his defeat by Joe Biden. He was acquitted in the Senate on both occasions. “On some issues, it is better to stand alone than not stand at all. On this issue, I stand alone, but I stand for justice,” Green said on Wednesday.