{"id":2434510,"date":"2025-05-14T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-rep-forces-trump-impeachment-vote-gets-emphatic-response-from-his-own-party\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:00:17","slug":"democratic-rep-forces-trump-impeachment-vote-gets-emphatic-response-from-his-own-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-rep-forces-trump-impeachment-vote-gets-emphatic-response-from-his-own-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Rep Forces Trump Impeachment Vote, Gets Emphatic Response from His Own Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-rep-forces-trump-impeachment-vote-gets-emphatic-response-from-his-own-party%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2434510&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>As the House of Representatives approaches a vote on a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump,Democratic Congressman Shri Thanedar from Michigan is facing criticism from his peers for introducing the articles of impeachment,which some view as a move to bolster his chances in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/third-candidate-jumps-into-growing-field-for-delaware-house-seat\/\" title=\"New contender joins race for Delaware ... seat.\">competitive primary election<\/a>. This impeachment push, criticized by Democrats as grandstanding and likely doomed to fail given Republican control of Congress, has sparked concerns about the implications for members in swing districts who may find themselves in a challenging position. Thanedar has also faced backlash for allegations of animal cruelty, and several co-sponsors of the resolution have withdrawn their support, further isolating him within the party.Trump has dismissed the impeachment efforts as politically motivated and suggested that Republicans should respond by expelling the Democrats from Congress for their actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the House heads toward a vote on a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump, the Democratic congressman who introduced the resolution is being criticized by his colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, embattled Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan, who is facing a tough primary, labeled his seven articles of impeachment as privileged, which means the House must vote on them no later than Thursday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/13\/donald-trump-impeachment-thanedar-democrats-react\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With Republicans in control of both houses of Congress, impeachment has no chance of succeeding, leading Democrats to tell Axios they believe Thanedar is grandstanding to boost his primary chances.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution puts Democrats in a bind if they do not support an effort bound to fail.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to cause Democrats in [competitive] seats to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >make tough decisions<\/a>,&rdquo; one House Democrat who was not named told Axios.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Utterly selfish behavior,&rdquo; said another House Democrat, whose name was withheld. Others called the forced vote dumb, irrelevant, and a waste of time.<\/p>\n<p>Thanedar has been under fire for allegations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shri-thanedars-evil-history-animal-cruelty-comes-filed-trump-impeachment-articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animal cruelty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanedar already suffered a blow after several Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/three-democrats-back-trump-impeachment-ask-names-removed-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">co-sponsors<\/a> dropped their names from the bill amid allegations that Thanedar made them believe the resolution had the support of House Democratic leadership.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/05\/13\/michigan-shri-thanedar-moves-to-force-house-vote-on-donald-trump-impeachment-congress\/83604902007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit News<\/a>, some Democrats are so angry with Thanedar &ldquo;some colleagues to consider endorsing one of his opponents in the primary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Trump mocked the impeachment effort.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Democrats are really out of control. They have lost everything, especially their minds! These Radical Left Lunatics are into the &ldquo;Impeachment thing&rdquo; again. They have already got two &ldquo;No Name,&rdquo; little respected Congressmen, total Whackjobs both, throwing the &ldquo;Impeachment&rdquo; of&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1919396921593958754?\">May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Democrats are really out of control. They have lost everything, especially their minds! These Radical Left Lunatics are into the &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/total-whackjobs-trump-goes-off-on-democrats-latest-impeachment-shenanigans-with-lengthy-post\/\" title=\"&#039;Total Whackjobs&#039;: ... Goes Off on ...&#039; Latest ...ment Shenanigans with Lengthy Post\">impeachment thing&#038;rsquo<\/a>; again,&rdquo; Trump wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1919396921593958754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They have already got two &lsquo;No Name,&rsquo; little respected Congressmen, total Whackjobs both, throwing the &lsquo;Impeachment&rsquo; of DONALD J. TRUMP around, for about the 20th time, even though they have no idea for what I would be Impeached,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-wolf-blitzer-hates-trump-inflation-news-much-chokes-just-trying-read\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> wrote, referring to Thanedar and Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas, who has said he would introduce a resolution to impeach Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump then took Democrats to task for what they did while running the nation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Maybe it should be for cleaning up the MESS that they left us on the Border, or the Highest Inflation in our Country&rsquo;s History or, perhaps, it should be the incompetent Withdrawal from Afghanistan, or Russia, Russia, Russia\/Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, or the Attack of Israel on October 7th that only proceeded because they allowed Iran to regain Great Wealth,&rdquo; he posted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These Congressmen stated that, they didn&rsquo;t know why they would Impeach me but, &lsquo;We just want to do it.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Republicans should fight fire with fire.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Republicans should start to think about expelling them from Congress for all of the crimes that they have committed, especially around Election time(s). These are very dishonest people that won&rsquo;t let our Country heal! Why do we allow them to continuously use Impeachment as a weapon against the President of the United States who, by all accounts, is working hard to SAVE OUR COUNTRY,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-says-oh-crown-prince-announces-major-sanction-reversal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> wrote.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On Tuesday, Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan, who is in a challenging primary race, classified his seven impeachment articles as privileged, requiring a House vote by Thursday, according to Axios. With Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress, the impeachment effort is unlikely to succeed, prompting some Democrats to suggest that Thanedar is seeking attention for his campaign. This situation puts pressure on Democrats in competitive districts who may be forced into difficult decisions. One unnamed House Democrat expressed concern about the implications for their party&#8217;s members in tight races.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism of Thanedar has intensified due to allegations of animal cruelty and after several Democratic co-sponsors withdrew their support from the bill amid claims that he misled them regarding backing from House Democratic leadership. Some Democrats are reportedly so frustrated with him that they are considering endorsing one of his primary challengers.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Trump ridiculed the impeachment attempt on social media, claiming that Democrats have lost control and are once again pursuing an unfounded impeachment against him without clear reasons. He suggested that instead of focusing on impeachment efforts, Congress should address issues like border management and inflation caused during previous administrations.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also urged Republicans to consider expelling those involved in what he described as dishonest actions against him while emphasizing his commitment to serving the country effectively despite ongoing political attacks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2434511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Shri-Thanedar.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35647,36830,43022],"class_list":["post-2434510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democratic-rep","tag-political-response","tag-trump-impeachment"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Shri-Thanedar.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434514,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434510\/revisions\/2434514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}