President Donald Trump received the first real threat of impeachment during his second term from a lawmaker on Wednesday.
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) said: ‘The movement to impeach the president has begun.’
‘I rise to announce that I will bring Articles of Impeachment against the president for dastardly deeds proposed and dastardly deeds done,’ he added in House floor remarks.
‘Ethnic cleansing in Gaza is not a joke, especially when it emanates from the President of the United States,’ Green said of the president’s bombshell comments.
He added: ‘The Prime Minister of Israel should be ashamed.’
‘Injustice in Gaza is a threat to justice in the United States of America,’ the progressive congressman insisted in his remarks from the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday morning.
Trump was twice impeached during his first term as president – but was acquitted both times.
Trump was twice impeached by the then-Democrat-controlled House during his first term as president.
The first impeachment centered around the 2020 presidential election and claimed there was an effort by Trump to have international entities interfere with the election.
And the second was aimed at impeaching Trump over the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, claiming he incited the attack.
He was acquitted by the Senate on both occasions.
It’s unclear what sort of legs Green’s most recent threat holds, but with a super Republican majority, it’s unlikely to go anywhere.
Trump, speaking at a press conference with Nethanyahu on Tuesday, reiterated his proposal to rebuild Gaza and make it a vacation destination.
‘The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,’ he said at the White House event.
‘We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site … level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings.’
