Impeachment 🍑!

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Tonight is the night of history. President Donald J. Trump is expected to be impeached by the House of Representatives. He will join Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Richard Nixon resigned before they could draft Articles of Impeachment.

President Donald J. Trump has a scar on his legacy. His July call to the Ukrainian president about getting dirt on Joe Biden and accuse them of being the hackers into the DNC server grabbed the attention of a White House staffer. The staffer went to the Inspector General of Intelligence with a whistleblower complaint.

This forced, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the current Speaker of the House to initiate an impeachment inquiry into the matter.

The president left us no choice. He refused to comply to our subpoenas.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earned applause from fellow Democrats in the chamber on Wednesday after calling President Donald Trump “an ongoing threat to our national security” whose actions “gave us no choice” but to move forward with impeaching him.

As she "solemnly and sadly" opened the House debate on two articles of impeachment, the Californian recited the Pledge of Allegiance while calling on fellow lawmakers to "defend democracy for the American people."

"'The republic for which it stands' is what we are here to talk about today. A republic, if we can keep it," she said after reciting the pledge.

Trump denies the call was to help him win his reelection.

Republican lawmakers in the House are trying to claim that Democrats and those working in against Trump are part of the "Deep State." This is nonsense.

Trump has openly endorsed foreign influence of Democratic rivals. This one is different. As a private citizen, he can say whatever he wants. As President of the United States, he is held under the oath to swear allegiance to the United States and its people.

Trump left Washington, DC and will host a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan. He will slam the decision to be impeached and call the Democrats a bunch of "far-left radicals."

Where do we go from here?

He has called the impeachment a "witch hunt" and a "hoax." But he realizes this is a very serious moment in his presidency. This could weaken his powers as president and could scrutinize anything he does in the upcoming 2020 election.

Democrats were forced to play their hand. Trump and many of the White House top officials refused to testify under oath in the House.

Trump's job approval has went up to 46% in most recent polls.

The two Articles of Impeachment for refusal to comply to Congress and abuse of power are very serious. The impeachment will greatly affect each lawmaker and it will be played upon in the 2020 U.S. Election.

Do you believe President Donald Trump deserves to be impeached for abuse of power and failure to comply to Congress? (Expect trolls to offer the dumbest answers and responses).

Yes. President Donald Trump should be impeached. He abused his power as President of the United States. His call to the Ukrainian president to investigate an American political rival was wrong. He should have not enticed foreign influence in the elections. The actions of the president and Republicans soliciting foreign help undermines democracy. If the president continues to pursue foreign help, it will only make future presidents do the same.

No. President Donald Trump did not do anything wrong. The impeachment of the president is partisan. It a retaliation from the Democratic Party. They decided to go after the president on grounds of partisan politics. We deserve better from our leaders. Both Democrats and Republicans have politicized government and it will affect a generation. This impeachment has divided our nation.

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Trump is expected to become the third U.S. president to be impeached on Wednesday, a decision that has sparked fury from him and his fellow Republicans. And the 228-197 passage Wednesday morning of the measure setting the rules for the impeachment debate underscored the stark partisan divide ―  Democrats were joined by one independent in supporting it, while just two Democrats sided with Republicans in opposing it.

The vote indicated likely passage later in the day of the impeachment articles. The Senate, controlled by the GOP, is then expected to acquit Trump in a trial next month.

"We gather here today under the dome of this temple of democracy to exercise one of the most solemn powers that this body can take, the impeachment of the president of the United States," Pelosi told the House from the floor's lectern.

"It is tragic that the president's reckless actions make impeachment necessary. He gave us no choice. What we are discussing today is the established fact that the president violated the Constitution," she said.