Half Of House Democratic Caucus Now Supports Impeaching Donald Trump

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L), Donald Trump (R)

From Buzzfeed News:

The gradual trickle of Democrats coming out in support of beginning impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump reached a milestone Thursday, with half of the Democratic caucus now publicly supporting it.

The inquiry would spur an investigation by the Judiciary Committee, which would determine if there is enough evidence to draft articles of impeachment.

Rep. Pete Aguilar of California was the most recent member to voice support of impeachment proceedings, which, according to a BuzzFeed News analysis, raises the count to 118, half of the Democratic caucus.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi continues her call for investigations to continue and maintains she will call for articles of impeachment when she feels House Democrats have their "strongest hand" to move forward.

Wait this impeachment number keeps going up and up so I think the idea that mueller’s testimony was a dud bc he didn’t use jazz hands when talking about the president’s crime spree can be put to bed.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk ✌🏾

— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) August 1, 2019

A majority of House Democrats now supports launching an impeachment inquiry for President Trump, according to a Fox News tally -- the latest sign that Robert Mueller’s shaky testimony did little to arrest the momentum inside the caucus for that politically explosive step.

— Scarlett Upton (@scarlettupton) August 2, 2019