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Steve Cohen: “So, if my colleagues on the other side of the aisle can't bring themselves to do what is right and impeach a President…”

On the recordDecember 10, 2019
So, if my colleagues on the other side of the aisle can't bring themselves to do what is right and impeach a President that they know is a threat to our election, then we will have to do it and we will have to move to impeach.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen urges his colleagues to impeach Trump for being a threat to democracy.

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