Newhouse Weighs In On Trump Impeachment

Representative Dan Newhouse voted against adopting both Article I and Article II of the resolution to impeach President Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors.

While speaking before the House of Representatives, the 4th District Republican quoted Democrat Representative Cedric Richmond, saying, "To my Republican colleagues; how do you want to be remembered during this watershed moment in this nation's history?"

Newhouse continued:

"It won’t be watching sports on a laptop during official Judiciary Committee proceedings to impeach a sitting President;

It won’t be using expletives to refer to our President, calling for his impeachment just hours after being sworn into Congress;

It won’t be using the chairmanship of the once-respected Intelligence Committee to distort the President’s words in order to mislead the American People;

And certainly, it won’t be using the most serious and solemn powers of Congress to overturn a legitimate national election for political expediency.

No, Mr. Speaker, my fellow Republican colleagues and I won’t be remembered in history for doing any of those things—because we know this is far too grave a matter for subversions such as these of our democratic republic.

We should all be better than this."

Article I passed the House by a vote 230-187-1. Article II passed the House by a vote of 229-198-1.