The House of Representatives has just voted overwhelmingly to reject a progressive-led attempt to impeach President Donald Trump over his recent military actions in Iran.
On Tuesday, lawmakers voted 344–79 to table the impeachment resolution, effectively blocking it from proceeding.
The bipartisan vote, with the majority of both Republicans and Democrats opposing the effort, demonstrates how little support the proposal had, even among President Trump’s critics in Congress.
The resolution was introduced by Rep. Al Green (D-TX).
Green falsely claimed that Trump’s strikes on Iranian targets over the weekend constituted an unconstitutional “declaration of war.”
The “low IQ” congressman, who has previously attempted to impeach Trump multiple times, framed the resolution as a response to what he described as “abuse of power.”
However, Green based his allegations on the inaccurate assertion that Trump’s military strikes against Iran were a “declaration of war.”
“President Trump’s unauthorized bombing of Iran constitutes a de facto declaration of war,” Green said in a statement.
“No president has the right to drag this nation into war without the authorization of the people’s representatives.”
Despite the rhetoric, only 79 Democrats supported the effort.
Meanwhile, 128 of their colleagues joined Republicans in tabling the measure.
The numbers signal that most Democrats, including party leadership, view the impeachment push as politically reckless and poorly timed.
The resolution was introduced after Trump had secured a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, a deal made possible by the strikes.
Green’s resolution also faced internal opposition from House Democrat leaders.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), when asked about the impeachment calls, carefully avoided endorsing the effort.
“A tool that’s on the table right now is to continue to demand that the administration present itself before the United States Congress… That’s step one,” Jeffries said during a press briefing.
Jeffries pointed instead to the War Powers Resolution, suggesting that debate and legislative scrutiny should precede any further action.
“This is a dangerous moment that we’re in,” he said, indicating a preference for congressional hearings rather than impeachment proceedings.
The impeachment push was also backed by some of the House’s most radical members, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
Their calls for Trump’s removal over the strikes, which were launched against Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend, echoed long-standing progressive criticism of U.S. military interventions.
However, those same critics also pushed the same “illegal declaration of war” rhetoric.
President Trump responded directly to the latest impeachment push in a series of posts on Truth Social, calling out Ocasio-Cortez and mocking her political prospects.
“She better start worrying about her own Primary, before she thinks about beating our Great Palestinian Senator, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer,” Trump wrote.
“She and her Democrat friends have just hit the Lowest Poll Numbers in Congressional History, so go ahead and try Impeaching me.”
The impeachment effort follows the Trump administration’s announcement that a successful U.S. strike had targeted key Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.
Trump later said that Iran and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire, although both sides appeared to violate that agreement within hours.
Despite the rising tensions in the Middle East, Tuesday’s vote shows that most lawmakers, including a large segment of the Democrat caucus, are not ready to support impeachment proceedings based on military action that, while controversial, has precedent under previous administrations.
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