Quote (Goomshill @ 19 Dec 2019 02:41)
except 3
Collin Peterson and Jeff Van Drew both voted Nay on both measures
Tulsi Gabbard voted present on Article 1, and voted Nay on Article 2.
/e no wait there's a 4th on article 2
not sure who #4 is, and whether tulsi voted nay or not on article 2.
Okay its:
Colling Peterson, Jeff Van Drew and Jared Golden voted No on article 2, Tulsi voted Present on both
Collin Peterson is a long-sitting (D) incumbent from a district that went for Trump by a 31% margin in 2016; a leftover from a bygone era who was able to hang on to his seat based on strong name-recognition and favorability ratings in his district. Given the partisan lean of his district (R+12) and Trump's particular strength there (R+31 in 2016), Peterson voting against impeachment had to be expected.
Jeff Van Drew is representing a Republican-leaning seat and will soon switch sides to become a Republican anyway.
Tulsi had strategic considerations with her presidential run in mind and chickened out of taking a stand on impeachment.
Will Hurd, the former Republican now independent nevertrumper who will not run for reelection is the only non-Democrat to vote for impeachment.
Overall, the headline coming out of this is that both parties were able to keep their ranks closed. In particular, the vast majority of red district Democrats, many of them brought into office by the blue wave of 2018 after running as decidedly centrist candidates, have stuck to the party line and come out in favor of impeachment. I absolutely expect many of them to pay the price at the ballot box in 2020.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Dec 18 2019 08:03pm