A growing number of House Democrats are publicly calling for a formal inquiry into President Trump’s impeachment amid continued stonewalling from his administration, applying new pressure to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other party leaders who have been determined to stick to a methodical course of investigation and litigation. On Monday and Tuesday, 25 House Democrats publicly called for an impeachment inquiry. But for a broader group of lawmakers — some of them moderate freshmen who unseated Republicans last year to deliver the House majority to Democrats — that is a distinction without a difference. A single congressional Republican, Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.), has publicly supported pursuing an impeachment of Trump. “And it starts to look ridiculous.”The tension between the widespread revulsion among Democrats to Trump’s behavior and fears of playing into his hands by pursuing a divisive impeachment effort has generated a sometimes contradictory response from top Democrats.

Source: Washington Post May 21, 2019 14:23 UTC