House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland hit back at some of the most visible new Democrats in Congress when asked Monday by Fox News about the push to impeach President Trump: “We’ve got 62 new (Democratic) members. Not three.”Hoyer apparently was referring to Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who regularly have fought the Trump administration's policies since entering Congress. TLAIB SAYS SHE’LL INTRODUCE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST TRUMP THIS MONTHEarlier Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., revealed she’s opposed to impeachment in the absence of evidence that is “compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan.”“I’m not for impeachment,” Pelosi told The Washington Post in an interview published Monday. … I think we’ll see.”Hoyer also said about Pelosi’s words: “It seems to me that she said what we’ve been saying. She and Omar last month signed a “pledge” to impeach Trump.

Source: Fox News March 12, 2019 03:11 UTC