Trump-District Democrats Tie Political Fate to Impeachment Vote
- Vulnerable lawmakers put faith in Pelosi’s political judgment
- GOP sees vote as opportunity to take back House majority
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Nearly every one of the nearly three dozen Democrats who represent districts Donald Trump won in 2016 voted to impeach him Wednesday -- and many acknowledged they could be thrown out of office next November because of it.
Heading into the vote, some Democrats had spoken of pursuing a milder censure vote, or perhaps even casting a no vote on impeachment. In the end, 28 of the 31 stood with their fellow Democrats on both articles of impeachment, a statement on the potency of partisan unity in Washington even as their votes risked making them look out of step with voters at home.