AOC says impeachment-hesitant Democrats should expect more heat from the Left
by Kerry Picket
| September 25, 2019 04:22 PM
House Democrats in districts won by President Donald Trump should expect to feel pressure from the party's left flank to ensure they vote for impeachment, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said.
The New York Democrat and liberal firebrand on Wednesday cited seven of her first-term House colleagues from Trump-friendly districts who say they're open to impeachment proceedings, based on the president's reported pressuring of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, over his business deals in that country.
Each lawmaker previously served in the military or worked in intelligence operations.
"When you have more than seven of these national security Democrats, many of them are in R- plus six districts saying, 'We can run, we can do this,' it's a lesson to other Democrats concerned about crossing voters back home," Ocasio-Cortez told reporters in the Capitol Wednesday. "I think people are going to feel that pressure from their constituencies, and I think that’s going to play a key role.â€
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