MSNBC Host Eager To Discuss Impeachment Has A Hard Time With Facts

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DailyWire
ByHANK BERRIEN
August 22, 2018

On Wednesday morning, MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi, apparently eager to jump on the impeachment bandwagon the day after President Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, had pled guilty to violating campaign finance laws, tried to explain impeachment to his audience, but got two basic facts wrong. After a commercial break, Velshi later admitted his mistakes after being alerted to them on social media.

First, Velshi attempted to explain the impeachment procedure, saying:

First of all, the House of Representatives draws up articles of impeachment. Think of the House as the prosecutor, the document details any, quote, “High crimes and misdemeanors that the president is believed to be guilty of.” Only the House can bring charges against a president, but any individual congressperson can start this process. Next, the House votes. At least two-thirds of the chamber has to approve the impeachment. Two hundred and eighty-eight votes, as it’s currently constituted, since there are four vacancies in the House right now. This is a high bar, making many impeachment proceedings a bipartisan effort, neither party can do it on their own.

Not quite. The House need only have a simple majority of members voting for impeachment in order to successfully impeach a president.

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