Democrats who voted no say party didn't make impeachment case against Trump

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WASHINGTON: The impeachment vote against President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Dec 18) posed a political test for 31 House Democrats who represent ...

Representative Tulsi Gabbard, who represents a safely Democratic district in Hawaii, voted"present" on both charges.FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 US presidential candidate and US Representative Tulsi Gabbard speaks at the New Hampshire Democratic Party state convention in Manchester, New Hampshire on Sep 7, 2019.

Trump"has not committed a crime," Representative Collin Peterson of Minnesota, one of the"no" votes, said last Saturday.Peterson said most people in his rural Minnesota district were not bothered by allegations that Trump withheld funds from Ukraine to push for investigations against a Democratic political opponent because they do not think the United States should provide foreign aid at all, Minnesota Public Radio reported.

Jared Golden an ex-Marine and freshman lawmaker from Maine, voted"yes" on abuse of power and"no" on obstruction of Congress.Golden's district voted for Trump by some 10 percentage points in 2016. He said in a statement on Tuesday that Trump had crossed a"clear red line" by asking Ukraine to help him win re-election next year.

 

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