Author: William Cummings / Source: USA TODAY
California Sen. Kamala Harris joined the call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment on Monday in a prime-time town hall meeting. Time
WASHINGTON – Sen. Kamala Harris joined the ranks of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates advocating for the impeachment of President Donald Trump before they get the chance to unseat him at the ballot box.
The California Democrat said she supports impeachment proceedings during a CNN town hall event on Monday.
“I believe that we need to get rid of this president. That’s why I’m running to become president of the United States,” Harris said in response to an audience member who asked if she thought special counsel Robert Mueller’s report was damning enough to warrant Trump’s impeachment.
But while she would be happy to defeat him at the ballot box, Harris said the evidence from the report “tells us that this president and his administration engaged in obstruction of justice.”
“I believe Congress should take the steps towards impeachment.”
Harris cautioned that the process “doesn’t end there,” however. She said the Democratic majority in the House would likely be able to impeach Trump, but she did not think that enough Republicans would join Democrats to secure the two-thirds majority needed in the Senate that would remove Trump from office.
“I’ve not seen any evidence to suggest that they will weigh on the facts instead of on partisan adherence to being protective of this president,” Harris said. “So we have to be realistic about what might be the end result, but that doesn’t mean the process should not take hold.”
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