Democratic Representative Elissa Slotkin, co-author of a column that helped laun...
ROCHESTER, Mich. - Democratic Representative Elissa Slotkin, co-author of a column that helped launch the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, ended months of uncertainty on Monday by telling voters at a noisy town hall meeting that she will vote for impeachment.
“To me, this is something that I cannot abide,” Slotkin, a former CIA and Department of Defense official who captured a Republican-held seat in 2018, said of charges that Trump abused his power to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden and obstructed Congress’ probe of the matter. Slotkin and the other authors of the column, and dozens of other moderate Democrats from competitive districts, have come under heavy pressure as the impeachment vote approaches, facing millions of dollars in ads from outside conservative groups and a flood of phone calls from voters.
The pro-Trump attendees said Slotkin was following Democratic Party marching orders and making a political miscalculation. Republican and conservative groups have been pressuring the authors of the column, along with dozens of other Democrats in swing districts, as the full House prepares to vote on impeaching Trump later this week.
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