Well, that big wave of resistance we had been hoping for is starting to dissipate.
According to new reports, most of the 31 Democrats in red districts that Trump had won in 2016 are starting to buckle to Democrat pressure.
Now, most, if not all of them, are expected to vote in favor of the impeachment.
Still at Few No Votes
While the bulk of the 31 are expected to follow the party line, there are a few remaining defectors.
The most notable of these is Rep. Van Drew (D-N.J.), who is expected to change party immediately after the impeachment vote is taken.
Van Drew’s polling numbers among Democrats were starting to slip and since he will not be voting in favor of the impeachment, his best chance of getting re-elected is to change party and become a member of the GOP.
In addition to Van Drew, Rep. Peterson (D-N.D.) is also expected to vote no.
One of the more surprising non-defectors is Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.).
Rose is in a district that was won convincingly by Trump in 2016 (10 points) and he has often supported bipartisan efforts over that of partisan ones.
So, it came us a bit of a surprise that on Friday, he announced he would be supporting impeachment.
Rose stated, “A president coercing a foreign government into targeting American citizens is not just another example of scorched earth politics, it serves as an invitation to the enemies of the United States to come after any citizen, so long as they disagree with the President.”
Among the other House members that have already stated they will vote in favor of the impeachment are Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA), Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ), and Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV).
Of those, Allred is one of the more curious cases, as he flipped a red seat blue in the last election, but being in Texas, it may be tough for him to win that seat again even though his district did go to Hillary by the slimmest of margins in 2016.
Even with these Democrats already coming forward to support the impeachment, Dems can still only afford to lose 16 of the 31 votes up for grabs.
If even a handful of Democrats do not support the impeachment, it will still be considered a victory by Republicans knowing Pelosi and company failed to even get their own party members on board in the House.
As it stands right now, this impeachment will die in the Senate and with it may go the careers of the dozens of moderate Democrats that will be fighting for their political life come election day 2020.
Source: Fox News
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