Al Green Fails to Impeach Trump for the Sixth Time

Texas Representative Al Green’s attempt to impeach President Trump has failed for the 6th time.

Just last week, Rep. Green called for Trump’s impeachment, urging those of the House to vote on the matter. In his most recent effort to impeach the President, Rep. Green introduced two articles of impeachment.

According to an official statement, the first article refers to Trump’s dispute with six democratic lawmakers for “seditious” actions. The second article references the Trump administration fostering a “political climate” that promotes “political violence and assault.”

Rep. Green called for a vote to impeach President Trump, urging his fellow congress members to vote in a house hearing. The vote occurred last week on Dec. 11, where 140 members voted for the president’s impeachment. However, the majority 237 voted against it, effectively shooting down the resolution.

This is the second time this year that Rep. Green has called for Trump’s impeachment.

In a statement at a house hearing, Green thanked the 140 people who voted to support the resolution. In the statement, Green states that Trump should “not hold the title of President” and should be “removed.”

Rep. Green has moved several resolutions to impeach President Trump. Green filed the first resolution toward the end of President Trump’s first year as president in 2017. He introduced the second resolution to impeach Trump in June 2019. The resolutions were filed in response to inflammatory racial statements.

Earlier this year, Rep. Green filed another resolution to remove the President. The resolution was made in response to U.S. airstrikes that were sent to nuclear sites in Iran over the summer. The military strikes were done in partnership with Israel in an effort to stop the advent of a “nuclear threat.”

Despite these resolutions, Rep. Green has not secured a majority vote in favor of removing the president.

Rep. Green, of Texas’s 9th Congressional District, is currently serving his 11th term as a U.S. House Representative. With the newly redrawn, GOP-led congressional map passed in Texas Legislature, Green, like many of his fellow Democrats, has moved to a different district, running for election in the 18th congressional district.