The first Republican House member has announced support for the impeachment inquiry against President Trump: Representative Mark Amodei of Nevada.
Explaining his position, Amodei said “Let the committees get to work and see where it goes…Using government agencies to, if it’s proven, to put your finger on the scale of an election, I don’t think that’s right.”
The first Republican House member has announced support for the impeachment inquiry against President Trump: Representative Mark Amodei of Nevada
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Amodei said in the statement:
I held a 40 minute telephone press conference today with Nevada media outlets to respond to their questions about the impeachment inquiry made by Speaker Pelosi earlier this week. Following that call, Nevada Independent reporter Humberto Sanchez released an article. The first paragraph of Mr. Sanchez’s article reads: ‘Rep. Mark Amodei supports the House’s inquiry into whether President Donald Trump should be impeached, but is withholding judgment on whether Trump has crossed the legal line.’
I now have a full appreciation of how the President feels. My full statement here: https://t.co/DhZV6DUztl
Have a nice weekend.
— RepMarkAmodei (@MarkAmodeiNV2) September 27, 2019
NevadaIndependent reports Rep. Mark Amodei supports the House’s inquiry into whether President Donald Trump should be impeached, but is withholding judgment on whether Trump has crossed the legal line.
“I’m a big fan of oversight, so let’s let the committees get to work and see where it goes,” he added. (An audio recording of the call has been posted below.)
“Using government agencies to, if it’s proven, to put your finger on the scale of an election, I don’t think that’s right,” he continued. “If it turns out that it’s something along those lines, then there’s a problem.”
Amodei issued a statement after the call underscoring his support for the process moving forward and dispelling any impression that he currently backs voting to impeach the president.
“In no way, shape, or form, did I indicate support for impeachment,” Amodei said of the call.
He added that his position mirrors that of Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, who told KTVN Channel 2 on Thursday that the investigation should progress before making any conclusion.
“I think from all of that information, we have to follow the facts and figure out what happened here,” she said.
On the call, Amodei said he read the summary and whistleblower complaint concerning a phone call in July in which Trump seemed to ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate potential political rival former Vice President Joe Biden. The call came days before Trump had held back military funding for Ukraine, which has raised concerns over whether he was using the funding as leverage. Trump has said that he acted properly.
Amodei declined to say whether he believes Trump committed an impeachable offense, though he noted that his comments in the call were regrettable.
This article was written by the staff of TheConservativeOpinion.com
