Ocasio-Cortez on Impeachment: ‘Every Minute’ Trump Is in Office ‘Represents a Clear and Present Danger’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is throwing her support behind efforts to impeach President Donald Trump suggesting the longer he is in office, the more dangerous he is.

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos asked Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday if she believes a vote to impeach the president would pass.

“I absolutely believe that impeachment should be scheduled for several reasons. One, of course, our main priority is to ensure the removal of 👤Donald Trump as president of the United States,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

She added, “Every minute and every hour that he is in office represents a clear and present danger, not just to the United States Congress but frankly to the country.”

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Ocasio-Cortez indicated if Trump was impeached it would bar him “from running for office ever again.”

“And in addition to that the potential ability to prevent pardoning himself from those charges that he was impeached for,” she continued.

Both Republicans and Democrats have supported the move to impeach Trump.

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said during an interview on CBS on Friday he would “definitely” consider articles of impeachment, as IJR previously reported.