Democratic Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar brought seven articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the House floor Tuesday night, forcing the House to vote on them by Thursday and placing him in a precarious position among other Democrats.
Thanedar’s articles of impeachment, which he announced on April 28, have reportedly been met with rebuke from several of his fellow Democrats, with House Minority Whip Katherine Clark saying party leadership plans to block the measures. Meanwhile, Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who represents a neighboring district, sharply criticized Thanedar’s legislative record, without appearing to mention the articles, and endorsed his far-left primary opponent Democratic Michigan State Rep. Donavan McKinney.
While on the floor, Thanedar noticed his impeachment files as privileged, forcing the House into a Thursday deadline to vote on them. However, it is likely lawmakers from both parties will back a motion to table the impeachment articles, effectively killing Thanedar’s effort.
Clark, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, said in a Democratic Caucus meeting that the party’s leadership in the lower chamber plans to table the backbench Michigan lawmaker’s articles on Wednesday afternoon, NOTUS reported citing two people familiar with her comments.
Democratic New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, who notably served as a manager during Trump’s 2019 impeachment, called Thanedar’s measures “idiotic” and “horrible” during the same meeting, according to an anonymous source quoted by NOTUS.
Democratic Nevada Rep. Susie Lee told Punchbowl News, “It’s completely unhelpful. I think it’s crazy.”
“As someone who voted to impeach Donald Trump twice, he should be impeached, but we don’t have the votes to do it,” Democratic Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar told the outlet.
Some House Democrats have been sharing their anger under the protection of anonymity, with one candidly telling Axios, “This is the dumbest fucking thing. Utterly selfish behavior.”
A senior Democrat told the outlet, “People are pissed.” Another Democratic lawmaker called Thanedar a “dumbass,” with yet another dismissing the measure as “irrelevant.”
“I brought up these articles because I firmly believe this president has committed impeachable crimes. It’s never the wrong time to do the right thing,” Thanedar said in a statement shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Thanedar’s sudden push for impeachment comes as he faces a contested 2026 Democratic primary against both McKinney and former Democratic Michigan state Sen. Adam Hollier. McKinney declared his bid for the Detroit-based district on the same day Thanedar announced his articles of impeachment against Trump.
Tlaib, who represents the other congressional district which includes parts of Detroit, endorsed McKinney on Monday writing in her announcement that the district “deserves better.”
“I’m proud to have Donavan’s back because I know he’ll always have Michiganders’ backs — and because I know when it comes to real representation, Michigan’s 13th district deserves better,” the prominent far-left congresswoman wrote.
Tlaib notably introduced an impeachment resolution against Trump back in 2019 during the president’s first term.
Thanedar claims he has had communication with Leadership but did not seek permission to introduce impeachment files.
“Mr. Trump has conducted unconstitutional activities. He has conducted impeachable actions, and I have to do my constitutional duty,” Thanedar told Axios.
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed impeachment should “never be off the table” following a vote on April 30 — just two days after Thanedar announced his intention to impeach the president.
“We should never take impeachment off the table. Where we see lawbreaking we should never take accountability off the table. I don’t think that we should be promising anything the way Trump tries to promise certain blocking of his political enemies,” Ocasio-Cortez told reporters. “I do believe our legal processes exist for a reason, impeachment exists for a reason and it should absolutely be on the table. it should be on the table for every president, every president should know that if you break the law you could be prone to removal for that.”
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect Thanedar’s statement.
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