“This is not about the speaker," Green said of his push to impeach the president.
Democratic Rep. Al Green vowed Tuesday to continue his push to impeach President Donald Trump, declaring that he would force a floor vote on the issue despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s opposition.
In a news conference held in his office, Green (D-Texas) rebuked those who would put “political expediency ahead of moral imperative,” but did not disparage Pelosi, who on Monday made waves in the caucus by saying that the president wasn’t worth the trouble of impeachment.
“This is not about the speaker, it wasn’t about the speaker before she became speaker and it’s not about the speaker now,” Green said when asked if he would support removing Pelosi over her stance.
“It’s not about any one person — it’s really not even about the president as much as it is about what he’s doing. It’s about his behavior that is harmful to society,” he added.
Invoking the rhetoric of civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr.
