2 Democratic defectors join GOP in voting against Trump impeachment resolution.
Sen. Jeff Van Drew speaks at a Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting in Trenton, N.J., on Jan. 14, 2016.Unlike the handful of other Democrats who have been hesitant to endorse the House's inquiry, Van Drew has not shied away from addressing his stance.
He said he believes it's better to let the voters pass judgment on Trump on Election Day in November 2020, a pointThe district he won with 53 percent of the vote in 2018 — New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District, which covers the southern tip of the state — was also won by Trump in 2016. Van Drew told"Fox and Friends" in September that he has seen no evidence of an impeachable offense and excoriated Democrats for not focusing on legislating. Trump then thanked him in a tweet.
After his"no" vote, Peterson said in a statement that the process"continues to be hopelessly partisan." Rep. Collin Peterson attends the eighth annual Minnesota Congressional Delegation Hotdish Competition in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 25, 2018., he previously called the impeachment process"futile, unnecessarily divisive and a bad use of Congress' time."
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