Where every candidate stands on Trump's impeachment
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• John Delaney: “If we continue to allow this President to be unchecked and manipulate the truth, we will forever alter our Democracy for the worse.” • Beto O’Rourke: “There must be consequences, accountability and justice. The only way to ensure that is to begin impeachment proceedings.” • Bill de Blasio: “I think we should continue the investigations in the Congress ... and I believe they will eventually lead to impeachment.”• Jay Inslee: “Congress needs to get to the bottom of what’s going on here. Impeachment should not be off the table.”
• Marianne Williamson: “While I think the president has committed impeachable offenses, the political cost for beginning impeachment proceedings could be extremely high. There are multiple investigations going on and all of them must be allowed to be completed. If congressional findings point to impeachment at that time, I will support it.”
Much will be made of how the huge herd reflects California’s increased importance on the 2020 primary calendar. Often one of the last states to vote, California has moved its primary up to Super Tuesday, March 3 — the first primary following voting in the four states that traditionally lead the primary season .
Whoever gives rise to the California convention’s clickiest moment might reasonably be declared its true winner. The candidates will have no shortage of opportunities: at a Unity & Freedom forum Friday in Pasadena, Calif.
Booker’s bluesSen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is struggling in early poll numbers as he combats the perception that he is falling behind in the 2020 presidential race. Yahoo News White House Correspondent Hunter Walker reports on the state of Booker's campaign: The Booker campaign’s plan to build a quality team and detailed suite of policies also includes a tight focus on the first four states on the primary calendar: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
"We have nine months to introduce him to these folks, and the numbers will change when that changes,” Demissie said.
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