Rep. Yvette Clarke, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said during a press conference Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard and Marine units in response to protests in Los Angeles was an impeachable offense.
The rhetoric was the furthest a congressional Democrat has gone in calling for consequences for the administration’s aggressive response to demonstrations that broke out over the weekend.
Standing alongside Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Adriano Espaillat and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Grace Meng Tuesday morning, the New York Democrat said the protests across LA were largely peaceful — until Trump got involved.