Maison Dem rejects impeachment decision: "I would rather defeat" Trump at the polls

The representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) Rejected the calls of some of the left to dismissal President TrumpDonald John TrumpImpeachment? Not so fast without missing element of criminal intent The federal government believes that marijuana ties could prevent immigrants from obtaining US citizenship. Trump's approval drops to its lowest level in 2019 after the publication of the Mueller report: MORE poll following the publication of the Mueller Report, stating that he would prefer to defeat Trump at the polls in 2020.

"The American public made a choice, although it was a bad choice from my point of view," said Cleavers during an appearance on MSNBC. "I would rather defeat Donald Trump."

Cleaver added that efforts to remove Trump would exacerbate the country's divisions and that Democrats should instead focus on elections.

"We are already a very divided nation, the impeachment effort will only divide us further," he said. "Let's go to the American public and tell them," You have the opportunity to re-elect a kleptocrat or a democrat "and I think the majority of the American public will go for a democrat."

After the Department of Justice released a redacted version of the special advocate Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud Mueller's choice to lead the investigation on RussiaThursday's report, House Democrats were divided on the opportunity to look into impeachment proceedings against the president.

Leader of the parliamentary majority Steny HoyerSteny Hamilton HoyerImpeachment? Not so fast without missing Cummings criminal intent element on dismissal: "We could very well come to that" Report from The Hill & # 39; s Morning – After Mueller: what will House Dems do now ? MORE (D-Md.) Called an impeachment effort "not worth it" while others, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezTlaib mobilizes for the Green New Deal at the Detroit City Hall Ocasio-Cortez plans a visit to Kentucky while her GOP colleague disavows it, Overnight Energy: Flint residents can continue to EPA faces the water crisis | Environmentalists See Victory with Green New Deal Blitz | Global temperatures in March are the second hottest ever recorded | The EPA must make its final decision regarding a controversial pesticide MORE (D-N.Y.) Have pushed at least to investigate the possibility of an indictment.

Mueller's report said that the Trump campaign was not conspired by Russia in the 2016 elections. On the question of whether Trump obstructs justice by intervening in the investigation itself, Mueller stated that his report was neither involved nor exempted, but that Congress had the power to conduct obstruction investigations.