WASHINGTON (AP) —The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly to table the Trump impeachment effort, for now.
A lone Democrat, Rep. Al Green of Texas, forced the sudden vote arguing Trump abused his power without authorization from Congress for the military action. It quickly divided his party.
Most Democrats joined Republicans to shelve the matter, but dozens voted with Green. The tally was 344-79.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez tells Trump to take his anger out on someone else
The New York Democrat responded to the president’s earlier social media post in which he dared her to pursue his impeachment.
She had said over the weekend that Trump should be removed from office for bombing Iran without approval from Congress.
“Trump should take it out on whoever convinced him to betray the American people and our Constitution by illegally bombing Iran and dragging us into war,” she wrote in a fundraising appeal. “It only took him 5 months to break almost every promise he made.”
Ocasio Cortez also responded to Trump’s saying they’re both from Queens. He was born there. She was born in the Bronx but represents a Queens congressional district.
“I’m a Bronx girl. Trump should know that we can eat Queens boys for breakfast,” she said.