Summary
House Democrats are increasingly supporting impeachment efforts against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. As of Tuesday, over three-quarters of House Democratic members are co-sponsoring the impeachment articles. Despite this, the impeachment articles currently have no Republican support.
Key Facts
- More than 75% of House Democrats support impeaching Kristi Noem.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has publicly supported the impeachment effort.
- Key Democrats, including swing-district representatives, have joined as co-sponsors.
- The impeachment measure has 162 Democratic co-sponsors as of Tuesday.
- No Republican representatives have supported the impeachment articles so far.
- Republicans maintain a narrow majority in the House, which could affect the impeachment vote.
- A two-thirds majority in the Republican-controlled Senate is required for impeachment conviction.
- President Trump opposes the impeachment effort and continues to support Noem.
