Democrat-turned-Republican who's now pushing for a Biden impeachment inquiry once opposed doing the same for Trump because it lacked 'bipartisan support' and would 'divide the country'

Tue, 08/15/2023 - 12:49

Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey at a hearing on Capitol Hill on February 1, 2023.
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Rep. Jeff Van Drew, then a Democrat, voted against an impeachment inquiry into Trump in 2019.
At the time, he said it would be divisive, lacked bipartisan support, and would fail in the Senate.
Now a Republican, he's urging an impeachment inquiry into Biden, despite similar political dynamics.

In October 2019, then-Democratic Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey was one of just two members of his party to vote against launching an impeachment inquiry into then-President Donald Trump.