{"id":41843,"date":"2025-06-11T13:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=41843"},"modified":"2025-06-11T13:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:04:14","slug":"trump-crossed-the-line-house-dem-says-actions-in-la-are-impeachable-offenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/trump-crossed-the-line-house-dem-says-actions-in-la-are-impeachable-offenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump ‘Crossed the Line’: House Dem Says Actions in LA Are Impeachable Offenses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) speaks during the news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Bill Clark\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democratic Rep. Yvette Clarke of New York said that the president’s deployment of Marines to Los Angeles is an “authoritarian escalation unlike any before in American history.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ELOISE GOLDSMITH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun 10, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke, a Democrat from New York, said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s moves<\/a> to send in National Guard troops and Marines in response to protests in Los Angeles rise to the level of impeachable offenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protests began on Friday to oppose federal immigration raids on workplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clarke made the remarks while speaking at a Tri-Caucus press conference<\/a> on Tuesday that was convened to address Trump’s recent actions around the protests. The Tri-Caucus includes the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked by a reporter if she believes Trump’s actions around the Los Angeles protests rise to the level of impeachable offenses, Clarke said: “I do. I believe it is. I definitely believe it is, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According<\/a> to an NBC News<\/em> write-up of her remarks, Clarke also said that “this president has crossed the line” and called Trump’s decision to deploy Marines to Los Angeles a “waste of taxpayer dollars.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, a day before the press conference, Clarke released a statement calling<\/a> Trump’s deployment of Marines an “authoritarian escalation unlike any before in American history.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This all started with peaceful protests against the inhumane kidnapping of our immigrant neighbors. The LAPD had largely contained this situation before it was exacerbated by National Guardsmen whom the president illegally seized control over,” said<\/a> Clarke, referencing the Los Angeles Police Department. “And now, under the pretense of crushing the very chaos he created, the president has ordered 700 active-duty Marines to engage in so-called law enforcement, which they have no legal or ethical right to conduct.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two House Democrats have launched<\/a> impeachment efforts this year, though they have not gained traction with the broader Democratic caucus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump was\u00a0impeached twice<\/a>\u00a0by the House of Representatives during his first term, but in both cases he was acquitted by the Senate. Both chambers of Congress are now controlled by the Republican Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ELOISE GOLDSMITH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eloise Goldsmith is a staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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