The move, forced by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), who used a procedural mechanism that required action within two days, is unlikely to succeed. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has long opposed efforts to immediately begin impeachment proceedings against Trump and confirmed she would not support Green’s resolution.
“No I don’t,” Pelosi told reporters Wednesday when asked about Green’s effort. “Does that come as a surprise?” she added with laughter.
Green, cited Trump’s recent racist tweets against four Democratic congresswomen as the impetus for his effort to force the issue.
“It is time for us to send the president a clear message that he is not above the law,” Green said from the House floor Wednesday morning.
Sadly stupid tweets are not cause for impeachment and trying to get it done in this matter is just setting up for all kinds of failure. Pelosi does not want impeachment because the basis for it are quite murky and unclear and as any good lawyer knows, you don't go to trial with a bucket full of shit.