Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) is set to host town halls in Detroit this weekend focused on the impeachment of President Trump, his office announced.
Thanedar last week announced he had filed seven articles of impeachment against the president, a longshot move unlikely to get through the GOP-led House, related to issues including his tariff agenda, his treatment of journalists, the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“When Trump ignores the Constitution, Congress, and the courts, he is not ‘fighting for America.’ He is tearing it down and endangering our democracy,” the Michigan lawmaker said in his announcement, prompting a call-out from Trump.
“Today they did it again. Some guy that I’ve never heard of … is he a congressman? This guy, he said … ‘ladies and gentlemen, I am going to start the impeachment of Donald Trump,’” Trump said at a rally in the Great Lakes State to mark his 100th day in office last week. “What the hell did I do? Here we go again.”
Thanedar’s move appears as a signal of Democrats’ mounting frustration with the second Trump administration, as well as an effort to position himself as an outspoken resistance figure in the party. He’s serving his second term representing battleground Michigan’s 13th District, after easily winning reelection in November.
During the set of town halls set for this weekend, Thanedar is expected to discuss his impeachment resolution “and explain why he believes this action is critical for accountability and the figure of American democracy,” according to a release from his office.
Three Democrats asked to be removed as co-sponsors of Thanedar’s impeachment resolution shortly after it was announced, a signal that some in the party don’t want to go down what would likely be a complicated path, as Republican support would be needed to win a vote on the articles.
The House votes on whether to impeach, and the Senate votes on whether to convict. Both chambers are currently controlled by Republicans.
Trump was impeached twice during his first term in the Oval Office. Both times, he was acquitted by the Senate.
