Sen. Kamala Harris on Monday said she backed impeachment proceedings against President Trump, saying the Mueller report showed “very good reason” to do it.
“There is an investigation that has been conducted that has produced evidence that tells us that this president and his administration have engaged in obstruction of justice. I believe Congress should take the steps toward impeachment,” the California Democrat said during a town hall-style forum hosted by CNN in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Capitol Hill Democrats have wrestled with the impeachment question since special counsel Robert Mueller’s report cleared Mr. Trump of colluding with Moscow to interfere in the 2016 election but left open the question of whether he attempted to obstruct Mr. Mueller’s Russia probe.
Ms. Harris follows her Senate rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, in supporting impeachment.
Others in the crowded field of Democrats have been more circumspect about impeachment proceeding.
Still, Ms. Harris called herself a “realist” about the long odds against impeachment ending with the Senate voting to remove Mr. Trump from office.
If the Democrat-majority House passes articles of impeachment, it would require 67 of 100 senators to vote in favor of removing Mr. Trump from office.
Ms. Harris said that she has too often seen Senate Republicans ignore what she described as wrongdoing by Mr. Trump and instead protect him.
“We need to get rid of this president. That’s why I’m running for president,” she said.
• S.A. Miller can be reached at smiller@washingtontimes.com.
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