President Trump is holding a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan, as the House is voting on whether to make him the third U.S. president to be impeached. “It doesn’t really feel like we’re being impeached,” Mr. Trump said. “The country is doing better than ever before. We did nothing wrong.”
He entered to the song “Proud to be an American” and quickly weighed in on the impeachment.
Vice President Mike Pence appeared before him and proclaimed: “We stand with President Trump.” He decried the impeachment as partisan and repeated the Republican argument that Democrats’ motivations for impeachment were purely political.
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“The truth is, they’re trying to impeach this president because they know they can’t defeat this president,” he said.
The House debated two articles of impeachment on Wednesday — one for abusing his power through his dealings with Ukraine and another for obstructing Congress by defying House subpoenas for evidence and witnesses in the impeachment inquiry.
Pence, who usually doesn’t echo Trump’s language, did so on Wednesday, referring to the “do-nothing Democrats” and “radical leftists” who he said have taken over the Democratic Party.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Trump tweeted his frustrations with impeachment: “SUCH ATROCIOUS LIES BY THE RADICAL LEFT, DO NOTHING DEMOCRATS. THIS IS AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA, AND AN ASSAULT ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!!”
The president is typically chatty but ignored reporters’ questions on the way to his rally.
Two of the Democrats in the Michigan delegation who flipped seats held by Republicans in 2018 — Congresswomen Elissa Slotkin and Haley Stevens – announced this week that they would vote to impeach the president.
How to watch the Trump rally today
- What: Donald Trump rally
- Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2019
- Time: 7 p.m. ET (scheduled start time)
- Location: Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek, Michigan
- Online stream: Watch in the player above
Slotkin represents the 8th Congressional District, which Mr. Trump won in 2016, while Stevens hails from the 11th District, which Hillary Clinton won.
Mr. Trump prevailed in Michigan in 2016 with the slimmest of margins, beating Clinton by just 10,704 votes, or 0.2%.
