House Democrats’ support for impeaching Kristi Noem is exploding

Support among House Democrats for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is skyrocketing, nearly doubling in the last week to 100 co-sponsors. Why it matters: That’s an unprecedented level of support for an impeachment effort during President Trump’s second term, with lawmakers who have bristled at the topic in the past now warming to the idea. Rep.

Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), who has harshly criticized impeachment efforts in the past, nevertheless signed on to the Noem articles. The California Democrat told Axios he is under “no illusions about whether it has a chance of passing in this Congress,” but that “the circumstances are so extreme that a message needs to be sent.” The Noem effort represents a mainstreaming of impeachment and offers an early signal of who Democrats may t