Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-N.J.) may be switching parties over his opposition to impeaching President Trump, but his defection is lonely and fraught as he faces scorn from Democrats in his southern New Jersey district and a cold shoulder from local Republicans, though Trump welcomed him with open arms. Other House Democrats from districts that voted for Trump announced one-by-one Monday that they will vote to impeach the president Wednesday.
"Monday's announcements dealt a blow to Trump and his allies, who had been encouraging Democrats to defect to bolster their depiction of impeachment as a crusade by extremist liberals," The Washington Post reports. "The White House had mounted an all-out effort to pressure the centrists, many of whom faced a blitz of anti-impeachment ads and are risking significant political damage."
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