House Judiciary Cmte. Chairman Nadler: Anti-impeachment Democrat Rep. Van Drew switching parties because he would lose primary.
An internal poll conducted for Van Drew this month and obtained by NBC News suggested the congressman was unlikely to make it through a Democratic primary in New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District, with just 28 percent of Democratic respondents saying Van Drew"deserves to be re-nominated," while 58 percent said that"another Democrat" should be the party's nominee in 2020.
"The leading Democrat opposed to impeachment is switching parties to protect Trump," former Vice President Joe BidenSunday, soliciting donations for the eventual Democratic nominee in that district."The best way to beat him is to give him a well-funded opponent — and a strong campaign at the top of the ticket."
In 2018, Van Drew won his seat with 52.9 percent of the vote. His district voted for Trump in 2016 after supporting Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. "Despite knowing full well that the president has abused the powers of his office, Congressman Van Drew is now willing to enable Donald Trump just to try to salvage his own election," New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said Saturday in a statement.against Trump on Friday for his efforts to have Ukraine probe Biden, his son Hunter Biden and Democrats, and his efforts to withhold information from Congress as they probed his conduct.
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