A Lone Bid to Impeach Trump Falls in the House
On June 24, 2025, the House of Representatives voted 344 to 79 to block a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump, introduced by Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas. The overwhelming vote, which included 128 Democrats joining all 216 Republicans, signaled how little appetite there is—even among Democrats—for launching another impeachment process against the former president.
Green’s resolution accused Trump of abuse of power for ordering a series of military airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites without congressional approval. Green said the action was a clear violation of the Constitution, which gives Congress—not the president—the sole power to declare war.
“In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Donald J. Trump… abused the powers of the presidency when he disregarded the doctrine of separation of powers,” the resolution stated. Green argued that Trump “dragged this nation into war without the authorization of the people’s representatives.”
Green defended his push, telling reporters, “I did not come to Congress to be a bystander while a president abuses power and devolves American democracy into authoritarianism with himself as an authoritarian president.” He added, “Either the Constitution is meaningful, or it is meaningless. I choose for it to be meaningful.”
Democratic Leadership Distances Itself
Although some progressive Democrats supported the resolution, House Democratic leadership was firmly against it. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark, and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar all voted to kill the measure.
Many Democrats are wary of impeachment efforts after the two failed attempts during Trump’s first term. Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan had floated a similar impeachment idea earlier this year but withdrew his measure under heavy internal opposition.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, however, stood with Green. She had called for Trump’s impeachment over the weekend after the strikes on Iran, which she labeled a “grave violation” of the Constitution. She wrote on X, “He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
Rep. Ro Khanna of California and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky also pushed back on the strike, introducing a War Powers Resolution aimed at reining in Trump’s ability to use military force without Congressional authorization.
Still, Democratic leaders hesitated to back impeachment. Jeffries commented, “Congress must be fully and immediately briefed in a classified setting,” but stopped short of supporting Green’s effort or labeling Trump’s actions as unconstitutional.
Trump Strikes Back at Critics
Following the vote, President Trump took to Truth Social with a series of personal attacks aimed at Green and especially Rep. Ocasio-Cortez. He mocked the idea of impeachment and belittled his critics, posting, “She and her Democrat friends have just hit the Lowest Poll Numbers in Congressional History, so go ahead and try Impeaching me, again, MAKE MY DAY!”
He called Ocasio-Cortez “stupid” and said she was “one of the dumbest people in Congress.” Trump then turned his fire on other progressive Democrats, writing, “Crockett, who is a seriously Low IQ individual, or Ilhan Omar, who does nothing but complain about our Country, yet the failed country that she comes from doesn’t have a government, is drenched in crime and poverty, and is rated one of the worst in the world.”
He also brought up AOC’s rumored plans to challenge Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in 2028. “She better start worrying about her own Primary before she thinks about beating our Great Palestinian Senator, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, whose career is definitely on very thin ice!” Trump wrote.
He concluded by taunting his opponents again: “MAKE MY DAY!”
AOC Responds to Trump’s Insults
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez did not remain silent. She responded to Trump’s attacks on social media, writing, “Mr. President, don’t take your anger out on me—I’m just a silly girl. Take it out on whoever convinced you to betray the American people and our Constitution by illegally bombing Iran and dragging us into war.”
In another post, she accused Trump of violating his own campaign promises. “It only took you 5 months to break almost every promise you made,” she said.
Ocasio-Cortez and others insisted that Trump’s actions not only bypassed Congress but put the country at risk of entering another long and costly Middle Eastern conflict. “This isn’t about partisanship. It’s about whether any president can bypass Congress to bomb another country. The Constitution says no,” she added.
The Legal and Political Debate Continues
The airstrikes that sparked the controversy targeted Iranian nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. The administration described it as a limited and necessary action to prevent Iran from escalating further in its conflict with Israel. Trump later announced that a ceasefire had been brokered, calling it a “spectacular military success.”
Speaker Mike Johnson defended Trump’s actions, claiming they were “clearly within President Trump’s Article II powers as Commander in Chief.” Johnson added, “It shouldn’t even be in dispute.”
But critics, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, blasted that reasoning. “Imagine being in Congress and arguing against Congressional authority. They’re ready to throw away their own war powers just so Trump can bomb whoever he wants with zero oversight,” Omar said.
Even some Republicans voiced concerns. Rep. Thomas Massie wrote, “This is not Constitutional,” and Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio added that Trump’s decision “may prove just,” but was hard to justify legally.
While the immediate effort to impeach Trump over the Iran strikes is dead, the fight over presidential war powers is heating up. Democrats like Khanna and AOC are calling for tighter restrictions on unilateral military action. Some Republicans agree. But others believe the president acted within his legal rights.
As the fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel holds, the political battle at home continues. Trump remains defiant, daring his opponents to try impeaching him again. And AOC, despite the failure of the resolution, has made clear that she sees the strikes as a constitutional breach.
NP Editor: The more this happens, the stronger Trump gets. Democrat have attempted to impeach him 10 times now, two of those having passed, none passing the Senate. It seems to me that the more the Democrats cry ‘wolf’ the more the American people will see that this is a attention-getting tactic and not the serious action it is supposed to be.
