Today, Rep. Al Green became the first member of Congress to call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment.
Today on the floor of the Congress of the United States of America, I will call for the Impeachment of the President between 9am & 10am CST.
— Congressman Al Green (@RepAlGreen) May 17, 2017
Green cited obstruction of justice in the Russia investigation, claiming “there is a belief in this country that no one is above the law.”
A lot of people stood behind Green, especially after Comey’s firing and Trump’s alleged intelligence leak to Russian officials.
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/864909686830714882
https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/864818134942928896
Congrats, @gop, for somehow assembling the most corrupt administration of all time.
— jordan (@JordanUhl) May 16, 2017
Of course, not everyone thought it was a good idea. In fact, quite a few people didn’t even think it was likely to happen.
https://twitter.com/_Makada_/status/864908622966423553
https://twitter.com/greatagain4/status/864898942173028353
https://twitter.com/mitchellvii/status/864847006589755393
And since we’re talking about Twitter here, you know there were plenty of jokes.
one day, donald is gonna actually brag about the fact that he was the only president to get impeached and removed from office we all know it
— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) May 17, 2017
Overheard: Shall we call this "James Comey and the Giant Impeach?"
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) May 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/loftymonkey/status/864840708527673348
Quick, someone give trump a bj in the oval so we can finally impeach him
— 𝓈𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒽🦻🏼 (@helloitsbees) May 16, 2017
"Excuse me, where's the lobby?"
"I don't know but here is some classified information on ISIS" pic.twitter.com/CzLOqtVil9
— Washington Post TikTok Guy 🕺🏼 (@davejorgenson) May 15, 2017
Of course, this is hardly the first time the topic of impeachment has come up since January 20. In fact, it’s become a pretty popular search term with everything that’s been going on in the past few months.
https://twitter.com/dabeard/status/864863261635817473
So what could we expect from a possible impeachment? CNN’s Carl Lavin took a look at Clinton’s impeachment process and broke it down for us tweet-by-tweet.
Six notes on the lengthy process that led to impeachment the one time it happened in our lifetimes (only 2nd time in US history).
— Carl Lavin (@FromCarl) May 17, 2017
1. Ken Starr started investigating Clinton when first appointed independent counsel in Aug 1994 https://t.co/LZCg0cm9Tl
— Carl Lavin (@FromCarl) May 17, 2017
2. In early 1998, Starr expanded his inquiry to include possibility of obstruction of justice https://t.co/8JlluyEo3n
— Carl Lavin (@FromCarl) May 17, 2017
3. Sept 98, Starr report says there is evidence Clinton obstructed justice (tried to persuade witnesses to lie) https://t.co/xfvhxvClsl
— Carl Lavin (@FromCarl) May 17, 2017
4. Oct 98: House, in control of Republicans, votes to initiate impeachment process (31 Dems join GOP majority) https://t.co/HCAVkBmD0H
— Carl Lavin (@FromCarl) May 17, 2017
5. Two months later, full House votes for two articles of impeachment against the president (obstruction is one). https://t.co/Mk0cyj6acu
— Carl Lavin (@FromCarl) May 17, 2017
6. Senate acquits (charges rejected well short of 67 votes needed for conviction). Clinton serves full 2nd term. https://t.co/DhcIUstEqN
— Carl Lavin (@FromCarl) May 17, 2017
Is a Trump impeachment a possibility? Well, it’s all up in the air for now, but even if it were to go through, it would be a long process. Only time will tell. 
