🚨 JUST IN: 23 Democrats JOIN Republicans to shut down Al Green’s impeachment effort — outrage erupts inside the base ⚡.CT

Thursday, December 11, 2025, was supposed to be just another day of procedural motions on Capitol Hill — the kind of vote most Americans never hear about. But inside the House chamber, the message was crystal clear: an impeachment push against President Donald Trump didn’t merely fail… it was buried before it could even breathe.

Here’s what happened, without the Washington fog machine.

Rep. Al Green (D–Texas) forced the issue onto the floor with a resolution to impeach Trump, arguing the moment demanded action — not more waiting, not more “process talk,” not more strategic silence. Green’s latest attempt cited what he described as dangerous behavior and rhetoric from Trump, including inflammatory threats toward Democratic lawmakers and a controversial social media video that raised alarms about military discipline and unlawful orders.

But the House didn’t hold a long debate. It didn’t move into a full investigative posture. It didn’t even allow the impeachment question to unfold like a real national reckoning.

Instead, lawmakers voted to table the resolution — Capitol-speak for killing it on the spot.

The final tally: 237–140 in favor of tabling Green’s impeachment resolution.

And yes, politics being politics, most people expected Republicans to close ranks. That part was predictable. What wasn’t predictable — and what detonated across activist circles — was the sight of 23 House Democrats crossing over to join Republicans in shutting it down.

That number mattered because it wasn’t a tiny handful. It was enough to create a headline that sticks: Democrats didn’t just hesitate — nearly two dozen actively helped end the effort immediately.

Then came the move that turned frustration into fury: Democratic leaders didn’t uniformly vote “no” or “yes.” Many voted “present,” a strategic non-stance that signals “I’m here, but I’m not touching this.” Reports counted 47 Democrats voting present on the motion to table — a glaring visual of a party split between urgency and caution.

Supporters of the leadership position argued impeachment is a serious constitutional step — something that shouldn’t be rushed without hearings, investigation, and an evidentiary build. The thinking is simple: if you move too fast, you risk turning impeachment into a partisan boomerang.

But critics inside the Democratic base heard something else entirely: delay dressed up as discipline.

Because when a president is accused of pushing the boundaries of the office — even flirting with rhetoric that could endanger public servants or destabilize norms — tabling the conversation sends its own signal: keep going; the guardrails are negotiable.

Green, for his part, didn’t pretend he had the votes. His play was about forcing members onto the record — creating a public paper trail of who was willing to fight and who wasn’t. And now that record exists.

Trump, meanwhile, gets what every modern political machine craves: a clean headline about “impeachment failing,” plus a fresh opening to claim vindication — not because the allegations were tested and disproven, but because the House chose to shut the door before the argument could fully play out.

In Washington, they’ll call it strategy.
Outside Washington, a lot of voters are calling it something else: a moment when “present” started sounding a lot like “absent.”