President Trump was only in office two weeks before a Democratic congressman called for his impeachment.
On Feb. 1, 2017, mere days after the Trump’s inauguration, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) said the House should consider impeaching the president in the event he doesn’t abide by court orders related to his travel ban.
President Trump did end up abiding by these court orders, but that didn’t stop Democrats’ calls for impeachment. Over the ensuing months, and years, Democrats have regularly come up with reasons why they should impeach the president.
At current count, Democrats have proffered 96 different reasons for impeaching Trump.
Below you’ll see a news list we’ve cross-posted from our sister site, NewsLists.co — the original is here — which is displayed chronologically.
By far the Democrats coming up with the most reasons for impeachment are Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Rep. Al Green (D-Texas). At current count, Waters has produced 14 different reasons she thinks Trump’s impeachable; Green’s come up with 18.
A few of the more interesting: Rep. Green suggested impeaching Trump after his supporters chanted “send her back” in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.); Rep. Waters has said he should be impeached simply for being “despicable.”
Those, of course, are just a sampling. See below for the comprehensive list. And if we’re missing any, you can add more by visiting NewsLists.co.
| # | Summary | Date | Source | Accuser |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For owning hotels and golf courses | 01/20/2017 | The Washington Post | RootsAction |
| 2 | For potentially ignoring court orders on his travel ban | 02/01/2017 | MSNBC | Joaquin Castro |
| 3 | Because "we have to" | 02/06/2017 | Grabien | Maxine Waters |
| 4 | For "creating chaos and division" | 02/06/2017 | CNN | Maxine Waters |
| 5 | For potentially supplying damaging information | 02/20/2017 | MSNBC | Jerry Nadler |
| 6 | For trying to "undermine Hillary Clinton and therefore undermine our democracy" | 03/23/2017 | Grabien | Maxine Waters |
| 7 | Because his "motives and actions are contemptible" | 04/15/2017 | NTK Network | Maxine Waters |
| 8 | For "collusion" | 05/11/2017 | MSNBC | Maxine Waters |
| 9 | Because "he regards himself as above the law" | 05/14/2017 | ABC | Lawrence Tribe |
| 10 | For firing Comey | 05/15/2017 | MSNBC | Al Green |
| 11 | For allegedly disclosing classified info to Russia | 05/16/2017 | The Washington Free Beacon | Maxine Waters |
| 12 | For Comey saying Trump asked him to drop Flynn probe | 05/17/2017 | MSNBC | Jerry Nadler |
| 13 | For being "mentally unstable" | 05/22/2017 | MSNBC | Ron Reagan |
| 14 | Because they've been able to "connect the dots" | 05/28/2017 | MSNBC | Maxine Waters |
| 15 | Because "a plurality of polls" supports it | 06/07/2017 | ABC News | Al Green |
| 16 | For being "abnormal" and possibly "crazy" | 07/07/2017 | NTK Network | Maxine Waters |
| 17 | For banning transgenders from serving in the military | 10/11/2017 | Grabien | Al Green |
| 18 | For "disrespecting and disparaging women" | 10/11/2017 | CSPAN | Al Green |
| 19 | For saying NFL athletes should stand for the national anthem | 10/19/2017 | CSPAN | Al Green |
| 20 | For being "friends" with Putin | 10/24/2017 | CNN | Maxine Waters |
| 21 | For being "a clear and present danger" to Americans | 10/25/2017 | MSNBC | Tom Steyer |
| 22 | For "putting the health and safety of Americans at risk" | 10/28/2017 | MSNBC | Tom Steyer |
| 23 | For being an "inciter" of "ethnocentrism" | 11/08/2017 | CSPAN | Al Green |
| 24 | For promoting "xenophobia" | 11/08/2017 | CSPAN | Al Green |
| 25 | For inciting "bigotry" | 11/08/2017 | CSPAN | Al Green |
| 26 | For being an "inciter" of "hatred" | 11/08/2017 | CSPAN | Al Green |
| 27 | For "undermining the federal judiciary" | 11/15/2017 | Grabien | Steve Cohen |
| 28 | For mocking a disabled journalist | 11/16/2017 | Bloomberg | Maxine Waters |
| 29 | For the "Access Hollywood" tape | 11/16/2017 | Bloomberg | Maxine Waters |
| 30 | For "threatening the media" | 11/18/2017 | MSNBC | John Yarmuth |
| 31 | For "taking money from foreign governments" | 11/26/2017 | CNN | Tom Steyer |
| 32 | For "dereliction of duty" | 12/03/2017 | MSNBC | Ted Lieu |
| 33 | For being incompetent | 12/04/2017 | MSNBC | Ezra Klein |
| 34 | For bringing "dishonor" upon the United States | 12/06/2017 | CSPAN | Al Green |
| 35 | For being "psychologically deranged" | 12/16/2017 | MSNBC | Richard Painter |
| 36 | For being "racist, sexist, and Islamaphobic" | 12/30/2017 | MSNBC | Anushay Hossain |
| 37 | For not believing in the Constitution | 12/30/2017 | MSNBC | Karine Jean-Pierre |
| 38 | For being "unfit" for office | 01/08/2018 | MSNBC | Tom Steyer |
| 39 | For saying some countries are "shitholes" | 01/14/2018 | MSNBC | Al Green |
| 40 | For his aides talking to Russians | 01/26/2018 | CNN | Cory Booker |
| 41 | For urging Sessions to investigate Hillary | 02/28/2018 | MSNBC | Chris Hayes |
| 42 | For not being respectful | 03/04/2018 | MSNBC | Maxine Waters |
| 43 | For being "the most dangerous president in American history" | 03/05/2018 | MSNBC | Tom Perez |
| 44 | For name calling | 03/12/2018 | MSNBC | Maxine Waters |
| 45 | For A.G. Sessions firing Andrew McCabe | 03/16/2018 | MSNBC | Danny Cevallos |
| 46 | For violating the "emoluments clause" | 03/20/2018 | MSNBC | Tom Steyer |
| 47 | For possibly considering "firing" Mueller | 03/23/2018 | CNN | Ted Lieu |
| 48 | For being "unwilling to make it clear" Russians can't hack America's "critical infrastructure" | 03/26/2018 | MSNBC | John Garamendi |
| 49 | For being "unworthy" and "despicable" | 03/27/2018 | MSNBC | Maxine Waters |
| 50 | Because "we have the grounds to do it" | 06/27/2018 | CNN | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez |
| 51 | For staffing Trump Tower with park rangers | 01/16/2019 | MSNBC | Rashida Tlaib |
| 52 | For the BuzzFeed report on Cohen | 01/18/2019 | MSNBC | Eugene Robinson |
| 53 | For the "so many things" he has done | 01/20/2019 | MSNBC | Maxine Waters |
| 54 | Because Virginia's governor wore blackface | 02/08/2019 | CSPAN | Al Green |
| 55 | To prevent his re-election | 05/04/2019 | MSNBC | Al Green |
| 56 | Because the "system of checks and balances is at risk" | 05/15/2019 | C-SPAN | Al Green |
| 57 | To prevent a "monarchy" | 05/15/2019 | C-SPAN | Al Green |
| 58 | For not releasing his tax returns | 05/16/2019 | Campaign Ad | Tom Steyer |
| 59 | To put a "stain" on his presidency | 05/25/2019 | MSNBC | Karine Jean-Pierre |
| 60 | Because it's "critical to our national security" | 05/27/2019 | MSNBC | Richard Painter |
| 61 | Because it would be "crazy not to do it" | 05/30/2019 | CNN | John Hickenlooper |
| 62 | In order to "set a precedent" for future presidents | 06/01/2019 | MSNBC | Karine Jean-Pierre |
| 63 | Because we have a "moral obligation" | 06/02/2019 | CNN | Cory Booker |
| 64 | Because it will help "educate" and "inform" the American public | 06/03/2019 | MSNBC | Mike Quigley |
| 65 | Because the president "is leaving us no choice" | 06/04/2019 | CNN | Dan Kildee |
| 66 | Because it's our "constitutional duty" to "have this debate" | 06/08/2019 | MSNBC | Seth Moulton |
| 67 | For failing to "produce evidence" | 06/10/2019 | CNN | Steve Cohen |
| 68 | For saying the press is the "enemy of the people" | 06/10/2019 | CNN | Steve Cohen |
| 69 | For saying he'd take "dirt" on rivals from foreigners | 06/13/2019 | CNN | Steve Cohen |
| 70 | For Kellyanne Conway's alleged Hatch Act violation | 06/14/2019 | MSNBC | Richard Painter |
| 71 | To ensure Robert Mueller's work is continued | 06/19/2019 | NTK Network | Katie Porter |
| 72 | For being "above the law" | 07/11/2019 | C-SPAN | Al Green |
| 73 | For "inhumane" conditions at the border | 07/15/2019 | MSNBC | Rashida Tlaib |
| 74 | For "high crimes and misdemeanors" | 07/15/2019 | MSNBC | Ilhan Omar |
| 75 | For administration officials defying congressional subpoenas | 07/16/2019 | C-SPAN | Ann Kirkpatrick |
| 76 | For saying fellow Americans should "go back to other countries" | 07/17/2019 | C-SPAN | Al Green |
| 77 | For Trump crowd's "send her back" chant | 07/18/2019 | CNN | Al Green |
| 78 | For attacks on the judiciary | 07/19/2019 | MSNBC | Steve Cohen |
| 79 | Because we're in a "constitutional crisis" | 07/25/2019 | C-SPAN | Al Green |
| 80 | For offering to host G7 summit at Doral | 08/31/2019 | MSNBC | House Judiciary Committee |
| 81 | For influencing the decision of the new FBI building's location | 08/31/2019 | MSNBC | Mike Quigley |
| 82 | For publicising his own assets | 08/31/2019 | MSNBC | Mike Quigley |
| 83 | For suggesting a company for Army Corps to award wall production contract | 08/31/2019 | MSNBC | Richard Painter |
| 84 | For talking like Hitler | 08/31/2019 | MSNBC | Richard Painter |
| 85 | Because every new impeachable offense makes it harder to take action | 08/31/2019 | MSNBC | David Cicilline |
| 86 | To ensure "our democracy" is "saved" | 09/10/2019 | MSNBC | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez |
| 87 | For investigating Hunter Biden | 09/22/2019 | CNN | Adam Schiff |
| 88 | For "hijacking" American foreign policy | 09/23/2019 | MSNBC | Chris Hayes |
| 89 | For betraying his oath of office | 09/24/2019 | Politico | Nancy Pelosi |
| 90 | For "coercing" a foreign government | 09/25/2019 | MSNBC | Matthew Miller |
| 91 | For "extorting" a foreign government | 09/25/2019 | MSNBC | Matthew Miller |
| 92 | For having a telephone conversation with the president of Ukraine | 09/26/2019 | CNN | Maxine Waters |
| 93 | For "intimidating" the whistleblower | 10/01/2019 | ABC | Jon Karl |
| 94 | For Kurt Volker's text messages with Ukraine | 10/04/2019 | CNN | Jim Himes |
| 95 | For being a "traitor" | 10/06/2019 | CNN | Joe Walsh |
| 96 | For blocking US ambassador to EU from testifying | 10/08/2019 | Washington Examiner | Adam Schiff |
| 97 | For likening impeachment to "lynching" | 10/22/2019 | CSPAN | Al Green |
| 98 | For pronouncing November 'National American History and Founders Month' | 11/05/2019 | Rashida Tlaib | |
| 99 | For "intimidation" of witness Yovanovitch with tweets | 11/15/2019 | CNN | Eric Swalwell |
| 100 | For 'trying to use the court system' | 11/22/2019 | Washington Free Beacon | Pramila Jayapal |
| 101 | For joking about shooting someone on 5th Avenue | 12/17/2019 | Grabien | Norma Torres |
| 102 | For involvement in Roger Stone/DOJ "controversy" | 02/12/2020 | The Right Scoop | Eric Swalwell |
| 103 | For issues related to the classified documents case | 06/11/2023 | MSNBC | Eric Holder |