‘Rankly Unfit’: The View From a Republican Who Voted to Impeach
The Daily15 Tammi 2021

‘Rankly Unfit’: The View From a Republican Who Voted to Impeach

This episode contains strong language.

Three days after being sworn into Congress, Representative Peter Meijer, Republican of Michigan, was sitting in the gallery of the House of Representatives as pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol.

After the siege, Mr. Meijer made his feelings clear: President Trump’s actions proved that he was “rankly unfit.” A week later, he became one of just a handful of Republicans to vote for impeachment.

We talk with Mr. Meijer about his decision, his party and his ambitions.

Guest: Representative Peter Meijer, a first-term Republican congressman from Michigan.

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Background reading:

  • Meet the first-term Republican representatives who are emerging as some of their party’s sharpest critics.
  • Many Republican leaders and strategists want to prepare the party for a post-Trump future. But the pro-Trump voter base has other ideas.

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