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AOC leads call for federal ethics investigation into Clarence Thomas ( www.theguardian.com )

Five House Democrats led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York wrote to the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, to demand a federal investigation of the conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas, over his acceptance of undeclared gifts from billionaire rightwing donors....

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Can you link me a member of Democrat party leadership saying they’d impeach Thomas?

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So if the Democratic party leadership won’t commit to impeachment how is voting for them going to change the status quo of not impeaching judges?

You said if you want to change this, you need this many Democrats. But the Democrats aren’t saying they’re going to change it. And presumably they know more about their intentions than you.

Also you need 2/3 majority to convict. So you might want to revise your numbers.

Edited to fix a typo

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