WASHINGTON, DC (KFGO) – Congressman Collin Peterson says he’s leaning against voting in favor of impeachment for President Trump, but he has yet to make a final decision. Peterson says he doesn’t believe Democrats have presented a solid enough case for impeachment and with little chance of the Republican-controlled senate going along, the process is only dividing the country further.
The Democrat, who has yet to decide whether he’ll run for another term, also says he’s been approached about becoming a Republican, but told party leadership that he will stay with the Democratic party.
“I’m staying in the party, in spite of some of the stuff that’s going on that I don’t agree with, I am not going switch parties at this stage of my career,” he told KFGO News and Views host Joel Heitkamp.
“There have been overtures by the highest levels of the Republican party in the last couple weeks to ask if I would consider it and I told them no,” he added.
New Jersey Democratic Congressman Jeff Van Drew announced over the weekend that he’s becoming a Republican.
Peterson, who is 75, was first elected in 1990. He has yet to decide whether he will seek another term.
