Impeachment and Congressional Oversight

At a Jan. 24 Texas AFL‑CIO convention debate, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D‑Texas, said there is 'more than enough to impeach Donald Trump' and vowed to support formal impeachment proceedings if elected to the U.S. Senate, citing his use of tariffs as her starting point. Crockett, already a vocal critic of Trump’s immigration crackdown, also reiterated her comparison of his enforcement campaign to Nazi Germany and defended her co‑sponsorship of articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for allegedly weaponizing ICE and committing 'state‑sanctioned violence.' Her primary opponent, state Rep. James Talarico, agreed the administration has likely committed impeachable offenses but stopped short of explicitly backing impeachment. The debate, held before hundreds of labor union members, underscores how calls to impeach Trump over economic and immigration policy are moving from the party’s left flank into a high‑profile Senate primary in a major red state. On social media, pro‑ and anti‑Trump activists are already amplifying Crockett’s remarks, with supporters praising her toughness and critics framing her as proof Democrats intend to use impeachment as a routine political tool.