{"id":40320,"date":"2019-12-15T18:10:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T18:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40320"},"modified":"2019-12-15T18:10:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T18:10:28","slug":"rep-van-drew-finds-a-way-to-make-big-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40320","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Van Drew finds a way to make big news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23impeachment%20%23JeffVanDrew%20%23POTUS%20%23GOP&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/90-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40321\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/90-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/90-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/90-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/90-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/90-2.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey toiled in obscurity as a back-bench member of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Then he thrust himself onto the front pages simply by declining to endorse his party&#8217;s effort to impeach Donald Trump. He said he would vote &#8220;no&#8221; on impeachment articles when the issue reaches the full House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>So now he is switching from the Democratic to Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Are you surprised? Neither am I. Are you disappointed? Me, neither on that one, too.<\/p>\n<p>Van Drew is likely to be among a handful of House Democrats who will vote &#8220;no&#8221; on whether to impeach the president. That&#8217;s their call. There&#8217;s no need to argue the point here. My feelings on the president&#8217;s conduct are known to those who read this blog.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose my major takeaway from Van Drew&#8217;s pending decision is that he has found a way to make a name for himself well beyond his congressional district.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23impeachment%20%23JeffVanDrew%20%23POTUS%20%23GOP&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey toiled in obscurity as a back-bench member of Congress. Then he thrust himself onto the front pages simply by declining to endorse his party&#8217;s effort to impeach Donald Trump. He said he would vote &#8220;no&#8221; on impeachment articles when the issue reaches the full House of Representatives. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40320\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rep. 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