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    Democrats In 2 Swing Districts Are Split On Impeachment; Voters Are Wary

    Democrats won back the House in 2018 because they beat GOP candidates in areas like two of New Jersey's swing districts. But two freshmen there are split on how to handle impeachment.
    by Tim Mak Jun 04, 2019 4 minutes
    Penelope Malakates (left), James Martin and Barbara Petriello are New Jersey residents. Democrats won the House of Representatives during the 2018 elections in places like New Jersey's 3rd and 7th congressional districts, both of which flipped from GOP to Democratic control by narrow margins.

    New Jersey Democratic Congressman Tom Malinowski spent some time over the Memorial Day recess getting grilled by some of his most outspoken constituents: the sixth-graders at Warren Middle School.

    The precocious students grilled him on the plight of the Uighurs in China, the high level of taxes in the state and his view on gay rights. And then, an 11-year-old named Bodhi Lee stood up to ask a question.

    "I wanted to ask you a question on how Donald Trump has conducted himself, and do you think he has done an impeachable offense?" he asked the congressman for the 7th District.

    Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in the 2018

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