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Impeach Trump? An America filled with anger and animosity digs in

DUBUQUE, Iowa - It was a day like many across the divided states of America, brimming with anger, resentment and festering grudges.

For just the fourth time in history, the House of Representatives - the people's house - began formally weighing impeachment of a president and, in El Paso, Texas, Rebecca Reyes was thoroughly pleased.

It was, she suggested Wednesday, about time.

"He's the worst president we've ever had," said Reyes, 60, a Democratic attorney. "Not only has he abused his power, he's destroyed the psyche of many Americans."

In Dubuque, behind the bar of Choppers, manager John LuGrain saw things differently. Impeachment, he suggested, was more of the same old, same old.

"It's still a witch hunt," he said, quoting the words

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