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Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander said he has yet to make a decision on whether President Donald Trump should be impeached.
Alexander has been hesitant to weigh in on how he’d vote during the expected impeachment trial in the Senate. Talking to reporters in Nashville on Friday, Alexander reiterated his thoughts on the inquiry.
The Tennessee Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said Tuesday they will vote for the articles of impeachment against President Trump.
Their announcement comes on the heels of top House leaders charging Trump with abuse of power for withholding aide to Ukraine, and obstruction of Congress.
Gov. Bill Lee has a little over a month to decide whether Tennessee will continue allowing the resettlement of refugees.
The decision was prompted by an executive order issued by President Trump in September, which asks both states and cities to “consent in writing” if they want to continue refugee resettlements.
Tennessee legislators are staking out their positions on vaping and writing new proposals amid the outbreak of vaping-related lung illness, which has resulted in two deaths in the state and 47 nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
President Donald Trump still has the support of many Republicans in Tennessee. That’s amid the impeachment inquiry currently going on in Washington, D.C.
62-year-old James Lively, a retired factory worker living in Murfreesboro, is one of them.
