The Indian-American Congresswoman strongly supports the impeachment moves against U.S. President Trump

Not standing up to a President who abuses power would set a wrong precedent, and that is not good for the future of the country, Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has said while strongly supporting the impeachment moves against President Donald Trump.

If we don’t stand up now to a President who abuses his power we risk sending a message to all future presidents that they can put their own personal political interest ahead of the American people, our national security and our elections and that is the gravest of threats to our democracy, Jayapal said on Wednesday.

During the first day of impeachment hearings against Mr. Trump by House Judiciary Committee, Jayapal came out in strong support of impeachment against the president.

She is the only Indian-American member in the powerful House Judiciary Committee.

This is a deeply grave moment that we find ourselves in, she said, adding that this is a threat to the nation if we cannot impeach a President who abuses his office for personal advantage we no longer live in a democracy, we live in a monarchy, or we live under a dictatorship.

The first-ever Indian-American woman elected to the House of Representatives, Ms. Jayapal, said that it is her view is that if people cannot depend on the fairness of the elections, then what people are calling divisive today will be absolutely nothing compared to the shredding of American democracy.

After the events of Ukraine unfolded, the President claimed that the reason he requested an investigation into his political opponents and withheld desperately needed military aid for Ukraine was supposedly because he was worried about corruption, she said.

However, contrary to the President’s statements various witnesses including Vice President Pence as special advisor Jennifer Williams testified that the president’s request was political, she said as she played a videotape of Williams.

One of the questions before us is whether the president’s claim that he cared about corruption is actually credible, she said.