Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezOn The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline McCarthy says there will be a peaceful transition if Biden wins Anxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid MORE (D-N.Y.) told reporters Tuesday that she wants the House to vote to impeach President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE since it will force Republicans to take a vote on the issue.

"I want to see every Republican go on the record and knowingly vote against impeachment of this president, knowing his corruption, having it on the record so that they can have that stain on their careers for the rest of their lives," Ocasio-Cortez said.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on potential impeachment inquiry:



"I want to see every Republican go on the record and knowingly vote against impeachment of this president knowing his corruption, having it on the record ... because this is outrageous to protect the amount of lawlessness." pic.twitter.com/FCGzNeiccI — MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 10, 2019

"It is beyond time, and we have to end this lawlessness and corruption coming out of the White House," she said.

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Ocasio-Cortez earlier had tweeted out criticism of Trump in the context of reports that the House Oversight and Reform Committee has been reviewing military expenses spent at Trump's Turnberry resort in Scotland.

The President is corrupt and must be impeached. https://t.co/L4fS2pExDe — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 7, 2019

Democrats increasingly are leaning into questions about whether Trump's businesses are profiting off his presidency as they consider impeachment.

House Democrats have been divided over whether to go forward with impeachment.

They lack the 218 votes needed to impeach Trump, though a majority of the caucus now does support impeachment.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif.) opposes impeachment, arguing it could hurt Democrats in some swing districts and that the party is better off seeking to defeat Trump at the ballot box.

She and other critics have also noted that Trump is very unlikely to be convicted in the Senate. That would require 67 votes in a chamber with 53 Republicans.

Some Democrats say that even if the Senate does not convict Trump, the House should impeach him to force the Senate into a vote.