Search – PolitiFact

Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

Search results for 'TOP REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING FOR IMPEACHMENT'

0 People

15 Fact-checks

22 Articles

People (0)

Sorry, no results were found

Fact-checks (15)

Charles Schumer stated on January 24, 2020 in a news conference:

"The American people are overwhelmingly with us" in calling witnesses in Senate trial

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020

Jim Sensenbrenner stated on December 11, 2019 in a tweet:

"104 House Democrats voted for impeachment before the Ukraine call took place."

By Madeline Heim • December 20, 2019

Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden "blackmailed Ukraine with a billion in tax dollars to drop an investigation into his son and Democrats want to impeach President Trump for simply asking if it was true?"

By Daniel Funke • December 10, 2019

Tom Cole stated on October 31, 2019 in a speech on the House floor:

The impeachment process against Donald Trump "provides fewer due process protections and fewer protections for minority rights than what we have seen in previous impeachment efforts."

By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2019

Juan Williams stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party."

By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2014

Commonwealth Together PAC stated on April 8, 2026 in an online ad:

“Moulton voted with Republicans to thank ICE for protecting our homeland. He thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and killed citizens in broad daylight.”

By Amy Sherman • April 13, 2026

Instagram posts stated on May 17, 2023 in a post:

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called for the immediate “expulsion and prosecution of Rep. Adam Schiff for committing crimes of treason against the United States.”

By Madison Czopek • May 30, 2023

Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2022 in a post:

Video shows Sen. John Kennedy telling Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, “You will be impeached.”

By Gabrielle Settles • December 15, 2022

Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Biden impeachment in progress.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 8, 2022

Jay Sekulow stated on January 22, 2020 in the Senate impeachment trial:

Says President Donald Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid was like when "the Obama administration withheld $585 million of promised aid to Egypt in 2013 ... (and within the fiscal year) they didn't have to disclose the halt to anyone."

By Jon Greenberg • January 28, 2020

Jim Himes stated on December 18, 2019 in in an impeachment debate:

Says President Donald Trump "has not given this Congress a single email, phone record or document."

By Bill McCarthy • December 19, 2019

Ted Cruz stated on December 8, 2019 in a TV interview:

"Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."

By Madlin Mekelburg • December 12, 2019

Matt Gaetz stated on October 21, 2019 in a tweet:

"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."

By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2019

Mark Harris stated on October 10, 2018 in a tweet:

"In our debate, Dan McCready doubled down on his support for Pelosi’s liberal agenda of … impeaching our president."

By Paul Specht • October 31, 2018

Ted Cruz stated on August 3, 2018 in a video ad made public by the Texas Tribune:

Says Beto O’Rourke is "open to abolishing ICE."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2018

View all 15 Factchecks

Articles (22)

Trump Oval Office economic remarks Mar 7 2025

President Donald Trump called for a judge’s impeachment. It’s unlikely to happen.

By Amy Sherman • March 19, 2025

Alexander Smirnov lawyer David Chesnoff outside Los Angeles County Court, 2-26-2024

Who is Alexander Smirnov, and what does his indictment mean for the GOP impeachment inquiry?

By Madison Czopek • February 26, 2024

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Capitol, 7-27-2023

A possible House impeachment investigation of Joe Biden: What to know

By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2023

Why Clinton disinformation resurfaced during Trump’s impeachment trial

By Daniel Funke • February 17, 2020

PolitiFact answers the Senate’s impeachment questions

By Bill McCarthy, Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2020

Fact-checking House Republicans’ impeachment report defending Trump on Ukraine

By Amy Sherman, Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde • December 3, 2019

Fact-checking Trump’s falsehoods on Fox & Friends about Ukraine, impeachment and Mueller report

By Amy Sherman, Bill McCarthy, Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • November 22, 2019

Fact-checking the Trump impeachment hearings: Vindman, Volker, Morrison and Williams

By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2019

5 key moments during Marie Yovanovitch’s impeachment testimony

By Jon Greenberg • November 15, 2019

Timeline: The Trump impeachment inquiry

By Bill McCarthy, John Kruzel • October 3, 2019

Why did JD Vance accuse Kamala Harris of engaging in censorship ‘at an industrial scale’? We explain

By Samantha Putterman, Jeff Cercone • October 3, 2024

Fact-checking Trump’s Truth Social response video to his documents indictment

By Amy Sherman, Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Jeff Cercone • June 9, 2023

House hearings about the Jan. 6 insurrection begin this week. Here’s what to watch

By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2022

Wild GOP Senate primary in Pennsylvania coming to a close

By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2022

The race for the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat: A guide

By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2022

Rioters scale Capitol walls on Jan. 6, more headlines art for 2021 LOTY

The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman, Bill McCarthy • December 15, 2021

Rioters push police barrier Capitol Jan. 6

Misinformation and the Jan. 6 insurrection: When ‘patriot warriors’ were fed lies

By Bill McCarthy • June 30, 2021

Pelosi and Pence electoral college 1/6/2021

Using the 25th Amendment or impeaching Trump: Could they happen?

By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2021

The president who cried hoax? Experts weigh in on Trump’s use of the word

By Bill McCarthy • April 1, 2020

Fiona Hill and conspiracy theories about Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know

By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2019