This Is 1 of 60 Swing Seats the GOP Is Targeting: Here's Where Voters Stand on Impeachment
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- Congresswoman Elaine Luriatook a big political risk
when she called for an impeachment inquiry
with six other freshmen colleagues.
Now, the former Navy Commanderis back in her district
to see how her constituentsfeel about her bold decision.
- The people who havecome up to me have said,
we support you.
Thank you for being strong.
Thank you for making a decision
because it was the right decision
not because there wasa political calculus.
- [Abigail] Luria says she feels supported
by her constituents andstands by her decision.
- Whether it has implications
on my future election prospects in 2020,
I wanna be able to look in the mirror,
and look and say that I wason the right side of history
and not that this had any sortof political ramifications.
- [Abigail] In the crowd.
- Trump needs to be impeached.
- [Abigail] Support was mixed.
- You gotta have meat behindwhatever you're doing.
I don't know that there'senough meat behind it.
I don't really care at this point.
- [Abigail] While DeniseKline tells CBN News
she personally supportsthe impeachment inquiry.
- The Ukraine issue becamesuch a front and center issue,
I realized that this was time
that we really had to do something.
- [Abigail] She doesn't thinkthe majority of the district
agrees with her.
- I have seen three letters lately
where people have been quite,
in the letters to the editor where people
are quite upset with this decision
that Representative Luria made,
and two that have been in support.
- [Abigail] Outside the Town Hall,
Republicans held a counter protest.
- They're sitting therelooking for an opportunity
to try to impeach the President
instead of looking for an opportunity
to work for their constituents.
- [Abigail] Calling theimpeachment inquiry a fraud.
- This impeachment is going nowhere.
It's clearly a fraud.
It's another attempt by the Democrats
to undo the election of 2016.
- Congresswoman Luria is one of about
60 vulnerable Democrats
the National Republican Party is targeting
with big digital ad buys in 2020.
Recording from Virginia Beach, Virginia,
Abigail Robertson, CBN News.