The vote by the Kansas delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives on whether to impeach President Donald Trump split along party lines.
Republicans Roger Marshall, Ron Estes and Steve Watkins all voted no Wednesday night on the two articles of impeachment. Democrat Sharice Davids voted yes.
The split mirrored that of the entire House. In a vote that almost exclusively fell along party lines, House members voted to impeach Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
He is the third president in U.S. history to be impeached.
The case now moves to the Senate, which is expected to vote next month on whether to remove Trump from office. Political experts consider that unlikely.
Members of the Kansas delegation all released statements either just before or after the vote.
Ron Estes, Republican, 4th District
Tonights impeachment is not about evidence, the rule of law or the Constitution. Instead, the articles of impeachment passed tonight by the U.S. House of Representatives are the culmination of a desire by many House Democrats to impeach President Trump which began the day he was sworn-in.
Roger Marshall, Republican, 1st District
I will vote no because this President has done nothing wrong. And if my Democrat colleagues were honest, theyd tell us that the only thing President Trump is guilty of is not being Hillary Clinton. The only party guilty of obstruction, abuse of power, or whatever focus group term they are using today, is the party on the other side of this aisle.
Steve Watkins, Republican, 2nd District
After three years of obstruction and resistance, Democrats brought forward articles of impeachment that prove once and for all this entire process has been nothing more than desperate political theatre. The American people deserve better. I will be voting no on both articles of impeachment.
