Salt Lake Tribune · Dec 24, 2019
Democrats test whether voters will shrug off impeachment
(Alexandra Jaffe | AP) In this Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, photo, Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, speaks to constituents about her vote on the USMCA trade deal in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Axne, who represents a district Donald Trump won in 2016, has been targeted by Republicans for her support of the impeachment proceedings, but at the town hall none of her constituents raised her vote against the president.Guthrie Center, Iowa • Rep. Cindy Axne happily talked about trade, health care and agriculture with about three dozen constituents who gathered in a farm bureau office the weekend before Christmas. Missing from the Iowa Democrat’s talking points: her recent vote to impeach President Donald Trump.