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WATCH: Democrat Impeaching Trump Can’t Name Five Towns In His Own District In Resurfaced Video
In a video now going viral, Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI), who recently filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, was caught stumbling over a basic question about his own congressional district—unable to name the five Grosse Pointe municipalities he claims to represent.
Thanedar, who has drawn criticism even from within his own party over his poorly-timed impeachment stunt, faced Detroit journalist Charlie LeDuff during a sparsely attended “Impeachment Town Hall” in Michigan. When asked if he could list the five Grosse Pointe cities—common knowledge for most local residents—Thanedar deflected.
Thanedar tried to recover, saying, “Look, I’m not here to answer a quiz. I’m here to say that I’m going to fight for the people of Detroit. I’m going to fight for my constituents.”
LeDuff then did what Thanedar could not—name the towns for him: Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Farms, and Grosse Pointe Shores.
WATCH:
This is hard to believe.
Congressman Shri Thanedar who is trying to impeach President Trump while he is in the Middle East trying to broker peace gets scorched by @Charlieleduff
He doesn’t even know the communities he represents.
How did he get elected?
Credit: @mich_enjoyer pic.twitter.com/zm7dzYdOoL— Big Fish (@BigFish3000) May 14, 2025
Thanedar filed seven articles of impeachment against President Trump, centering on claims such as Trump ignoring a Supreme Court ruling involving the deportation of Salvadoran MS-13 member Kilmar Ábrego García and accusations that Trump’s government efficiency measures violate the Constitution. He also attacked the Trump White House for banning the Associated Press over its refusal to refer to the “Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America.”
Despite Thanedar’s insistence that he’s doing the right thing, House Democratic leadership has made clear they want nothing to do with the effort. House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA) blasted the move as “not the right approach” and confirmed that he would vote to table the motion alongside Republicans.
“This is such an impactful moment,” Aguilar said Wednesday. “We shouldn’t be talking about this proposal that is not right, not timely.”
Adding insult to injury, all four Democratic co-sponsors initially listed on Thanedar’s bill have withdrawn their support. One unnamed colleague accused him of listing a co-sponsor based on a vague one-on-one conversation without informing their staff.
The collapse of Thanedar’s impeachment push comes at a particularly awkward time for the Michigan Democrat. Just hours before announcing the measure, Thanedar drew a primary challenger after months of quiet pressure from local party officials who have grown disillusioned with his tenure. Now, his Democratic peers aren’t holding back.
“This is a self-own that fundamentally undermines our capacity to continue to have a conversation with people we need to win over,” one Democratic source told Axios recently. Another source slammed Thanedar’s move as “self-serving,” accusing him of using impeachment to distract from his own political vulnerabilities.
As House Republicans prepare for a Wednesday evening vote to table the measure, the final chapter of Thanedar’s impeachment bid appears all but written.
Even Thanedar himself admitted his push is unpopular: “Even some Democrats call me a lunatic, just like the president has called me lunatic,” he said. But he insisted no one had called his articles of impeachment “a piece of s—.”
That may be true—but based on the reactions from his colleagues, they didn’t need to.
