Political Landscape: Rouda to speak in Newport a week after announcing support for Trump impeachment

Rouda announced Tuesday that he favors the House of Representatives pursuing impeachment of President Trump because of “repeated betrayals of his oath to preserve, protect and defend our nation’s Constitution.”

Rouda’s statement came shortly before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) announced that the House would begin an impeachment inquiry, largely because of a phone call in July with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Trump urged him to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a possible Trump opponent in the 2020 presidential race.