Overview
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez formally sought Trump’s impeachment on June 21, citing his unauthorized strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities as a constitutional breach.
- On June 24, Trump labeled her “one of the dumbest people in Congress,” challenged Democrats to “MAKE MY DAY” by impeaching him again and referenced two prior impeachment attempts.
- He suggested Ocasio-Cortez take the same cognitive assessment he passed at Walter Reed Medical Center and derided Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Ilhan Omar as unqualified and “low IQ.”
- Trump highlighted what he called the lowest poll numbers in Congressional history for Democrats to bolster his invitation for another impeachment effort.
- The exchange underscores intensifying clashes over presidential war powers and deepening partisan divides between the administration and Congressional Democrats.