Not THAT brave

A Republican congressman supports an “oversight process" to determine whether President Trump broke the law when he asked a foreign leader to look into a political opponent’s activities.

Just don’t call it an impeachment inquiry.

Rep. Mark Amodei of Nevada used language during a phone call with reporters on Friday night that suggested he supported the Democrats’ investigation into Trump.

“Let’s put it through the process and see what happens,” Amodei said, according to the Nevada Independent. "I’m a big fan of oversight, so let’s let the committees get to work and see where it goes.”

“Using government agencies to, if it’s proven, to put your finger on the scale of an election, I don’t think that’s right,” he added. “If it turns out that it’s something along those lines, then there’s a problem.”

But after news outlets began reporting that Amodei was the first House Republican to side with Democrats on opening an impeachment inquiry, Amodei and his staff pushed back — hard. Sure, they argued, the congressman wanted to find out what occurred between Trump and the Ukrainian president. But that’s not the same as wanting the House to begin impeachment proceedings.

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He was, he said, referring to his vote to give the whistleblower complaint against Trump to the intelligence committees to vet. That action was supported unanimously in the House and Senate.

“I now have a full appreciation of how the president feels," Amodei said in an apparent dig at the news media.

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When asked to clarify the congressman’s position further, Amodei spokesman Logan Tucker said that the difference between backing an oversight process and supporting “Pelosi’s inquiry” is that “then you stand with the 223 Democrats  [...] . Again, prior to any such process playing out, the congressman does not support impeachment in any way, shape or form.”

  WaPo

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.