WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a New Jersey Democrat who broke with his party to vote against Trump’s impeachment, is becoming a Republican.
“Jeff will be joining the Republican Party,” Trump announced during an Oval Office appearance with Van Drew, who t old his staff over the weekend that he would become a Republican.
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