'Straw that broke the camel's back': Trump now facing deluge of impeachment calls

Democratic lawmakers were starting to rethink their strategy going into the midterms and considering the idea of impeaching President Donald Trump, The New York Times reported on Friday.

Democrats have long thought it would be more important to focus on affordability and the economy heading into the election cycle, but after Trump's threat this week to wipe out the entire Iranian civilization, things have changed. His demands amid the ongoing war in Iran, combined with voter outrage, "have opened the floodgates of Democratic calls for the president’s removal."

Now, more than 70 Democrats have called to either impeach Trump or invoke the 25th Amendment.

"Formerly hesitant House Democrats are now lining up to file or support articles of impeachment against the president and his top cabinet officials, motivated by what they view as Mr. Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior, and a clamor from their constituents to confront him more aggressively," The Times reported.

Rep. John Larson (D-CT) described his constituents' feelings and noted that he has received more than 400 calls from people supporting his recent decisions.

"Increasingly, voters are demanding impeachment because they’re frustrated," Larson, who filed 13 impeachment articles against Trump on Monday, told The Times.

He noted that voters have continued to voice similar sentiments.

"It’s long overdue, and why haven’t you guys done that before?" Larson said.

Larson is seeking his 15th term in office and facing a tough primary. He said he was drafting the impeachment articles against Trump weeks ago, before Trump made his threatening demands against Iran. He cited voters in his district calling on him to do something, but when Trump made the comments that "foreshadow war crimes," that was "the straw that broke the camel’s back."