WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House is marching toward a historic evening vote to impeach President Donald Trump. As debate proceeded on Wednesday, Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Congress must “defend democracy” by evicting him from the White House. Trump would be just the third American president to be impeached, a distinctive dark mark on his tenure. From the White House, he tweeted that despite the Democrats’ patriotic talk, they were actually perpetrating “an assault on America.” He and his Republican supporters say the Democrats are just trying to remove a president they couldn’t beat at the ballot box.