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Democrats are increasingly whipsering about the possibility of impeaching President Trump if they regain control of the House of Representatives in November, even as top Republicans openly suggest the move would backfire politically.
The wait-and-see approach to drafting articles of impeachment would seem at odds with voter surveys, including a late-August Washington Post-ABC poll that found nearly 50 percent of Americans support immediate impeachment proceedings against the president. Four in ten residents of Ohio, which Trump carried in the 2016 presidential election, said this week that the House should consider impeaching Trump, according to a Suffolk University poll.
But Democrats are mindful of alienating moderate and conservative voters in several key states they will need to win over in order to take the House and Senate, analysts say. (A PBS poll in April found that 47 percent of voters wouldn't back a congressional candidate who wanted Trump impeached, and Fox News polling indicates the GOP is pulling away in pivotal Senate contests even as Democrats make apparent gains in the House.)
Texas Rep. Beto ORourke, whose well-funded longshot bid to unseat GOP Sen. Ted Cruz has faltered in the polls in recent weeks, has emerged as one of the clearest examples of the Democrats' strategy.
Impeachment, much like an indictment, shows that there is enough there for the case to proceed, ORourke has said, and at this point there is certainly enough there for the case to proceed. However, the 46-year-old has clarified that although he would vote for impeaching Trump, he's also not in favor of actually initiating impeachment proceedings at the moment.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-poised-to-make-historic-impeachment-push-after-dust-from-midterms-settles/ar-BBOqlIQ?li=BBnbcA1
LBM20
(1,580 posts)This is corporate media BULLSHIT!
brooklynite
(94,792 posts)...unless they know the votes exist in the Senate to convict.
LBM20
(1,580 posts)Turin_C3PO
(14,087 posts)It will surely hurt us in the long term if we impeach but then fail at Senate conviction.
This must be news to the Republicans who impeached WJC but failed to convict
Turin_C3PO
(14,087 posts)Clintons approval went up. Didnt it? Im willing to admit Im wrong on this issue but thats how I remember it.
Maven
(10,533 posts)Last edited Mon Oct 15, 2018, 08:10 PM - Edit history (2)
and the presidency (which they stole, but nonetheless it was close enough for them to steal)
And here we are, years later, with every branch of the federal government in their control.
And that was an impeachment over a minor indiscretion compared to the actual high crimes and misdemeanors that Trump has committed against our country.
Do not listen to those who say that we should only try to hold Republicans accountable if we know in advance that we can succeed. Or that we should always look forward, not back. They are holding onto a fantasy of "business as usual" that no longer exists. The poster that you are responding to is a perfect example.
Baitball Blogger
(46,769 posts)president in check.
Republicans have nothing to fear from us, no siree.
kimbutgar
(21,224 posts)The Hill has a similar article today on their website.
Remember Democrats build up the country and repukes tear it down. After 2008 I still never understood why they voters put repukes back into power.
mcar
(42,403 posts)The MSM is working overtime to get Rs revved up, aren't they?
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)LOOK AT THIS REPUBLICANS DO YOU WANT THIS??? VOTE!!!!!!!!!!
Iggo
(47,578 posts)"Democrats are increasingly whispering about the possibility..."
Some are saying.
Weasel words.
"The wait-and-see approach to drafting articles of impeachment would seem at odds with voter surveys..."
Oh it would, would it?
Weasel words.
Fullduplexxx
(7,872 posts)spanone
(135,900 posts)Warning
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,794 posts)We have to win at least one house of Congress first.