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After bruising defeats in Virginia, New Jersey, and Alabama, Republicans are
bracing for the possibility that Democrats take back the House in 2018—and
Democrats, after a year in the wilderness, are beginning to seriously
debate the political ramifications of impeaching Donald Trump if they do.
For months, the Democratic base has been agitating for leadership to take
more aggressive steps to censure the president. Until now, the idea of
impeaching Trump has taken a backseat to more prosaic concerns. But if
Democrats take back the House, that conversation will quickly enter the
mainstream—as will the attendant political risks.
Democratic leadership has been wary of having that conversation too early.
As soon as Democratic lawmakers began floating the possibility of Trump’s
ouster, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi moved to shut down the discussion
. “What are the facts?” the California lawmaker said during an interview
with CNN last May. “If you don’t have that case, you’re just
participating in more hearsay.” Despite leadership’s best efforts to
stymie impeachment rumblings, they have endured on Capitol Hill. As Robert
Mueller’s probe has drawn closer to the president, public support for
removing the president from office has reached an all-time high, according
to recent Democratic polling.
The fervor on the left has been fueled in part by Democratic activists and
donors who have put the impeachment issue front and center, to Pelosi's
consternation. At the forefront has been Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer,
who has spurred support for Trump’s impeachment with the launch of his
digital petition campaign, NeedToImpeach.org. Politico reports] that through
a combination of traditional television spots and grassroots campaigning,
Steyer has collected nearly 4 million digital signatures and incited a fresh
wave of support for Trump’s ouster among the Democratic base. “We have
tapped into something much larger than we thought,” Steyer said in a recent
C-SPAN interview. The success of the campaign has even prompted speculation
that Steyer, who has drawn the ire of President Trump, might run in 2020.
On Capitol Hill, there is growing support for Trump’s impeachment. Earlier
this month, 58 House Democrats voted to begin debate on articles of
impeachment against Trump after Representative Al Green of Texas introduced
a resolution on the floor. “I think a lot of the base would push strongly
for impeachment. I think many of us feel like the lines have been crossed,”
California Representative Jared Huffmantold Politico.
Others, however, urge caution, highlighting the backlash the Republican
Party faced after the G.O.P.-led House voted to impeach Bill Clinton in 1998
. “Impeachment, it’s not something you ought to welcome. It’s not
something you ought to be ready to—it’s not something you want,” New York
Representative Jerry Nadler, who was elected as the top Democrat on the
House Judiciary Committee—where any impeachment proceedings would begin—
said in an interview with Politico. “If we were in the majority and if we
decide that the evidence isn't there for impeachment—or even if the
evidence is there [and] we decide it would tear the country apart too much,
there's no buy-in, there's no bipartisanship and we shouldn't do it for
whatever reason—if we decide that, then it's our duty to educate the
country why we decided it.”
See the video.
There is a fear among Democrats that any partisan move against Trump would
backfire. “Winning the House shouldn’t be seen as a referendum one way or
the other on the question of impeachment. To insist otherwise calls into
question the credibility of the entire effort,” Virginia Representative
Gerry Connolly told Politico. “I think that is a huge mistake and a pitfall
at all costs to be avoided.” He continued that an effort to impeach Trump
should be driven by facts. “I take an oath to the Constitution of the
United States, and this is a constitutional process,” he added.
The concern that any effort to impeach Trump would be seen as partisan and
interpreted as an example of Democrats being obstructionists is particularly
strong among Democrats representing districts Trump beat Hillary Clinton in
last year. “People in a swing district—I’m literally a 50-50 district—
they just want us to get something done,” Representative Cheri Bustos of
Illinois said. “If we win back the majority and we don’t stay focused on
what people want us to stay focused on, that majority will be short lived.” | l*******g
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