Tom Steyer, a left-wing billionaire, recently spent millions of dollars in advertising urging President Trump’s impeachment. According to Steyer, the only way for Democrats to win the 2018 midterm elections is by impeaching President Trump. Mr. Steyer was not alone, as Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) called to impeach the president. http://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/06/25/tom-steyer-to-win-midterms-democrats-must-promise-to-impeach-trump/
First, let’s get the legalities out of the way. To impeach a president, there must be an impeachable offense. The Constitution specifies two specific crimes — treason and bribery — that could merit impeachment and removal from office. In addition to that, it mentions a vaguer, broader category of “other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/12/15615066/impeachment-trump-process-history
If there is evidence of an impeachable offense, a majority of the House first needs to approve articles of impeachment. Once this occurs, a trial is held in the Senate and 2/3 of the Senate must vote to convict the president to remove him from office. This is a very difficult standard to meet. To date, there has been no proof/evidence of an impeachable offense (or any offense) against President Trump. Therefore, without an impeachable offense, talk of impeachment appears to stem solely from partisan politics.
Taking this a step further, even if the Democrats gain control of the House in November and approve articles of impeachment based on partisan grounds, the likelihood of impeachment and removal is extremely low given the incredibly high 2/3 threshold needed in the Senate. For this reason, unless one party obtains a supermajority in the House and Senate, the likelihood of impeachment on partisan grounds is extremely remote. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/12/15615066/impeachment-trump-process-history
While talk of impeachment has some bark, it has no bite. Despite this, some Democrats continue to push this narrative. What is confusing, however, is the fact that some Democrats are eager and willing to impeach a sitting president who has not committed any crime yet are unwilling to punish/discipline a member of Congress (Maxine Waters) who called for people to harass the president and/or administration officials.
This is hypocrisy at its very core. On the one hand, Democrats push for impeachment based on the results of a biased and tarnished investigation and with no evidence of any wrongdoing. On the other hand, they are unwilling to push for tough measures when the circumstances and facts scream for such discipline?
Democrats are in between a rock and a hard place. They can either forget about impeachment and admit that President Trump has committed no wrongdoing, or they can push for very strong measures/discipline against Congresswoman Waters. If they admit that President Trump is “guilt free,” they will destroy their entire “Russia collusion” narrative. On the other hand, if they push for strong measures against Congresswoman Waters, some might perceive this as weakness and/or opine that they are supporting/protecting the president.
They do have a third option…to divert and distract. The problem is that they are running out of smokescreens and November is right around the corner.
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