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Impeachment Is No Longer a Political Loser for Democrats
The Clinton example doesn’t apply in Trump’s case.
Impeachment is in play.
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After months of hesitation, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has called for an inquiry into the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Republicans believe she is making a mistake. As House Democrats have one by one announced their willingness to impeach Trump, Republican campaign spokesmen issued press releases to portray them as lunatics. Representative Lizzie Fletcher, a Democrat from Houston, “supports the socialist Democrats’ wild-eyed drive toward impeachment.” Representative Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey has sided with the party’s “rabid base.”