Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement that the House will formally consider President Trump's impeachment has plunged America into a constitutional crisis.
The president won't be forced from the White House even if Mrs. Pelosi finds 218 votes for impeachment.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez enthuses that pursuing impeachment "Puts the party in a new direction." That may be true, but other Democrats will likely be hurt during this political firefight, some of them dangerously so.
Growing knowledge of this situation, certain to emerge during any impeachment inquiry, could doom the senior Mr. Biden's presidential hopes.
On Saturday Ms. Warren called for Mr. Trump's impeachment for having "Solicited another foreign government to attack our election system." In a Tuesday fundraising email, Mr. Schiff accused the president of having "Pressured a foreign leader to make up dirt on one of his political opponents."
Mrs. Pelosi knows impeachment is unpopular with voters, especially in the 43 Republican districts that Democrats flipped in 2018.
Yet Mrs. Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry, despite lacking the 218 votes that previous impeachment efforts needed to proceed formally.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pelosis-circular-firing-squad-11569452894
The president won't be forced from the White House even if Mrs. Pelosi finds 218 votes for impeachment.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez enthuses that pursuing impeachment "Puts the party in a new direction." That may be true, but other Democrats will likely be hurt during this political firefight, some of them dangerously so.
Growing knowledge of this situation, certain to emerge during any impeachment inquiry, could doom the senior Mr. Biden's presidential hopes.
On Saturday Ms. Warren called for Mr. Trump's impeachment for having "Solicited another foreign government to attack our election system." In a Tuesday fundraising email, Mr. Schiff accused the president of having "Pressured a foreign leader to make up dirt on one of his political opponents."
Mrs. Pelosi knows impeachment is unpopular with voters, especially in the 43 Republican districts that Democrats flipped in 2018.
Yet Mrs. Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry, despite lacking the 218 votes that previous impeachment efforts needed to proceed formally.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pelosis-circular-firing-squad-11569452894
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