If the Democrats had anything that they could utilize to impeach President Donald Trump, they would have done so already.
Instead, more than two years have passed since Donald Trump became president, and the Democrats find themselves fighting among themselves. Some are pushing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to initiate the impeachment process against the president, while others are a bit more hesitant because of the potential political fallout.
The fact that Democrats have been unable or unwilling to submit articles of impeachment against Trump after more than two years is very telling.
Publicly, they allegedly want to impeach the president. However, as the old cliché goes, talk is cheap. The fact that they haven’t done so to date shows that their push for impeachment is a game of political theater, while any grounds for impeachment are weak, at best.
There are several reasons why Democrats haven’t pursued articles of impeachment. First and foremost, there is no evidence that the president has committed or engaged in any wrongdoing, let alone wrongdoing that would constitute a “high crime or misdemeanor.” While this particular basis for impeachment is quite vague, two things are relatively clear. First, the Mueller report proved that the president didn’t collude with Russia and, second, there has been no evidence that the president obstructed justice to date.
Another reason why the Democrats have not pursued impeachment likely revolves around the fact that the odds of successfully impeaching and removing Trump from office are incredibly slim, given the high threshold for removal and the current make-up of the Senate. While the Democratic-controlled House would likely vote to impeach the president, the Republican-controlled Senate wouldn’t remove him from office at this time.
While they assert that they are “doing their job” as an investigative (oversight) unit, this argument is severely flawed given their defiance and unwillingness to investigate other possible wrongdoings committed by people unrelated to Trump or his team (i.e. the Russia dossier, the bleached emails, etc.). Their sole obsession with Trump also bolsters the argument that they are using the threat of impeachment for political purposes.
The impeachment process was never meant to be a political tool. It wasn’t meant to be utilized as a means for one party to get rid of a duly elected president because the party didn’t like the president or his policies.
“Kenneth Starr, who led the Clinton investigation, says America does not deserve to go through impeachment and argues that “Impeachment is hell.” If impeachment becomes a new political weapon, we will see a permanent impeachment campaign in this country that will overshadow activism and meaningful policy changes while the American people will continue to lose faith in our government. The weaponization of the impeachment process would be a major loss for a country that is already divided both socially and politically and a loss for democracy.”Congressional Democrats have a problem that they brought on themselves. For years, they have threatened to impeach the president without any basis whatsoever. Many Americans are sick and tired of their empty threats.
They don’t know what to do and time is slowly running out.
