Public opinion is souring on Democrat-led impeachment efforts against President Trump
On Sunday, Washington Post reporter Rachel Bade told CNN, who probably wasn’t looking to hear this news, how she and her colleagues are hearing “behind the scenes” that a growing number of House Democrats are starting to “get cold feet” on moving forward with impeaching Trump.
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According to YouGov, after the first week of public impeachment hearings, support for impeaching Trump was down four points.
Another YouGov survey saw an eight-point approval swing in the positive for Trump.
WaPo’s Bade: some Democrats getting “cold feet” as worries grow about public opposition to impeachmenthttps://t.co/koIHxsHdhb pic.twitter.com/RRe6zFkSCS
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Here’s the issue. Will Democratic leaders continue to pursue impeachment, even if public opinion is cutting against them?
Some of those Democrats raised their concerns with party leaders this week as they prepared to leave for Thanksgiving recess, fearing that voters will be bombarded by anti-impeachment ads as families gather around the TV for parades and football, according to multiple lawmakers and aides.
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Meanwhile, swing-district Democrats are receiving little reinforcement from their own party or even other liberal coalitions. Democratic and pro-impeachment groups have spent about $2.7 million in TV ads, according to an analysis of spending by the ad tracking firm Advertising Analytics. And more than $600,000 of that total went to ads targeting Republican incumbents, not helping vulnerable Democratic members.
“Many of us have been expressing our concerns to leadership,” said a Democratic lawmaker said, who declined to be named in order to speak candidly about strategy. “You don’t want to have to play catch up.”
“Everyone knows you don’t just take a shot and sit there,” the lawmaker said. “It’s like someone taped our arms to our side and punched us in the face.” [Politico]
I have been trying to tell the Trump Bashers for weeks that they have nothing and that it is going nowhere, but their delusions are fixed and refuse to accept what is in front of them. They continue to believe every word from the fake news.
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This President was elected because he did not fit the Washington D.C. mold of business as usual. Hell, he broke the mold. The “quid pro quo” materialized out of the Washington miasma, conjured-up by the necromancers religiously chanting to maintain the “status quo.”
The public hasn’t lost enthusiasm for impeachment; the public never really had it to lose. This mantra has become like elevator music. After a while, you don’t hear it and pay attention anymore. As more information becomes available, the charlatans who have been running this government and our lives will have a lot to answer for. I can’t wait for the House vote to impeach, and the Senate trial. Get all the witnesses up before the Judiciary committee.
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Let’s see how all that wrings out.
I think some of us feel apathetic and feel that we have lost our voice. We are disgusted with the bipartisanship and disappointed in what we are seeing within the Republican Party. They are not standing up for the Constitution of the United States. They seem to be telling us that Trump and his cronies are above the law and they are more interested in their own reelection than standing up for the people of the United States that they were elected to represent. They are also failing the United States and its allies across the world and setting us up for a rapid decline. On the flip side, the forthcoming elections may surprise everyone if people decide to get out there and vote these people out.
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Watching latest experts on impeachment. Nadler looks confused at times.
Except he hasn’t done anything impeachable. Hello?
Except he hasn’t done anything impeachable. Hello?
There’s no need for moderates to get cold feet – impeach Trump but stay away from the far left and the LGBTQ.
An actual reality attack? GREAT news!
An actual reality attack? GREAT news!
They had better reconsider their vote it they want to be re-elected!
Let’s hope Pelosi and Schiff have permanently besmirched the donkey brand.
Let’s hope Pelosi and Schiff have permanently besmirched the donkey brand.
If you fly with those crows you are bound to get shot at, Distance yourselves from Schiff and his obsession with Trump if you want to be taken seriously on the political stage.
Moderate Democrats = Republicans
Moderate Democrats = Republicans
I do not believe that there is any such thing as a moderate Democrat. They are all Fascist pushing the country toward government tyranny.
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This impeachment is “THE KISS OF DEATH FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY!” Led by one of the biggest LIARS in Congress!
Hear! Hear!
Hear! Hear!
I enjoyed reading this until we got to the part about Republicans not taking care of the people they are elected to represent. LOL You mean the Democrats who worry about non citizens before they worry about us. Their concern for our homeless and children on the street hungry and needing is not there. Their crying about illegals living conditions after entering this country without permission and their lack of any attempt to fix the broken and non working immigration system shows they are not worried about those people either or it would be fixed by now. The Dems don’t care about anything but themsleves and never will care about US or the USA.
I enjoyed reading this until we got to the part about Republicans not taking care of the people they are elected to represent. LOL You mean the Democrats who worry about non citizens before they worry about us. Their concern for our homeless and children on the street hungry and needing is not there. Their crying about illegals living conditions after entering this country without permission and their lack of any attempt to fix the broken and non working immigration system shows they are not worried about those people either or it would be fixed by now. The Dems don’t care about anything but themsleves and never will care about US or the USA.
This is one of the reasons Trump is the President of the United States of America, the greatest nation on Earth. It’s why we elected him.
I was with this writer until I got to the penultimate paragraph and then he lost me. Trump and his cronies? Above the law? That sounds suspiciously like something a never-Trumper would say. I certainly don’t think Trump is above the law and I don’t believe he does, either, but the Democrats have been indefatigably ginning up high crimes and misdemeanors on him since before he was even elected and campaigning to have him impeached and removed from office since day one of his administration. I get it – he’s the quintessential outsider, a business tycoon who’s not a “member of the club” and doesn’t speak their brand of political lingo (if you can’t bedazzle ’em with brilliance, befuddle ’em with bulls**t) – but their tireless efforts to negate the 2016 election have become the stuff of high theatrical farce and so far they’re just spinning their wheels in the mud they have themselves created. If you viewed all this as a prizefight, you’d see Trump towering over his opponent, holding him at bay with one hand while the poor little boob keeps swinging wildly without ever laying a punch. It’s tragicomedy run amok.
I was with this writer until I got to the penultimate paragraph and then he lost me. Trump and his cronies? Above the law? That sounds suspiciously like something a never-Trumper would say. I certainly don’t think Trump is above the law and I don’t believe he does, either, but the Democrats have been indefatigably ginning up high crimes and misdemeanors on him since before he was even elected and campaigning to have him impeached and removed from office since day one of his administration. I get it – he’s the quintessential outsider, a business tycoon who’s not a “member of the club” and doesn’t speak their brand of political lingo (if you can’t bedazzle ’em with brilliance, befuddle ’em with bulls**t) – but their tireless efforts to negate the 2016 election have become the stuff of high theatrical farce and so far they’re just spinning their wheels in the mud they have themselves created. If you viewed all this as a prizefight, you’d see Trump towering over his opponent, holding him at bay with one hand while the poor little boob keeps swinging wildly without ever laying a punch. It’s tragicomedy run amok.
What the hell is that last paragraph??? It accuses Republicans but describes Democrats. Is the author of this article admitting something? A moment of apoplexy perhaps? Maybe I just don’t understand English, but it is offensive enough for me to cut off TPI immediately. Republicans are not standing up for the Constitution? Republicans are telling Trump and his cronies they are above the law? I wish I was allowed to post the two words that express most speciFically how I feel about this author and anYone else who made these claims!
You should know by now, when Pelosi speaks, the truth is the exact opposite.
You should know by now, when Pelosi speaks, the truth is the exact opposite.
Pelosi keeps saying that she follows the constitution and Republicans don’t. But…the constitution says that every accused deserves to face his accuser…also The accused is allowed to bring evidence of his own and witnesses. Nancy doing this against the constitution. She is the one trashing the constitution.
Oh Baby! Conservative women are soooo HOT!
Oh Baby! Conservative women are soooo HOT!
Standard Hotel
Anyone watching this charade for the past few weeks, and doing even cursory research on Adam Schiff could have predicted this nonsense may not even make it out of the HOUSE – let alone get a conviction out of the SENATE
Anyone watching this charade for the past few weeks, and doing even cursory research on Adam Schiff could have predicted this nonsense may not even make it out of the HOUSE – let alone get a conviction out of the SENATE
Standard Hotel in southern California. An interesting read
I’m lost. What is “the Standard Hotel” ?
I’m lost. What is “the Standard Hotel” ?
Camping out in front of the Standard Hotel
Shifty Schiff may want to look into moving to a more favorable country
after the 2020 elections like Antarctica maybe Russia if they will have him.
Very Doubtful though His own bud’s in the Communist Democrat party will
make him a Leper which is his issue He might be welcome in the homeless
camps around Los Angeles.
Lemmings is the correct word
Lemmings is the correct word
It’s about time these “moderate” Dems woke up and realized that the LOONY LEFT is driving their party right over the CLIFF like the LEMMINGS they are! This ENTIRE “impeachment” frenzy has been so BLATANTLY UNFAIR and BOGUS that even the DUMBEST among us are beginning to realize the Demmunists have NOTHING on which to base it. They’re just FISHING, hoping to find SOMETHING they can call a “crime” to use as an excuse to pass a bill of impeachment. I hope they try it and the vote FAILS TO PASS, thereby COMPLETING the utter humiliation of the conniving Demmunists for trying to stage a COUP against a duly-elected President disguised as “impeachment.”
I want a series of digital read outs at these hearings showing in real time how much this nonsense is costing taxpayers.
I want a series of digital read outs at these hearings showing in real time how much this nonsense is costing taxpayers.
While this farce is taking place people are commenting on what the price tag is to the US taxpayer. In the meantime we are paying congress over $75 million per year for them to make up more fairy tales.
Cold Feet?
If they had a conscience they would be suffering from nausea. Let’s hope that is the case.
Cold Feet?
If they had a conscience they would be suffering from nausea. Let’s hope that is the case.
That term is now a oxymoron.
They’re kinda INVISIBLE. The only Demmunists you ever SEE OR HEAR these days are the LOONY LEFT ones.
They’re kinda INVISIBLE. The only Demmunists you ever SEE OR HEAR these days are the LOONY LEFT ones.
What is a moderate House Democrat?
We’re now just starting to realize the ultimate goals of mainstream media. Political drama at this level means more revenue from political advertising. Fools thrive on drama today and country is full of them. Political coffers suck more donations from them for their cause, and the media reaps it in the long run. Politicians and our mainstream media, along with special interest groups have become masterful parasites, preying upon a gullible public. The public blindly pays them to prey upon them in return. Hope this becomes clear in the near future, and the gullible may learn a lesson the hard way. If you think the era of snake oil salesmen is a thing of the past, think again.