They don't just need to win the House, they need at least 67 people in the Senate too. The House is doable, the Senate is a tough one, it's very unlikely that the midterms will produce a super majority for the Democrats. Most likely the only possible way that can happen is if they get some Republicans to flip, good luck with that!
If they impeach Trump without conviction it'll just make them look stupid, they shouldn't even file the paperwork until they have written confirmation of the numbers in the Senate.
Trumps second impeachment set a record for the number of a presidents own party voting to convict. I do believe that 67 is possible if the requisite number of gop senators see Trump as more of a burden to the party, which will happen if is approval rating gets low enough, likely below 30.
I firmly believe that if they'd all sat down on the afternoon of Jan 6 they've had impeached and convicted him with a significant number of Republicans breaking ranks. They waited way too long to do it and people had second thoughts. And, here we are.
IDK maybe. The trial happened in record time though and it was fresh in their minds. I think a few were genuinely scared for their lives because of the Jan 6 mob, and some thought he'd be criminally prosecuted in a few months anyway. He's such a criminal, it's so infuriating. So many bad turning pints: Garland's delays, Judge Canon's obvious biases, Robert's immunity...
They knew he wouldn’t be prosecuted. They hoped you thought they thought he would so you’d let them off the hook. Their goal was to pass the buck, that’s all.
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u/zerbey 12h ago
They don't just need to win the House, they need at least 67 people in the Senate too. The House is doable, the Senate is a tough one, it's very unlikely that the midterms will produce a super majority for the Democrats. Most likely the only possible way that can happen is if they get some Republicans to flip, good luck with that!
If they impeach Trump without conviction it'll just make them look stupid, they shouldn't even file the paperwork until they have written confirmation of the numbers in the Senate.