Nailed it. The Dems spent 3 years telling us Trump would be impeached for major crimes. They spent 3 years using federal legal definitions of crimes and implying that these crimes would be so obvious that there would be serious bipartisan support for Impeachment and removal in the House, the Senate and the general population.
The Mueller investigation flopped. The emollients argument has no teeth. Everything they accuse him of rests on a shaky foundation that no sane prosecutor would try to bring into court. This becomes a problem in the eyes of the public. Even though most understand that Impeachment has a lower legal bar, in fact no bar at all, Americans expect the Dems to handle this with standards similar to our criminal courts. This has not been done and the public hearings have demonstrated a truly weak case.
The Dems also told us over and over that Impeachment must have broad bipartisan public support. It is very clear that such support does not exist. The appearance, especially to true undecided independents, is that the Dems walked away from their promises for political reasons.
Will they Impeach? It all depends on the purple district newcomers from those 2016 Trump districts.
Nailed it. The Dems spent 3 years telling us Trump would be impeached for major crimes. They spent 3 years using federal legal definitions of crimes and implying that these crimes would be so obvious that there would be serious bipartisan support for Impeachment and removal in the House, the Senate and the general population.
The Mueller investigation flopped. The emollients argument has no teeth. Everything they accuse him of rests on a shaky foundation that no sane prosecutor would try to bring into court. This becomes a problem in the eyes of the public. Even though most understand that Impeachment has a lower legal bar, in fact no bar at all, Americans expect the Dems to handle this with standards similar to our criminal courts. This has not been done and the public hearings have demonstrated a truly weak case.
The Dems also told us over and over that Impeachment must have broad bipartisan public support. It is very clear that such support does not exist. The appearance, especially to true undecided independents, is that the Dems walked away from their promises for political reasons.
Will they Impeach? It all depends on the purple district newcomers from those 2016 Trump districts.