There is an intense appetite among Democrats for a third impeachment of Donald Trump if they take back the majority in the House of Representatives next year. Trump has given the Democrats sufficient opportunities for a third impeachment of this president.
However, with a possible future federal criminal referral from Trump off the table thanks to the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, the presidential impeachment has become a symbolic gesture whose impact appears to have diminished in the eyes of many Americans.
And even if the Democrats were to win back the House of Representatives and the Senate, even in the best-case scenario, they would need dozens of Republican votes in the Senate to convict and impeach Trump, which isn’t going to happen.
Democrats must also weigh how voters who elected them to focus on fighting Trump and the economy will react if they engage in a third impeachment. Strategically, it would be better for Democrats to put the economy and affordability first, and do everything they can to marginalize Trump’s lame-duck presidency.
There is a way to use impeachment to investigate the Trump administration’s scandals and remove some of its most corrupt and wayward elements, and that is by attacking members of the administration.
The impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is on the table.
On Wednesday, Rep. Hayley Stevens (D-MI), who is running for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, introduced articles of impeachment against HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which we will explore in depth as our story continues below.
