"Not a fetish, not a taboo": Democrats weigh another Trump impeachment

Democrats believe President Trump has committed impeachable offenses.

But they're divided over whether they should try to impeach him if they win control of the House.

Why it matters: If Democrats win the House, as expected, their 2027 decision on whether to try to impeach Trump could have major consequences for the 2028 presidential race.

Zoom in: Theoretically, impeaching Trump would be easy for a unified, Democrat-controlled House.

Many top Democrats note that Trump survived a record two impeachments in his first term — and that he'd be unlikely to be removed from office.

That would require a two-thirds, bipartisan vote in a Senate that's likely to be closely divided.

Rep.

Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said Trump has "already committed numerous impeachable offenses " in his second term, including usurping congressional authority.

In 2021, Raskin led the second Trump impeachment, following the Jan.

6 Capitol riot.

Raskin said top Democrats are "very sober about what that two-thirds requirement means on the Senate side.

If anything, Donald Trump has tightened his control over the Republican Party since the last round.

He's gotten rid of the senators that he viewed as not sufficiently loyal and sycophantic." Zoom out: Other Democrats also are cautioning against an impeachment campaign if their party takes control of the House in January.

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a potential presidential candidate, told NBC's "Meet the Press" last Sunday that he supports investigations, not impeachment, "because it's not going anywhere and it's going to be a food fight." Sen.