Who Would a Democratic House Impeach?

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If Democrats win control of the House in November, they will face a dilemma: Should they attempt a record third impeachment of Donald Trump? The president and his allies have warned that this would be a Democratic majority’s first move.

“I’m going to be impeached.

They’re going to impeach me,” Trump said last month at a rally in South Carolina.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has been noncommittal.

“We haven’t ruled anything in, and we haven’t ruled anything out in terms of impeachment,” the would-be speaker told ABC’s This Week on Sunday.

But Representative Jamie Raskin, the lead manager of Trump’s second impeachment, seemed more open.

Earlier this month, on Meet the Press , he said that Trump had “undoubtedly” committed impeachable offenses.

“We understand it’s not a panacea.

It is a tool in the toolbox,” he said.

“We will not hesitate to use it if we need to use it.” Realistically, House Democrats may have a hard time resisting impeachment.

Their voters are in a punchy mood.

A new CBS News / YouGov poll found that opposition to Trump is the top motivation for Democratic voters in the midterms, and the political consultant Sarah Longwell recently wrote in The Atlantic that the most important priority for Democratic voters is not left-versus-right ideology but a willingness to fight Trump tooth and nail.