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New York Times: Trump Impeachment Is on the Ballot
It’s official: New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker wrote October 13 that, if the Democrat Party takes the House in the November 6 midterms, it will move to impeach the president in the next Congress. “While Democrats are largely ducking the topic on the campaign trail, few in Washington doubt that impeachment will be on the table if they win the House on Nov. 6,” Baker remarked.
And, warns Baker, such impeachment proceedings are likely to make the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings look like a picnic: “If that happens, anyone who thought the battle over Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation was ugly and divisive should buckle up, because history suggests it would provide only a small taste of what lies ahead. The impeachment drives against Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton tore at the nation’s fabric, but an effort to remove Mr. Trump could lead to an even more incendiary conflict, thanks to the advent of social media and Mr. Trump’s brand of blowtorch politics.”
Deep into his article, Baker admits that such an effort is likely doomed to fail: “A Democratic House might impeach him, but even if Democrats take the Senate, they would still be far from the two-thirds necessary for conviction, meaning that 15 or more Republicans [in the Senate] would have to go along. Such a scenario seems unlikely.”
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