Rahm Emanuel: Impeachment isn't "a political tool"

[DonViejo]

Mike Allen 3 hours ago

At an Axios event in Chicago yesterday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel told me midterm Democratic candidates are unwise to rely on the allure of impeaching President Trump as an issue in November's races.

His advice: "I lived through the Clinton White House. This is a serious legal and constitutional, not political, issue. ... I couldn't be angrier at Donald Trump. ... That said, you don't just flippantly say: We're for [impeachment]."

"When we get to it, we collectively as a country will know it — as we did with, like, Richard Nixon."

"[Y]ou don't just treat ... the policy standard of impeachment ... as a political tool. It's a constitutional standard and, when that standard has been met, we'll know about it. ... This is a case where the best politics is good policy."

The backdrop: The N.Y. Times reported that Republicans are trying to energize their base and lure moderate voters by warning that Dems "will immediately move to impeach President Trump if they capture the House."

Liberal N.Y. Times columnist Charles Blow bluntly spells out the politics of impeachment: "It is quite possible that trying to impeach and remove Trump could have the opposite effect than the one desired: It could boost rather than diminish his popularity and an acquittal by the Senate would leave an even more popular president in office."

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[Fullduplexxx]

1. Funny how the people in charge dont see impeachment as a tool

[kentuck]

2. He could resign and then he wouldn't need to be impeached.

Maybe a more palatable political position would be to request that the Republicans get this dangerously incompetent person out of our White House by giving him the option of resigning or to be impeached?

At this time, maybe the Republicans should be given the opportunity to do the right thing? They should make a decision that is in the best interest of the security of this nation.

If they cannot do their jobs, then maybe it is time for them to step aside?

[Wounded Bear]

3. I agree, bad issue to run on...

In almost all districts. Repubs run on "we're gonna tear down the gov't". We shouldn't.

The appropriate approach to impeachment is "Let the investigation finish. If impeachment is warranted, we'll go there."

All politics is local. If we can't win on local issues with local candidates, we don't deserve to. The proper way to "hate" Trump is to hate what he is doing to the country.

[PubliusEnigma]

4. We already know that Trump has done worse than Nixon.

If Impeachment is deserved by law, it should be enforced.