If we impeach the bum, would the perfect time to do it be just before the 2020 elections?

[mtnsnake]

Like maybe impeach him just several weeks prior to Voting Day?

Considering that the impeachment hearings would take a lengthy period of time, Trump could not possibly be acquitted by the Senate until after the the elections were in the books, right?

I think that would work greatly in our favor since Trump would have the official tag of "Impeached President" throughout the critical part of the campaign with no chance of being acquitted by the Senate until after the elections were over.

If Comey could ruin Hillary's chances just prior to a General Election, then why not ruin Asshole's chances just prior to 2020?

If for some reason that would not be a good time to impeach him, then when do you think would be a better time to do it IF we are to impeach him?

[Aristus]

1. In my opinion, we should start hearings right before campaign season.

Drag them out through the entire election process so Trump has to campaign with this around his neck. The more the hearings turn up, the more his bleatings of 'No Collusion!' will sound hollow to anyone left who has two brain cells to rub together. It may energize his demented, shit-slinging base, but it will also energize ours, and ours is bigger.

[mtnsnake]

3. "so Trump has to campaign with this around his neck"

Exactly what I'm thinking as well. The most important aspect of impeaching him at a time when he couldn't be acquitted until after the elections is that the word "Impeached" would be like an albatross around his neck because "Impeached" would be perceived as "Guilty" to so many voters out there who might have been thinking of voting for Trump.

[bluestarone]

13. MY thoughts as well!

[trueblue2007]

2. Before the election. And find that woman that Trump raped. He raped a child.

Publish both of the deeds...... impeaching and raping a child.

[Locutusofborg]

4. The Senate Republicans under McConnell

Would then hold a quick trial, find Trump to be Not Guilty and Trump then gets to campaign just before the election on his “vindication.” A Bill of Impeachment in the House is nothing more than an indictment, a statement of charges. It is the trial in the Senate that determines guilt or innocence. Just ask William Jefferson Clinton.

[mtnsnake]

5. Not true. It would take weeks alone just to begin the trial, followed by months of deliberations

You'd be looking at late winter/early spring by the time the Senate vote would take place, maybe even longer.

[uponit7771]

10. Conviction and removal are not needed to hurt the party of the impeached. Historically the party of

... the impeached have never ever fared well in elections post impeachment.

[Locutusofborg]

11. i think you are forgetting that we would be dealing with Mitch McConnell

When has he ever played by the rules? The “nuclear option” on an impeachment trial would be in play to bend Senate rules and procedures.
Just a month before impeachment in 1998 the Democrats gained 5 seats in the House when the party in power usually loses seats in a mid-term election. Bill Clinton got his highest ever job approval rating the week that he was impeached.
I am not saying Trump shouldn’t be impeached. I’m saying that the politics of impeachment are unpredictable.

[uponit7771]

15. Clinton gained in popularity while the democrat PARTY lost be a little less.

Saying democrats lost by a little less this time...isn't a convincing position.

There's been no net positive post election outcome for the party of the impeached since Johnson.

Impeachment has never been a net positive

[DavidDvorkin]

6. No, the sooner the better

The longer the hearings continue, the greater the effect.

It will take time for the effect to become significant, so it's important to get the process under way as soon as possible.

[mtnsnake]

7. Good point, but that would be risking a Trump acquittal by the Senate long before the 2020 election.

[DavidDvorkin]

8. Depending on timing and how damaging the hearing were, the acquittal might not have any effect.

[mtnsnake]

9. That's the whole point....for the acquittal not to have any effect

because if the impeachment was started fairly soon before the elections, there is no way Trump could be acquitted in time for an acquittal to have any negative effect on the elections, while the perception of impeachment hovering over his head during the elections would have nothing but a positive effect for Democrats.

[fescuerescue]

12. That would increase voter turnout

for both sides I think.

[UTUSN]

14. Now.