No President would ever want to be impeached.

[kentuck]

It would not be normal.

Yet, we are warned to not fall into the Trump Republican trap, to not impeach because it would be good for Trump Republicans and bad for Democrats?

Which do you believe?

[FreepFryer]

1. "To preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States... if Congress makes me."

The oath of service is unambiguous in the face of a criminal Executive.

[standingtall]

2. Trump does not want to be impeached

and republicans are hoping that if we don't impeach that our base will not turnout in 2020 while also be betraying us as weaklings to swing voters.

[myohmy2]

3. trump's...

...testing our willingness and resolve to battle...he's confident in his ability to turn lemons into lemonade...

...the House will either be neutered by trump or will have to fight with everything they've got...there's no in between...

...I'm hoping for impeachment but expecting neutered...

...

[spanone]

4. Nothing is normal in the country.

[mobeau69]

5. Of course he doesn't.

We are getting ourselves into a tough space. We know he committed crimes and are saying so but we don't have a good answer on our hesitation to impeach.

Trump is in our heads. We're afraid to impeach due to politics and deciding on our candidate based primarily on a perceived ability, based on early polls, to beat him.

Playing not to lose doesn't work in sports and I don't think it will work out well for us in the next election.

IMO, we need to be bold in the direction of the future with one of our fresh new voices.

[kentuck]

6. The future belongs to the bold and the brave.

A lesson to be learned.

[empedocles]

7. At some point trump may decide it is to his advantage to go for impeachment,

rather than having the heat against him continue up to November 2020.

Not that trump wants to be impeached per se, but that may be, from trump's point of view, the lesser of the two evils facing him.

[StarfishSaver]

8. No pesident wants to be thought of as a serial liar

No president would want to be viewed as a childish, bullying jerk.

No president would want to go down in history as a greedy, selfish crook.

At least, no president until this one.

Trump doesn't care.

[marylandblue]

9. Authoritarian populists want to turn everything into a personal battle

between themselves and "the elite," who oppose the will of "the people." Impeachment plays right into this narrative. It is a dangerous dynamic that has helped many authoritarian populists rather than hurt them. Nancy Pelosi seems keenly aware of this, which is why she is reluctant to impeach.