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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Thu May 23, 2019, 06:54 PM May 2019

Swing Districts Are Quickly Shifting Toward Supporting Impeachment

From the article:


Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA), a swing district House Democrat, said that the calls to her office have shifted toward supporting impeaching Trump....

Rep. Hill is not the only member of the House from a swing district who is seeing opinion shift on impeachment. If it is happening to Katie Hill, it is happening in other districts right now....

House Democrats need to build a case, not to the hardcore political junkies who have read the Mueller report and watch cable news, but to the broader public who vote every four years but don’t pay that much attention until election time.


To read more:

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/22/swing-districts-trump-impeachment.html

In addition:

Americans' support for impeaching Trump rises:

The number of Americans who said President Donald Trump should be impeached rose 5 percentage points to 45 percent since mid-April, while more than half said multiple congressional probes of Trump interfered with important government business, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday.


To read more:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-poll/americans-support-for-impeaching-trump-rises-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN1SF2D9

We see that voters are leaning more toward impeachment than even one month ago.

If the House were to begin an impeachment investigation, with televised hearings to present evidence from the Mueller Report, and interview witnesses, one can safely assume that support for impeachment would grow even more.

And even if the enablers in the GOP refuse to do their duty, the voters can see what should be done.
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Swing Districts Are Quickly Shifting Toward Supporting Impeachment (Original Post) guillaumeb May 2019 OP
Keep working, keep piling on gratuitous May 2019 #1
It is not simply the GOP. It is also the US corporate media. guillaumeb May 2019 #2
He is freaked over televised hearings... BigmanPigman May 2019 #3
Right on target. guillaumeb May 2019 #4
Build the case and make sure it gets good exposure on tv. Internet too of course. LiberalFighter May 2019 #5
And the Democrats understand this. guillaumeb May 2019 #6

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. Keep working, keep piling on
Thu May 23, 2019, 07:00 PM
May 2019

We're on the right track, and the American people can see for themselves that Trump is faltering and losing his shit. We've barely begun to play this hand, and the Republicans are all concerned that we're overplaying it already. Ignore them, and let's fight to get our country back.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. It is not simply the GOP. It is also the US corporate media.
Thu May 23, 2019, 07:02 PM
May 2019

Trump has always been dishonest. One might suspect that a certain percentage of Trump's voters know this on some level, but do not care.

Just as Trump's open racism appeals to a percentage of his voters.

BigmanPigman

(51,569 posts)
3. He is freaked over televised hearings...
Thu May 23, 2019, 07:06 PM
May 2019

as a "tv personality" he knows how much of a negative impact it will be on the overall public. He doesn't want impeachment. It would damage him in the history books and that really agitates him. Sam Nunberg knows the fucking moron and he said this on MSNBC just now. It isn't even about his precious "brand" but how he will be remembered. His enormous ego is what rules him.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
4. Right on target.
Thu May 23, 2019, 07:10 PM
May 2019

And Trump hates being humiliated.

Trump is also a victim here. A victim of his own extreme stupidity.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
6. And the Democrats understand this.
Thu May 23, 2019, 07:18 PM
May 2019

Plus, the US media enablers that created Trump can then profit from the extensive coverage of Trump disintegrating.

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