Pelosi: "Trump is goading us to impeach him. Every single day, he's just like taunting, taunting..."

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48. Not exactly

Clinton was at 73% approval at the end of 1998 when the impeachment process started in the Lame Duck session.

The senate trial started on January 7 and Gallup had his ratings down to 67% approval already

At the beginning of February, when the House managers took over before the final votes, he was down to 65% approval

The final vote was the next week and his approval went back up to 68%, but still 5% below when the process started

A month later, March, his approval had dropped down to 62%

The rest of 1999 had Clinton hovering in the high 50s to around 60. A far cry from the 73% approval in place when the impeachment process started.

Gore was so frightened by Clinton's impeachment that he distanced himself from Clinton for the entire 2000 campaign.

Clinton approval ratings:
https://news.gallup.com/poll/116584/presidential-approval-ratings-bill-clinton.aspx


it wasn't until December of 2000 that Clinton went back up into the 60s - and by then it was too late.