The media is pushing the story: What happens if impeachment causes Democrats to lose next election?

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16. The impeachment is a necessary duty and

responsibility. With or without it the GOP might win. If there is a risk of going down, better to do it fighting for the honor of the nation than to not stand up for it at all.

We can win,though. It will not be easy. It will be an ugly fight. The Senate will not convict. Trump will retaliate. He will gloat about being above the law. But this might backfire on him. He gloated about grabbing women and look what happened in the 2018 midterms.

GOP defense in the trial will be that corruption investigation in Ukraine was necessary and legitimate. They will use the trial to do what they wanted Ukraine to do -- portray Biden as corrupt. They will try to "prove" corrupt collusion between Joe, Hunter, and Burisma. They will make it sound convincing to their followers and maybe to independents.

Moscow Mitch will use the trial rules to help the GOP. Impartiality from conservative CJ Roberts will be questionable.

The House prosecution will need to refute GOP claims about the Bidens clearly and decisively with the facts in the couse of proving the case against Trump.