Democrats Biggest Donor Demands Candidates Pledge to Impeach Trump

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3. Impeachment doesn't work like that.

You don't impeach someone because you think their policies are idiotic, or wrong, or if you think the current President is a moron.

Impeachment is for provable crimes. We don't convict people in our courts until they've been judged by their peers to be in violation of the law, and the Presidency is no different.

If Trump colluded with the Russians, then you should have no problem producing real evidence that reflects that collusion. If he enriches himself through the office of the Presidency, or if he's assaulted anyone, then have someone produce some evidence and we can have our impeachment. Whispers, rumors, and innuendo do not cut it.

If we Democrats shackle ourselves to an impeachment platform, what happens if we cannot prove a crime and cannot get him impeached? What will our Republican opponents say about us during the election if we've signed pledges promising impeachment with no impeachment case to be made? We'll look like idiots.

The vast majority of voters are not like members of DU or Free Republic. Those voters can be swayed, and will vote for whoever they like best, and they want things to work smoothly. A candidate that's basically promised to be obstructionist and belligerent may work in NYC or Oregon (or Alabama and South Carolina on the Repub side), but we HAVE to win districts in cities and suburbs and across the midwest, north and south in order to take the House or Reps.