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Congressional Dems to their crackpot base: Cool it on the impeachment talk



The Democrat base has wanted President Trump impeached since well before he was sworn in. Chatter about removing the new President began even before he was elected. Bascially, once they realized they'd backed the worst Democrat candidate in history, the left started thinking about ways to mitigate their failure. Since he took office, the desire to see Trump yanked out of the White House has only intensified. Left wing histrionics are evident in every burning dumpster and shattered window you see on the evening news. They are, officially, perpetually triggered. Not a day goes by that a left-wing talking head doesn't write, tweet, or broadcast borderline-erotic fantasies about impeachment proceedings or intelligence-agency-led coups.
See? It's perfectly straightforward. Except for one thing... Democrats have so marginalized themselves that they don't have the congressional manpower to begin such proceedings, let alone remove Trump from office. Even if there was widespread desire for such an action (there isn't) Dems would have no way to accomplish it. Still, that hasn't stopped them from fetishizing Trump's downfall. ...And, as the Politico reports, Democrats in Congress have a message for their base. Please, pipe down about the whole impeachment thing. You're not helping.
Democratic officials in Republican-dominated Washington view the entire subject as a trap, a premature discussion that could backfire in spectacular fashion by making the party appear too overzealous in its opposition to Trump. Worse, they fear, it could harden Republican support for the president by handing his party significant fundraising and political ammunition when the chances of success for an early impeachment push are remote, at best. “We need to assemble all of the facts, and right now there are a lot of questions about the president’s personal, financial and political ties with the Russian government before the election, but also whether there were any assurances made,” said California Rep. Eric Swalwell, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. “Before you can use the ‘I’ word, you really need to collect all the facts." “The ‘I’ word we should be focused on,” added Pennsylvania Rep. Brendan Boyle, “is 'investigations.'"
In other words: "Calm down, radicals. We cheated to dump Bernie and Hillary blew it. We're going to 'investigate', but screaming about impeachment just makes it hard for us to relax and enjoy our endless parade of D.C. cocktail parties." Like the New York Times article I discussed this morning, this message should serve as evidence that career Dems have taken at least some stock of their situation. They put down their shovels, looked around, noticed how deep a hole they were in. Now they're trying to determine the best way to climb out. Meanwhile, the histrionic base is demanding that they keep digging.

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