House Democrats furious as congressman launches 'waste of time' impeachment proceedings against Trump

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45. Impeachment gets us nowhere

Yes, you are correct that we need action. But it needs to be action that swing voters see as directly benefiting them, and and they have always viewed impeachment as political games. When the majority of voters view both parties skeptically then overtly politically acts such as impeachment don't motivate them since they don't see how it will improve their lives. Pete is showing us the way - talking about things that matter to to people not heavily engaged in politics.

We don't have the votes, and there is no evidence that impeachment will move the needle anymore than in the past. "Getting dirty" will only please the activists, while turning off the independents, and will allow the GOP to dismiss the arguments as Trump Derangement Syndrome.