House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said Democrats will not focus on impeaching President Trump if they regain a majority in the lower chamber after midterm elections. Wh…
There are legal tools besides impeachment, but like I say, it’s not a matter of not knowing the full path to victory when it comes to impeachment, there literally is no path to victory. Plus the legal tools are currently controlled by the opposition.
If 2026 goes the way we expect, the 50% majority in the House will be easy enough.
If we want impeachment, we have to run on it now. Get No Kings to swing the Senate races.
Right now it’s 53 Republican, 45 Democratic, 2 Independent (caucusing with Democrats).
33 Senate seats are up for re-election in '26, we need to flip 22 seats to win impeachment, maybe only 20 if Collins and Murkowski are willing to play ball. 4 seats will flip control, but control is not enough to impeach.
If we can’t get 20-22 Senate seats, there is no point pushing impeachment. It only has the desired effect of making the Democrats look bad and that hurts them in the run up to '28.
There are legal tools besides impeachment, but like I say, it’s not a matter of not knowing the full path to victory when it comes to impeachment, there literally is no path to victory. Plus the legal tools are currently controlled by the opposition.
If 2026 goes the way we expect, the 50% majority in the House will be easy enough.
If we want impeachment, we have to run on it now. Get No Kings to swing the Senate races.
Right now it’s 53 Republican, 45 Democratic, 2 Independent (caucusing with Democrats).
33 Senate seats are up for re-election in '26, we need to flip 22 seats to win impeachment, maybe only 20 if Collins and Murkowski are willing to play ball. 4 seats will flip control, but control is not enough to impeach.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections
If we can’t get 20-22 Senate seats, there is no point pushing impeachment. It only has the desired effect of making the Democrats look bad and that hurts them in the run up to '28.