Don't Overreach to Impeach. Examine and Expose

Democrats control only one-half of one-third of the federal government. I can’t see the point of impeaching someone when you know it’s impossible to remove him from office.

And even if you could, that would leave us with President Pence, in some ways an even more frightening possibility.

Impeachment without removal from office will merely infuriate Trump's base, and empower him. Remember that Bill Clinton popularity increased after the failed attempt to remove him from office.

And the fascist Republican Senate will NEVER, under any circumstances, remove Trump from office. Trump will claim vindication and brand the Democrats as traitors, and the corporate media will help him do it.

For now, Congress should investigate and expose, and see where it goes.

“Congress should hold substantive hearings that build on the Mueller report and fill in its gaps, not jump straight to an up-or-down vote on impeachment,” Hillary Clinton observed. “In 1998, the Republican-led House rushed to judgment. That was a mistake then and would be a mistake now.

“Watergate offers a better precedent. Then, as now, there was an investigation that found evidence of corruption and a coverup. It was complemented by public hearings conducted by a Senate select committee, which insisted that executive privilege could not be used to shield criminal conduct and compelled White House aides to testify. The televised hearings added to the factual record and, crucially, helped the public understand the facts in a way that no dense legal report could.”