The right way to impeach
By OSITA NWANEVU
September 28, 2019
... an impeachment might remove Trump from office, bringing an end to a destructive presidency and restoring normalcy to Washington. This will not happen. Democrats would need two-thirds of the Senate to convict and remove Trump, and the vast majority of Senate Republicans are likely to vote against them no matter what grounds for impeachment are brought ...
... holding a president accountable for wrongdoing is a constitutional obligation for lawmakers, and that failing to do so with Trump would erode impeachment’s power as a vital check on the executive ...
... the information an impeachment process would reveal could damage President Trump at the polls next year by mobilizing Democrats and Trump opponents, swaying whatever small share of voters might be persuaded to change their minds about Trump, or depressing Trump supporters. Additionally, vulnerable House and Senate Republicans would be forced to take difficult and potentially costly public votes ...
... The American people are entitled to the truth about all this administration has done, and there should be a formal accounting of Trump’s wrongdoing for the public and for posterity. Impeachment is the only opportunity our political system offers Democrats to accomplish this outside of an electoral process structurally tilted in Trump’s favor ...
An impeachment focused primarily or entirely on the Ukraine allegations makes little sense no matter which argument one prefers ...
https://newrepublic.com/article/155202/how-to-do-impeachment-democrats