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struggle4progress

(118,236 posts)
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 11:43 AM Sep 2019

Polls show shift toward impeaching

BY JONATHAN EASLEY - 09/28/19 05:55 AM EDT

... The only poll that will really matter is after the House votes to impeach him, only then will we know if independents in key states think he should be impeached,” said one Democratic operative. “If it’s a no, we lose. If it’s a yes, then we have a chance. I think if the election were tomorrow, the ‘witch hunt’ narrative is still stronger than the argument that he’s used his office for personal gain. We’ll see.”

At the moment, Republicans note that much of the swing in public opinion has been driven by Democrats, who were worried about the political fallout but have rallied behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after she decided to go all in ...

“He invited a foreign government to interfere in our elections to investigate a political rival. Couple that with the fact that — look, I think there’s also a little bit of just fatigue on the guy. His favorable numbers aren’t going anywhere … The narrative from the GOP is that Democrats are weak. Bullshit. We’re standing up now. We’re holding people accountable,” <Kelly Dietrich, a Democratic fundraiser> added ...

The pro-Trump super PAC Great America is already putting six-figures behind an advertisement demanding Congress investigate Biden’s role in the firing of a Ukraine prosecutor, although there is no evidence of wrongdoing here ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/463423-public-opinion-polls-show-shift-toward-impeaching-trump

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Polls show shift toward impeaching (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2019 OP
Yup. More and more people are seeing hearing others and are getting with it ffr Sep 2019 #1
K&R...👍🏼 spanone Sep 2019 #2
Over the course of the investigation, support for impeaching Nixon exploded. Garrett78 Sep 2019 #3
The Dems have to Move to Impeach ritapria Sep 2019 #4

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
3. Over the course of the investigation, support for impeaching Nixon exploded.
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 12:12 PM
Sep 2019

Trump has more of a cult following than Nixon did, but support for impeachment will likely continue to grow just the same.

 

ritapria

(1,812 posts)
4. The Dems have to Move to Impeach
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 12:14 PM
Sep 2019

Whether it's "good politics" or not .. Trump has committed too many crimes and told too many lies …..Inaction is no longer an option

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