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In reply to the discussion: To those who say that impeachment is not necessary because the voters can decide in 2020 [View all]thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)We can do that through the investigations that are already in progress and others. But as soon as you call them impeachment proceedings, you risk 2020 doing to us what 1998 did to the Republicans after they went to impeach Clinton.
We can't simply make this election a referendum on Trump, and impeachment proceedings will do that. Trump can weaponize an impeachment attempt back at us, it will dominate the headlines and over-shadow everything else, and that fight is too close to call (especially if the Senate acquits before election day). Our candidate will not benefit from the distraction of impeachment proceedings. Once impeachment sucks all the air out of the room, we'll have a hard time getting out any message other than "we're not Trump."