{"id":2428619,"date":"2025-04-29T07:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-try-to-dodge-trump-impeachment-talk-stupid-politics\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T07:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:22:30","slug":"dems-try-to-dodge-trump-impeachment-talk-stupid-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-try-to-dodge-trump-impeachment-talk-stupid-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems try to dodge Trump impeachment talk: \u2018Stupid politics\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-try-to-dodge-trump-impeachment-talk-stupid-politics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2428619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the contentious topic of impeaching President Donald Trump among Democrats in Congress, highlighting the divided opinions within the party. While some members, like Rep. Shri Thanedar, have introduced articles of impeachment, manny Democratic colleagues express hesitance, fearing that focusing on impeachment could <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">alienate voters ahead<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-not-seeking-3rd-term-in-2022-is-probably-my-preference\/\" title=\"Johnson: Not seeking 3rd term in 2022 is probably my preference\">upcoming midterm elections<\/a>. Figures like Senator ruben Gallego emphasize a desire to avoid &#8220;stupid politics&#8221; and focus on winning elections rather. Others, including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff, have shown little interest in the impeachment discussion, advocating rather for prioritizing institutional integrity and election success. Despite a few Democrats like Senator Jon Ossoff calling for impeachment due to concerns about Trump&#8217;s behavior related to selling access to his governance, many party members view the move as politically risky and unlikely to gain traction. The White House has dismissed the impeachment push as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-shrugs-off-attack-by-democratic-aligned-group-flying-banner-over-kentucky-derby\/\" title=\"Comer dismisses Democratic group...s attack during Kentucky Derby.\">desperate political stunt<\/a>, reaffirming its belief that Trump&#8217;s actions are lawful and aligned with his promises to the American people.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats try to dodge Trump impeachment talk: &lsquo;Stupid politics&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1990480\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3393882\/shri-thanedar-files-trump-impeachment-articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Impeaching President Donald Trump\">impeaching President Donald Trump<\/a> is gaining steam among select Democrats in Congress but is an unwelcome development for many colleagues who&rsquo;d rather avoid the subject altogether.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s familiar territory for a party that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"twice impeached Trump\">twice impeached Trump<\/a> in his first term but is now an unfathomable scenario in a Republican-controlled Congress, one that could backfire for Democrats looking to claw their way back to power in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3394354\/amy-klobuchar-whip-race-mistake-schatz-early-support\/\">Klobuchar calls rushed whip race a &lsquo;mistake&rsquo; as Schatz attracts early support<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3394153\/schiff-warren-investigate-trump-meme-coin-dinner\/\">Schiff and Warren urge ethics watchdog to investigate Trump meme coin dinner for &#8216;corruption&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3394135\/john-thune-senate-russia-sanctions-peace-talks\/\">Thune says Senate &#8216;ready to help&#8217; with Russia sanctions if peace talks falter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to win elections,&rdquo; Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who clinched a battleground win in November in a state lost by former Vice President Kamala Harris, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not playing those stupid politics. Next question.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His colleagues, such as Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Adam Schiff (D-CA), had little interest in speaking about the first impeachment articles of Trump&rsquo;s second term, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3393882\/shri-thanedar-files-trump-impeachment-articles\/\">filed Monday by Rep. Shri Thanedar<\/a> (D-MI). Democrats&rsquo; apprehension or outright dismissal of returning to impeachment just 100 days into another Trump presidency presented a clear warning that even progressives fear it could alienate voters on the heels of major election losses.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff, a former House impeachment manager against Trump, pointed to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schiff.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/watch-sen-schiff-talks-the-trump-administrations-assault-on-the-rule-of-law-democrats-priorities-on-msnbc\/\">Sunday morning talk show remarks<\/a> in which he told MSNBC&rsquo;s Jen Psaki that Democrats &ldquo;should not be talking about impeachment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We should keep our sole focus on protecting our institutions, the rule of law, and winning the midterms,&rdquo; he told the former Biden White House press secretary.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said he had yet to &ldquo;evaluate the articles that were introduced&rdquo; and did not have &ldquo;an opportunity to talk with him about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) batted down impeachment as &ldquo;too far away to even judge,&rdquo; despite believing Trump is &ldquo;violating rule of law in every way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) became the first member of his chamber last week to essentially call for impeachment. He&rsquo;s the only incumbent Senate Democrat&nbsp;up for reelection in 2026&nbsp;in a state carried by Trump, which made his remarks all the more intriguing. He accused Trump of selling access to the White House with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ossoff-trump-already-exceeded-any-prior-standard-for-impeachment-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...: Trump \u2018already exceeded any prior standard for ...\u2019 - ...\">digital meme coin<\/a> that Ossoff said &ldquo;no doubt&rdquo; has &ldquo;exceeded any prior standard for impeachment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He doubled down Monday on his position.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The question the press should be asking is, should a sitting president in either party sell access and White House tours in exchange for investments that enrich him or his business?&rdquo; Ossoff told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;I think that that is clearly, on its face, unacceptable, if we can put aside our partisanship.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who used to serve in the House with Thanedar, said she was unaware of the impeachment push by the fellow Michigander. She suggested it was a politically futile endeavor but one that could have merits based on the allegations, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3391801\/jon-ossoff-trump-impeachment-exceeded-any-prior-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"strikingly similar stance Ossoff relayed\">strikingly similar stance to the one Ossoff relayed<\/a> in his original comments last week to a frustrated constituent at a town hall.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) listens during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;As someone who&rsquo;s voted to impeach him twice, it&rsquo;s important who&rsquo;s in leadership of the House and Senate and how far this will move,&rdquo; Slotkin told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have anything against, I guess, filing. But I don&rsquo;t expect it to, unfortunately, move very far.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thanedar&rsquo;s seven impeachment articles covered an <a href=\"https:\/\/thanedar.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/congressman-shri-thanedar-introduces-articles-of-impeachment-against-president-donald-j-trump-for-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors\">array of charges and allegations<\/a>, including abuse of power, constitutional violations, and tyranny.<\/p>\n<p>The White House slammed the move as desperate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every action taken by President Trump and his administration is fully lawful and firmly rooted in the will of the American people,&rdquo; White House spokeswoman Liz Huston told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;President Trump is doing exactly what he promised: securing our border, bringing in trillions of dollars in investment to America, and restoring common sense leadership. Meanwhile, Democrats are once again showing where their true priorities lie &mdash; siding with illegal immigrants over the safety, security, and well-being of hardworking American citizens. Their desperate impeachment stunt is nothing more than a reckless political act that the American people see right through.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3353353\/james-boasberg-dc-judge-impeachment-trump-immigration\/\"><strong>WHO IS JAMES BOASBERG? DC JUDGE AT CENTER OF IMPEACHMENT FIGHT OVER TRUMP IMMIGRATION PLANS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Al Green (D-TX) has long said that he, too, plans to file articles but was beaten to the punch by Thanedar, who just hours earlier received his second primary challenge before dropping the impeachment news.<\/p>\n<p><em>Daivd Sivak and Hailey Bullis contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1990480\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1990480\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats seek to avoid Trump impeachment discussions: &#8216;Stupid politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2428620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ruben-gallego-impeachment.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3933,3636,3634],"class_list":["post-2428619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dems","tag-impeachment","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ruben-gallego-impeachment.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428619"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428627,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428619\/revisions\/2428627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2428620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}