{"id":2623149,"date":"2026-07-03T06:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impeachment-threats-not-saving-democrats-from-progressive-insurgents\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T06:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:53:08","slug":"impeachment-threats-not-saving-democrats-from-progressive-insurgents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impeachment-threats-not-saving-democrats-from-progressive-insurgents\/","title":{"rendered":"Impeachment threats not saving Democrats from progressive insurgents"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fimpeachment-threats-not-saving-democrats-from-progressive-insurgents%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=2623149&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>Democrats are discovering that attempts to impeach President Donald Trump are not translating into strong primary victories, despite evidence that their base favors confrontational approaches. Recent primary results show several candidates associated with impeachment efforts losing to challengers focused on economic issues like affordability and healthcare. Notably, Rep. Diana DeGette, a prominent impeachment advocate, lost her primary to progressive Melat Kiros, whose campaign emphasized issues such as Medicare for All and opposition to Israel.Similar trends appeared in Texas and New York, where incumbents aligned with impeachment efforts were defeated by candidates prioritizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-working-class-gop-a-muddled-concept\/\" title=\"The Working-Class GOP: A Muddled Concept\">economic concerns<\/a>. Even candidates who made impeachment the central theme of their campaigns, such as George Conway, failed to succeed.Experts suggest that Democratic voters may now be preferring candidates who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harriss-plan-to-address-economy-still-shrouded-in-mystery-sarah-bedford-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris\u2019s plan to address economy still shrouded in mystery: Sarah Bedford - Washington Examiner\">address economic anxieties<\/a> over impeachment activism, indicating a shift in the party&#8217;s primary dynamics.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"249\">Democrats<\/a> are finding that threats to impeach President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president-donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17568\">Donald Trump<\/a> are not delivering resounding primary victories, despite polling showing the party\u2019s base wants fighters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent weeks, several Democrats whose political identities became closely tied to impeaching Trump have fallen to progressive insurgents running on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/affordability\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/affordability\">affordability<\/a> and other economic concerns.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4635113\/socialist-wins-warning-wesley-bell-cori-bush-rematch\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Socialist wins a \u2018warning sign\u2019 for Wesley Bell in rematch against Cori Bush<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4634011\/abdul-el-sayed-schumer-momentum\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Abdul el Sayed vows to take on Schumer as left-wing candidates gain momentum<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4634036\/jon-ossoff-challenge-mike-collins-georgia-senate-debates\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jon Ossoff challenges Mike Collins to three debates as he rides high from polling and fundraising<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), who spent years at the forefront of Democrats\u2019 efforts to remove Trump from office, became the latest example this week when she lost her primary to progressive challenger Melat Kiros.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, DeGette sponsored articles of impeachment against Trump and later served as one of the House impeachment managers prosecuting the case in the Senate. She continued to call for Trump\u2019s impeachment during his second term, including as recently as April after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-full-timeline-of-hunter-bidens-scandals\/\" title=\"The Full Timeline Of Hunter Biden\u2019s Scandals\">president threatened<\/a> to destroy Iran\u2019s entire civilization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet, DeGette\u2019s push to impeach was not enough to secure reelection in the Denver-based seat, where Trump only got 21% of the vote in 2024. DeGette lost to Kiros by more than 10 percentage points in the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kiros centered her campaign on affordability, support for \u201cMedicare for All,\u201d and opposition to Israel. While anti-Trump, Kiros got one of the biggest applauses in her victory speech when she pledged to end \u201cthe genocide in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doug Wilson, a Democratic strategist in North Carolina, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> earlier this week that victories like that pulled off by Kiros were being fueled by economic frustration just as much as anger at Democratic leadership after Trump\u2019s return to power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is the result of a generation of families living paycheck to paycheck colliding with an affordability crisis and the hegemony of an imperial presidency,\u201d Wilson said of the Colorado results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantiss-final-year-as-governor-triggers-conversations-about-next-step\/\" title=\"DeSantis&#039;s final year as governor triggers conversations about next step\">similar pattern played<\/a> out in Texas, where Rep. Christian Menefee (D-TX) defeated longtime Rep. Al Green (D-TX) after the two incumbents were paired in the same district by mid-decade redistricting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Green had become one of Congress\u2019s most outspoken advocates for impeaching Trump. The longtime lawmaker first introduced articles of impeachment in 2017 and continued to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pursue multiple impeachment efforts<\/a> throughout Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In New York, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) also lost his primary after building much of his political identity around being the Democrats\u2019 lead counsel during Trump\u2019s first impeachment in 2019. Goldman was ousted in a primary this cycle by former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, an ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even candidates who explicitly made impeachment the centerpiece of their campaigns have struggled to gain traction this cycle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Conway, an anti-Trump Republican-turned-Democrat, centered his unsuccessful congressional bid on pursuing what he called Trump\u2019s \u201cthird and final impeachment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut the only thing your name is going to be left on when I\u2019m done with you is an orange jumpsuit you\u2019re going to have to wear in prison,\u201d Conway said in a campaign ad. \u201cAnd you see that building back there? That\u2019s where we\u2019re going to hold your third and final impeachment trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The message failed to resonate, however. Conway came in fifth in a Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), who himself played a leading role in Trump\u2019s first impeachment. In 2024, Trump got only 17% of the vote in Nadler\u2019s district.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4631785\/house-dismissed-july-4-save-act-impasse\/\">HOUSE DISMISSED FOR JULY 4 HOLIDAY AMID SAVE AMERICA ACT IMPASSE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether the pattern holds remains to be seen. Reps. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) and John Larson (D-CT) both face competitive primaries after backing impeachment efforts during Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this year\u2019s Democratic primaries have increasingly rewarded candidates who pair opposition to Trump with a message centered on affordability and economic anxiety rather than impeachment, suggesting that Democratic voters may now be looking for a different kind of resistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Samantha-Jo Roth contributed to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Dems&#8217; impeachment efforts aren&#8217;t winning primaries, voters favor economic issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2623150,"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\/2026\/07\/image-collage-jwlha0un9-1783029568225-e1783029772761.jpg?1783015360&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,3636,37324,82137,32515],"class_list":["post-2623149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-impeachment","tag-political-conflict","tag-progressive-insurgents","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-collage-jwlha0un9-1783029568225-e1783029772761.jpg?1783015360&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623149","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\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2623149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2623153,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623149\/revisions\/2623153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2623150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2623149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2623149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2623149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}