Hours of public hearings have done little to sway public opinion on impeachment. The public remains similarly divided on the matter, as it was a month ago, but more say the president deserves to be impeached than say he doesn’t over his handling of matters regarding Ukraine. However, congressional Democrats […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Trump job approval ticks up, views on impeachment steady
Weeks of congressional hearings and debate have failed to move the electorate on impeachment, according to the latest Fox News Poll. At the same time, approval of President Trump’s job performance has climbed three points. Currently, 45 percent of voters approve of the job Trump’s doing, up from 42 percent […] Read more »
Representative Jeff Van Drew, Anti-Impeachment Democrat, Plans to Switch Parties
Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, a moderate Democrat who is among his party’s staunchest opponents of impeaching President Trump, told aides on Saturday that he is planning to switch parties and declare himself a Republican as soon as next week, just as the House is casting its historic […] Read more »
Trump, allies target vulnerable Democrats ahead of House impeachment vote
With the House on course to vote on the impeachment of President Trump next week, Trump and his allies have trained their sights on the Democrats who represent districts that supported the president in 2016. As public opinion on Trump’s impeachment remains splintered and mostly stagnant, more than half of […] Read more »
This Week in Impeachment: Liberals Got an Impeachment, Moderates Got It Their Way
… Pelosi has managed her diverse party caucus with customary skill; while Democratic leaders expect a small number of members to vote no, a number of key moderates from competitive districts are beginning to signal their support, indicating that her approach has resulted in a broadly unified party. But as […] Read more »
Fact-based impeachment can’t penetrate the pro-Trump Web
As the House Judiciary Committee convened Friday to approve articles of impeachment against President Trump, a watch party got underway in a private Facebook group that rallies its more than 75,000 members around the banner, “THE TRUMP DEPLORABLES.” The comments that streamed forth in the group illustrate how Trump’s most […] Read more »