Nine in 10 Americans oppose the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, seven in 10 say Donald Trump bears at least some responsibility for it and a majority in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll – 56% – favors efforts in Congress to bar him from holding elected office […] Read more »
NBC News poll: Voters are split on Trump’s impeachment and removal from office
One day after the U.S. House of Representatives impeached outgoing President Donald Trump for inciting last week’s insurrection at the Capitol, a new NBC News poll finds that American voters are divided on his impeachment and removal from office, with most Republicans standing firmly behind the president. Overall, 50 percent […] Read more »
Trump’s bipartisan impeachment is historic
The House voted on Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time. This impeachment, unlike his first, was bipartisan. All told, 10 Republican representatives cast their vote to impeach Trump. This vote makes Wednesday’s impeachment the most bipartisan impeachment of all time. To be clear, 197 Republicans still […] Read more »
4 Ways President Trump’s 2nd Impeachment Will Change Washington
One week after a violent mob breached the U.S. Capitol, threatened lawmakers and forced evacuations, members returned to the House floor. What followed was an emotional, and often angry, debate about recrimination for the president who many argued incited the riot that resulted in five dead. … There was a […] Read more »
The Party Still Doesn’t Decide
… In the past, a party tried to move on from their presidential losers quickly. Democrats spent years trying to rebrand themselves after Pres. Jimmy Carter’s one-term tenure. Republicans host primary debates at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, not the Richard M. Nixon library two hours […] Read more »
Fallout From the House GOP Leadership Fracture
In the final weeks of 2020, there was a window of opportunity for House GOP leadership to marginalize the loudest voices in the Freedom Caucus — Reps. Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar, Louie Gohmert and others — who parroted conspiracy theories about a “stolen election.” Instead, it […] Read more »