The first full month of impeachment headlines has taken a toll on President Donald Trump’s standing, the November IBD/TIPP Poll shows. Now 61% of Americans following the news back the Trump impeachment inquiry, while 39% oppose it. Meanwhile, Trump’s job approval slumped to 39%, with 56% disapproval. CONT. Jed Graham, […] Read more »
History may be kind to Republicans who break with Trump — but it doesn’t get a vote
Some Democrats and Trump-skeptical Republicans are confused about why more Republicans don’t support impeachment. The GOP has survived worse scrapes. And surely the Republicans secretly want to be free of their capricious, unpopular, not-really-that-conservative president now that they have gotten a bunch of judicial appointments out of him. Why not […] Read more »
Will This Time Be Different?
On Thursday, the House of Representatives moved one step closer to impeaching the president of the United States for only the third time in history. The 232-196 vote was to formalize the rules and procedures for the next phase of the impeachment process. All but two Democrats, Minnesota Rep. Collin […] Read more »
Americans divided 49% to 47% on impeachment, with criticism for both sides
Americans are split essentially even on impeaching Donald Trump and removing him from office, with criticism on both sides of the issue — toward Trump, for his response to the inquiry, and toward congressional Democrats for holding their initial hearings behind closed doors. … The public is divided 49% to […] Read more »
Texas voters evenly split on impeachment of Donald Trump, UT/TT Poll finds
Not quite half of Texas registered voters agree that “Congress is justified in conducting impeachment investigations into actions Donald Trump has taken while president,” according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Almost as many — 42% — disagree with that statement. Republican and Democratic voters are predictably partisan […] Read more »
What We Learned From The First House Vote On Impeachment
Today’s House vote to formalize the impeachment process, spelling out its rules and procedures, isn’t the impeachment vote. That vote — on whether to make Donald Trump only the third-ever president to be impeached — will likely come later, after the House holds public hearings. But Thursday’s vote still told […] Read more »