The Impeachment Charade Democrats claim to want Trump gone but refuse to vote on it.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-impeachment-charade-11566427935
Big news on impeachment this week, or not: On Monday Ben Ray Luján, the number four Democrat in House leadership, endorsed “an impeachment inquiry, which will continue to uncover the facts for the American people and hold this president accountable.” The press played it as a big moment, the highest-ranking Democrat to endorse the probe.
“President Trump’s lack of action is jeopardizing our elections, national security, and Democracy,” Mr. Luján said in explaining his decision. “Not only has he ignored the warnings that our Democracy is being targeted, but he has also actively encouraged Russian interference.” But wait. Special counsel Robert Mueller released his report in April. Why reach this conclusion four months later?
You have to read 15 paragraphs into the Politico story on Mr. Luján’s conversion to discover the real reason. The New Mexico Congressman is running for the Senate to replace Democrat Tom Udall and he faces two liberal primary challengers. One competitor, New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, called on the House to start impeachment proceedings in May.
“First it was the Green New Deal, then it was Medicare for All and not taking any more corporate money,” Ms. Toulouse Oliver said. “Today it’s impeachment. I’m glad to see the Congressman adopting progressive values, but New Mexico deserves a U.S. Senator who will lead on the issues that truly matter.”
Mr. Luján is merely protecting his left flank. And far from challenging Speaker Nancy Pelosi ’s opposition to impeachment, he no doubt had her blessing.
The Luján pose shows how impeachment continues to be a political charade. Democrats want to appear to be moving to remove Donald Trump as long as they don’t have to vote on it. Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Mr. Impeachment, claims he has started a formal inquiry, but there has been no committee vote to proceed. Mr. Nadler won’t even say what his announcement means.
The entire exercise is political theater designed to give progressive Democrats the appearance of moving to oust President Trump without forcing Democrats in swing Congressional districts to vote on the record. The media are playing along as if it’s real. They and Mr. Luján want to hold Mr. Trump “accountable”—as long as Democrats don’t have to be.
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