
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A growing number of Democrats have said they believe President Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses in his first year back in office. But, after two failed attempts, does the party, or more importantly voters, have the stomach to repeat past mistakes?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With their focus on the midterms, it seems other than the usual “lunatic fringe” far fewer Democrats are willing to commit to impeaching Trump if they win back control of the House. Given its likely Republicans will retain control of the Senate, as before a third impeachment would go nowhere and the party would face potential for backlash from voters.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This even as Trump himself has predicted that Democrats will impeach him if they retake the House, and Republicans plan to make that threat a key piece of their midterm messaging.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;They will do anything to stop the Trump agenda,&#8221; Rep. Dan Meuser, a Republican from Pennsylvania, said of Democrats. &#8220;People, if they don&#8217;t want a two-year president, who they voted for pretty overwhelmingly in 2024, can&#8217;t allow the House to flip.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, more “mainstream” Democrats say instead they are focusing on the cost of living and the state of the economy. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot for me to be concerned about,&#8221; said Rep. Eugene Vindman, a Democrat from Virginia.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Vindman is an Army veteran and former national security official who played a role in raising concerns about Trump&#8217;s 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the center of his first impeachment.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;The American people are concerned about costs, and meanwhile, the president is pursuing foreign adventures,&#8221; Vindman told ABC News.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Impeachment calls have picked up in 2026 amid the ;U.S. attack on Venezuela ;and the Justice Department&#8217;s investigations into ;Trump&#8217;s perceived opponents. A number of ;progressive Democrats ;from ;liberal districts ;and candidates in crowded blue-seat primaries have called for the impeachment of Trump and key cabinet officials.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Democrats are also setting their sights on Cabinet officials: More than 80 Democrats have cosponsored Illinois Democrat Rep. Robin Kelly&#8217;s articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the deployment of ;federal agents to Minnesota ;and the ;killing of a Minneapolis woman by a federal agent. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Still, Democratic leaders are moving cautiously ahead of the midterms, when they will need to gain at least three seats to win control of Congress.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;If candidates and members of Congress are not relentlessly focusing on people&#8217;s everyday lives, they are making a mistake,&#8221; former Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos, who led the House Democrats&#8217; campaign committee, told ABC News. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;There&#8217;s so much of what President Trump has done, is doing, will do that can be labeled &#8216;impeachable offenses,&#8217; but in the end what good is it going to do? Even if the House has the votes, the Senate will not go along with it,&#8221; she said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat and the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said there&#8217;s &#8220;definitely a rising clamor for impeachment.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;Of course, it requires a majority vote of the House to get there, but we need a structured method of thinking through all the lawlessness and criminality taking place,&#8221; Raskin said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Raskin, who would lead impeachment proceedings in a Democratic House, said he would be &#8220;moving very quickly&#8221; in the next two months on &#8220;announcing a systematic way of thinking&#8221; about the various actions of the Trump administration that Democrats find objectionable, and potentially worth investigating, but he balked at mentioning the “I” word.</p>

With Rising Cries for Trump Impeachment Are Dems About to Repeat Past Mistakes
