““they know the vote has no chance in the US House or Senate”
What?”
I think that only some 60 House RATs (only a quarter) have said that they support impeachment. I don’t think that if the Republicans stand aa a bloc (and I worry about that some), that the more centrist RATs will not go along with their loony Lefties and vote to impeach. All the GOP needs is some 30 to 40 RAT defections, and it’s a non-starter. That’s why Peelousey is where she is on the issue today. She knows the votes aren’t there, and the negative fallout from a failed impeachment vote would be the final nail in the RATs coffin.
That’s why I wrote “what”?
Impeachment means the House does have the votes.
Perhaps the op means impeachment hearings, not impeachment.