Posted on 05/03/2025 6:30:58 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The Democrat sponsor of an unprecedented third impeachment attempt of President Donald Trump has a big problem – his own party.
Just when liberals finally felt like they were gaining some political momentum after sweeping Republican victories last November, any progress may have already been washed away. On April 28, Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) officially introduced articles of impeachment against Trump, instantly sending the Washington media into a frenzy and the House Democrat caucus into chaos.
While Democrats’ first two impeachment cases were thin, bordering on nonexistent, they at least revolved around specific allegations against Trump. This time, however, Thanedar couldn’t come up with anything more than vague, wildly hyperbolic claims about the president “obstructing justice,” “violating the Constitution,” and engaging in “tyrannical overreach.”
The move is clearly an effort to appease Democrats’ left-wing base – the articles stand virtually zero chance of ever even coming to a vote in the House. It’s also likely no coincidence that Thanedar announced the impeachment effort the same day news broke that Justice Democrats, the left-wing group that fueled Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset victory in 2018, had launched a primary challenge against him.
Even Democrat House leaders recognize what most Americans do – that this impeachment effort will go nowhere and will only serve as a massive distraction that will further divide the party. For swing-district Democrat incumbents, refusing to support an impeachment effort against Trump, no matter how ridiculous it is, puts them in the crosshairs of groups like Justice Democrats. But if they choose to back impeachment, which is clearly just a personal political vendetta against Trump, that likely won’t sit well with independent and moderate Democrat voters.
This predicament that Thanedar has placed his vulnerable colleagues in perhaps helps explain reports coming out of the Capitol detailing “internal furor” within the caucus – furor that is now leaking out into full public view.
One anonymous Democrat told Axios that Thanedar’s actions were “a self-own that… fundamentally undermines our capacity to continue to have a conversation with people we need to win over.” Another asked, “Why would we do something that has failed twice as a strategy and yielded no electoral win? The guy got impeached twice, how did it work out for us?” A third said, “It seems self-serving and not a genuine effort to rein in the president.”
But Thanedar didn’t appear to get the message from his disgruntled colleagues. The congressman’s office allegedly added one fellow Democrat as a co-sponsor “based on a vague one-on-one conversation without notifying their staff.”
At least four House Democrats initially listed as cosponsors have since withdrawn their names, including Res. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), and Janice Schakowsky (D-IL). There are currently no active cosponsors of the impeachment resolution.
Nonetheless, this PR debacle highlights persistent divides within the party and underscores Democrats’ desperation to find any sort of footing in their opposition to Trump.
By weaponizing impeachment as a political messaging stunt, Thanedar has said the quiet part out loud: if Democrats win back the House majority in 2026, they will spend all their time reviving the left’s crusade to “get Trump” rather than delivering anything substantive for the American people. It’s a gift Republicans will unwrap next year in attack ads — proof Democrats are obsessed with ousting Trump, not governing.
While Thanedar’s impeachment push hasn’t gained much support among Democrat Party leadership (yet) it has been immensely popular with the liberal activist class, once again revealing that the left’s primary goal is revenge. After all, impeachment theater is easier than winning elections on actual ideas that will improve lives.
But the fallout goes deeper, shining a harsh spotlight on Democrats’ internal civil war. In the wake of last year’s drubbing, a wing of the party pleaded for moderation — urging focus on pocketbook issues, swing-district outreach, a return to the center. Instead, the progressives doubled down, insisting the problem was that the party was not far enough left.
The resulting image is of a ship without a captain – or rather, a ship with two captains working against one another. When one freshman congressman can spring an impeachment ambush without looping in party leaders, you know the chain of command is broken. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, supposedly the helmsman of the House Democrats, is reduced to scrambling to contain the firestorm – he hadn’t even spoken with Thanedar by the time reporters asked him about it.
The mainstream narrative is that this incident is just a political sideshow in Washington. But it may be something more than that. In addition to Jeffries being unable to corral his own members, the Democrat Party now appears so consumed by internecine feuds that it may undermine voters’ confidence in their ability to effectively legislate.
If they don’t course-correct fast, Democrats will find their Trump Derangement Syndrome has cost them more than political capital — it may well cost them seats. And after this debacle, convincing voters that they’re serious about anything else will require a miracle far more impressive than a third impeachment.
Shane Harris is the Editor-in-Chief of AMAC Newsline. You can follow him on X @shaneharris513.
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Jill Biden got the priciest gift from a foreign leader in 2023 — a $20,000 diamond from India
By Associated Press—— cnn.com
Published 8:17 AM EST, Fri January 3, 2025
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President Joe Biden and his family were given tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders in 2023, according to an annual accounting published by the State Department on Thursday, with first lady Jill Biden receiving the single most expensive present: a $20,000 diamond from India’s leader.
The 7.5-carat diamond from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was easily the most costly gift presented to any member of the first family in 2023, although Jill Biden also received a brooch valued at $14,063 from the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States and a bracelet, brooch and photograph album worth $4,510 from the president and first lady of Egypt.
President Biden also received a number of expensive presents, including a commemorative photo album valued at $7,100 from South Korea’s recently impeached President Suk Yeol Yoon, a $3,495 statue of Mongolian warriors from the Mongolian prime minister, a $3,300 silver bowl from the sultan of Brunei, a $3,160 sterling silver tray from the president of Israel, and a collage worth $2,400 from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Federal law requires executive branch officials to declare gifts they receive from foreign leaders and counterparts that have an estimated value of more than $480. Many of the gifts that meet that threshold are relatively modest, and the more expensive ones are typically — but not always — transferred to the National Archives or put on official displays.
The $20,000 diamond to Jill from India was retained for official use in the White House East Wing, according to a State Department document, while the other gifts to the president and first lady were sent to the archives.
Recipients also have the option to purchase a gift from the US government at its market value, although that is rare, particularly with high-end items.
Pelosi’s leadership of the house committed the same negligence the DNC committed. Similarities are glaring
Donks stifled good leaders preventing any from stepping into lead roles.
Obama did it with Biden for God-only-knows why. Biden doubled down with a minority in black female Harris and then Harris with Walz, eschewing a talented Shapiro.
Pelosi had aged Steny Hoyer in leadership and now they’re both too old to continue, so another back-benching minority in Jeffries was promoted.
Or, perhaps there is simply no good leadership prospects to be found anywhere within the party—or in Nancy’s House.
I lean toward the later, but we’ll never know for a while if any sane Donks exist. Carry on, Donks...you’re doing just fine.
RATS have a strategy.
Democrat kooks trying to effectively do what the Butler “assasin” and handlers failed to accomplish.
Maybe the Dems should put Nancy back in charge of their House caucus. She’s tanned, rested, and ready!
i think his plan is to climb to the top of the statue of liberty
and not come down until he gets his way
i like it
its a good plan
If you actively court loonie tunes, you get looney behavior.
As to GOP, ba**less and bought.
OTOHand, removing BeijingBiden would have put Harris in office. That would only have been worthwhile if the corrupt nature of the 2020 election was actually revealed and she was removed, too. Would have been a tight race, tho. Once in office as the first woman Pres the HilaryHag would have had her offed.
Not could not.
WOULD not.
They’re largely part of the problem and I suspect many who have run as republicans are actually democrats lying about their actual position.
I’ll bet the clown has done some awful nefarious deeds like Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein.
The above says it all. The democRATS and DemoKKKrats care, first, last, and always, about THEIR pocketbooks.
Just look at the RICH Marxist/Leninist Bernie Sanders crisscrossing the country in private jets. Bernie "My third house is on the lake" Sanders.
The RICH democRATS' pronouns are: Me, Myself, and I.
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