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Democrats grapple with 'rising clamor' for Trump impeachment ahead of midterms
ABC News ^ | January 17, 2026 | Benjamin Siegel

Posted on 01/17/2026 3:56:05 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

From the campaign trail to Capitol Hill, a growing number of Democrats have said they believe President Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses in his first year back in office.

But with their focus on the midterms, fewer elected Democrats are willing to commit to impeaching Trump if they win back control of the House, given likely Republican control of the Senate and potential for backlash from voters.

Trump 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.

"They will do anything to stop the Trump agenda," Rep. Dan Meuser, a Republican from Pennsylvania, said of Democrats. "People, if they don't want a two-year president, who they voted for pretty overwhelmingly in 2024, can't allow the House to flip."

Instead, many Democrats said they are focusing on the cost of living and the state of the economy.

"There's a lot for me to be concerned about," said Rep. Eugene Vindman, a Democrat from Virginia.

Vindman is an Army veteran and former national security official who played a role in raising concerns about Trump's 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the center of his first impeachment.

"The American people are concerned about costs, and meanwhile, the president is pursuing foreign adventures," Vindman told ABC News.

Impeachment calls have picked up in 2026 amid the U.S. attack on Venezuela and the Justice Department's investigations into Trump'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.

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1 posted on 01/17/2026 3:56:05 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

The RATz really want that civil war. Do they really think we’ll let them cheat their way into power? Again?


2 posted on 01/17/2026 3:59:51 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: MinorityRepublican

I really can’t stomach Disney - ABC.


3 posted on 01/17/2026 4:00:58 PM PST by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I wouldn’t get too optimistic if I were them. And what grounds do they have this time? Enforcing the law?


4 posted on 01/17/2026 4:01:07 PM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Grapple, when they are puching for support to do just that with their rent a mob moms? I don’t think so.


5 posted on 01/17/2026 4:01:39 PM PST by Robert DeLong (.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Even if the Democrats retake the House and impeach him, the Senate won’t convict him...

...unless he invades Greenland. In which case, whether the Democrats retake the House or not, the Republicans will impeach and convict him.


6 posted on 01/17/2026 4:04:49 PM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands (If someone says that there are no absolutes, ask them if they are absolutely sure.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They “fixed” the economy and affordability during 2020-2024.


7 posted on 01/17/2026 4:05:16 PM PST by alternatives?
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

In that scenario, MAGA voters will stop supporting the Republican Party. Elon Musk will establish a new party. Sort of like Reform in the UK.


8 posted on 01/17/2026 4:06:33 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Impeach with what votes?
They don’t control House or US Senate let alone have two thirds of the votes in the US Senate.
Empty noise as usual?
Yup.


9 posted on 01/17/2026 4:06:36 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands
Greenland is not as important as you think.
Denmark has no business colonizing Greenland long after European colonialism ended.
Denmark needs to get the heck out of Greenland.
Its not their country.
10 posted on 01/17/2026 4:09:43 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe
Denmark has no business colonizing Greenland long after European colonialism ended.
Denmark needs to get the heck out of Greenland.
Its not their country.

You apparently didn't pay too much attention during Geography or World History classes in school. Saying that Greenland is not part of Denmark is sort of like saying that Wales is not part of the United Kingdom. Or that Tobago is not part of Trinidad and Tobago.

11 posted on 01/17/2026 4:19:27 PM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands (If someone says that there are no absolutes, ask them if they are absolutely sure.)
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To: blackdog
Boycott Disney and ABC.
12 posted on 01/17/2026 4:21:45 PM PST by Chgogal (The NYT is the mouthpiece of the violent left-wing Democrat Party)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

“You apparently didn’t pay too much attention during Geography or World History classes in school.”

I did.

” Saying that Greenland is not part of Denmark is sort of like saying that Wales is not part of the United Kingdom. Or that Tobago is not part of Trinidad and Tobago. “

That’s the biggest piece of crap I heard all day.!


13 posted on 01/17/2026 4:23:01 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: MinorityRepublican

Democrats are the scum of the earth.
Just saying.


14 posted on 01/17/2026 4:24:47 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: SmokingJoe
Just quickly from Wikipedia:

Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and is the largest of the kingdom's three constituent parts by land area, the others being Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenland are citizens of Denmark.

15 posted on 01/17/2026 4:25:31 PM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands (If someone says that there are no absolutes, ask them if they are absolutely sure.)
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To: Da Coyote

Yes


16 posted on 01/17/2026 4:25:38 PM PST by combat_boots
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To: SmokingJoe

So why are we offering DENMARK $700 million for the place?


17 posted on 01/17/2026 4:28:28 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

If they are part of Denmark, how come they have a Prime Minister?
Wikipedia huh?


18 posted on 01/17/2026 4:29:04 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe
If they are part of Denmark, how come they have a Prime Minister?

If Puerto Rico is part of the United States, why does it have its own Constitution?

19 posted on 01/17/2026 4:31:50 PM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands (If someone says that there are no absolutes, ask them if they are absolutely sure.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Because they are in control of the place right now.
Other previous US presidents have made offers to buy Greenland.
Trump is not the first.
Look it up.


20 posted on 01/17/2026 4:32:00 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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