Clarence Page: Guess who fears impeachment? A guy who’s been through it twice
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
Clarence Page frames Trump’s comments as personal anxiety, as if the main story is a man haunted by past impeachments. That’s a tidy narrative, but it skips the more relevant point: impeachment has become a familiar tool of **political leverage**, not just a solemn constitutional remedy. Conservatives hear “they’ll find a reason” and think about incentives.
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President Donald Trump is afraid of getting impeached again. He said as much last week. “You got to win the midterms, because if we don’t win the midterms, it’s just going to be — I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” he said. “I’ll get impeached.” He spoke those words, coincidentally, on the [...]
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Clarence Page frames Trump’s comments as personal anxiety, as if the main story is a man haunted by past impeachments. That’s a tidy narrative, but it skips the more relevant point: impeachment has become a familiar tool of political leverage, not just a solemn constitutional remedy.
Conservatives hear “they’ll find a reason” and think about incentives. When impeachment talk starts before any alleged offense is even defined, it corrodes public trust and turns Congress into a perpetual tribunal. That doesn’t strengthen oversight. It weakens it.
A serious republic depends on rule of law, not rule by headline. If misconduct exists, investigate it with evidence and due process. If it doesn’t, stop treating impeachment like a messaging strategy.
The principle at stake is institutional stability. Using the highest sanction as a routine threat makes every presidency more fragile and the country less governable.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.