Trump warns he’ll be impeached if Republicans lose midterms
Progressive policy ambitions meet practical realities as Americans weigh costs and consequences.
Mainstream coverage treats Trump’s warning as either melodrama or a self-serving stunt. But it dodges the obvious political reality: impeachment has become a routine threat, not a last-resort remedy. When that’s the baseline, “third time” is not a punchline.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump implored Republicans to turn around their political fortunes ahead of November’s midterm elections, warning that if Democrats retake control of Congress, he would be impeached for a third time. “You got to win the midterms,”
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Mainstream coverage treats Trump’s warning as either melodrama or a self-serving stunt. But it dodges the obvious political reality: impeachment has become a routine threat, not a last-resort remedy. When that’s the baseline, “third time” is not a punchline. It’s a symptom of a broken process.
The missing conservative concern is institutional stability. If elections are framed as referendums on whether Congress will launch investigations until it finds a pretext, voters stop believing the system is about governing. That corrodes public trust faster than any single personality.
Midterms should be about border control, energy, and crime, but also rule of law and fairness in oversight. Impeachment should require clear, serious wrongdoing, not political leverage.
The principle at stake is simple: accountability must be credible, or it becomes just another weapon.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.