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The Impeachment Catch-22 for Democrats

A couple months ago, I wrote about how now (then) was not the time to talk about impeaching Donald Trump. Post-Mueller report, I'd like to alter that opinion slightly. First thing's first, Donald Trump is not going to be impeached by the Republican-controlled Senate, so even if the Democratic-controlled House begins going through impeachment proceedings, don't get your hopes up. While only a simple majority is needed in the House to impeach a president, a two-thirds majority is needed in the Senate. As Republicans currently possess 53 Senate seats, even if all 47 Democrats voted to impeach the president, 20 of 53 Republicans (37.7%) would need to follow suit. That's less likely than Donald Trump passing a polygraph test while hopped up on Adderall. So the only way Trump could realistically get impeached is if Senatorial Republicans magically grow a spine or Democrats take back the Senate in the 2020 elections. The former isn't going to happen, and for the latter t...