re: #374 lawhawk

So, the consensus here seems to be that Pelosi was wrong to say impeaching Trump isn’t worth it.

But was that actually the point. Pelosi reiterated her position so as to generate the outrage factor to support impeachment? Is she 3d chess playing to build up the case for impeachment all while depriving the GOP of an argument that the Democrats are fixated on impeaching Trump?

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Rick Wilson posted a series of tweets about this but didn’t thread them for some reason. His take seems pretty right on.

1/ Pelosi is doing absolutely the right thing viz impeachment. It’s the right politics and it’s the right policy.

2/ The symbolism of impeaching in the House is meaningless unless the Senate convicts. It’s not going to happen.

3/ so why not use the investigation process if it was meant: to hold Trump accountable across-the-board. All the benefits, none of the inoculation.

4/ Set a fire that burns and burns and burns until his empire of shit is reduced to ashes. Don’t give him one fight of impeachment/not impeachment.

The House investigations are basically impeachment in all but name. They’d be doing the same thing if they launched impeachment proceedings, but as of now it would end with the compromised Senate voting not to convict and remove. Which would be spun as vindication by the Trump Cult.

Also - Trump wants them to impeach. He’d run his entire reelection campaign as a fight against the Witch Hunt if he could. Pelosi is denying him the one thing that would truly rev up the base. Smart.

And the ‘He’s not worth it’ line, while seemingly a throwaway, is going to be a thorn in Trump’s paw. The worst thing you can tell him is that he’s not worth your attention.