GOP amps up Trump impeachment talk in midterm battle as party leaders woo Kemp for Senate

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

Published 7:00 AM EDT, Sun May 4, 2025


CNN — President Donald Trump and GOP leaders are beginning to plot their midterm push to hang on to power amid a shaky political environment, courting key candidates in critical battleground House and Senate races while leaning hard on an issue that could animate the MAGA faithful: impeachment.

Even though Democratic leaders are wary of a third impeachment vote, the topic has become a prominent discussion in GOP ranks, with Trump eager to avoid another all-consuming showdown with an emboldened Democratic majority and Republican leaders banking the talk could help drive up turnout in an election where Trump won’t be at the top of the ticket.

“It is a key priority of his, obviously, to keep the House majority, because he knows what would happen if we didn’t,” Speaker Mike Johnson told CNN after meeting with Trump last week to discuss the midterms. “Democrats have already said they’re gonna try another baseless impeachment. They’ll do their best to grind the agenda to a halt.”

Midterm elections historically are painful for parties in power. And Democrats believe Trump’s sagging poll numbers and voter fears of an economic recession amid his trade war will be enough to win the narrowly divided House and give them a shot at the Senate majority, though the map is much tougher to flip that chamber.

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[Callie1979]

1. PLEASE let MTG run for Senate. Wouldnt she have to give up her House seat?

Or are you allowed to run for House AND Senate at the same time?

[Cheezoholic]

2. In MAGA world you can run for the House, Senate, President, Vice President, The Pope, King, CEO of the World

and win them all!!! lol
I believe it depends on the state whether you can run for Senate and keep your house seat if you lose. You can't win and hold both constitutionally..... at least not yet

[Polybius]

7. She would have to give it up, unless she saw poll numbers and pulled out early

He seat is in one of the Brightest Red districts in the country though. Whoever replaces her won't be much better.

[Callie1979]

9. But it wouldnt be HER. There's a chance it could be a "quieter" version

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Blue Storm Surge 2026. . . . . . nt

[iemanja]

4. This is why filing pointless articles of

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impeachment hurts Democrats. It should be obvious.

[travelingthrulife]

5. It is their job to impeach a lawless President. We can't force Republicans to become

decent. They should file for impeachment every week with escalating charges. MAKE the Republicans vote it down.

[iemanja]

6. Even if it loses us the midterms?

Why should they file every week? To make us feel better? It accomplishes nothing other than undermining our electoral prosepcts.

[Polybius]

8. In the past 50 years, Ford is the only Republican that didn't have someone filing impeachment charges against him

Here are some that were filed but failed to pass.

Ronald Reagan

In 1983, Representative Henry B. González was joined by Ted Weiss, John Conyers, George Crockett Jr., Julian Dixon, Mervyn Dymally, Gus Savage, and Parren Mitchell in proposing a resolution impeaching President Ronald Reagan for "the high crime or misdemeanor of ordering the invasion of Grenada in violation of the Constitution of the United States, and other high crime or misdemeanor ancillary thereto."

On March 5, 1987, González introduced H.Res. 111, with six articles against Reagan regarding the Iran–Contra affair to the House Judiciary Committee, where no further action was taken. While no further action was taken on this particular bill, it led directly to the joint hearings of the subject that dominated the news later that year. After the hearings were over, USA Today reported that articles of impeachment were discussed but decided against.

George H. W. Bush

President George H. W. Bush was subject to two resolutions over the Gulf War in 1991, both by Representative Henry B. González (D-TX). H.Res. 34 was introduced on January 16, 1991, and was referred to the House Committee on Judiciary and then its Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law on March 18, 1992. H.Res. 86 was introduced on February 21, 1991, and referred to the House Judiciary Committee, where no further action was taken on it.

George W. Bush

During the administration of President George W. Bush, several politicians sought to either investigate him for possible impeachable offenses or to bring actual impeachment charges. The most significant of these occurred on June 10, 2008, when Representatives Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Robert Wexler (D-FL) introduced H.Res. 1258, containing 35 articles of impeachment[83] against Bush.[84] After nearly a day of debate, the House voted 251–166 to refer the impeachment resolution to the House Judiciary Committee on June 11, 2008, where no further action was taken on it.

List of efforts to impeach presidents of the United States

Henry B. González was impeachment-happy imo. Poppy Bush clearly didn't deserve it in 1991, and Reagan neither in 1983.