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The liberal media grew increasingly excited at the prospects of impeaching President Trump over the weekend. So much so, that some were outright encouraging Democrats to pursue it. During an appearance on Sunday’s Meet the Press, Princeton University professor Eddie Glaude Jr. warned Democrats that if they didn’t impeach Trump, then they’ll be punished by their radical liberal base.
Before getting to Glaude’s dire warning, program moderator Chuck Todd was perplexed that Maine Senator Angus King (I) was reluctant to back the Democratic Party’s push for impeachment. “But, how do Democrats not do this? I’m thinking about what’s the consequences of deciding, ‘you know, what? Angus King is right, let the voters decide in 2020.’ What are the consequences of that,” he asked Boston Herald chief Washington reporter Kimberly Atkins.
Atkins noted that removing a president from office was a very difficult thing to accomplish because that’s how it’s supposed to be, but they should try anyway: “No! You charge the crime and let the process go through. So, if House members find impeachable offenses, it is not just the right thing to do, it's their duty do – to bring that and let the Senate vote as the Senate votes.”
“I just don't see how the House Democrats resist it,” Todd exclaimed to National Review editor and anti-Trump Republican Johan Goldberg.
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