On impeachment, Democrats are damned if they do, damned if they don't Cas Mudde

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The idea that impeachment will hurt Trump in 2020 is based on the powerful myth of a ‘moderate Republican’ who doesn’t really exist
The great irony of impeachment is that the two impeached US presidents (Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton) never suffered the ultimate consequence, and the president who did leave office, Richard Nixon, was never actually impeached. (He resigned before the House could impeach him.) Barring a political miracle, this is not about to change.
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