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This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
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The reason impeachment is even in discussion is because we have a president who would rather burn the country down while blaming the Democrats, than compromise.
Hell, compromise is even the wrong word, they could pass the "Trans ban tax cut deregulation super bill" and he would still veto it out of spite.
Without presidential support or a super majority, Democrats main tools are investigations and impeachments. If anything, that gives them leverage or a shot at getting someone into the Oval Office not obsessed with retribution.
Republicans in both chambers could take a hint and help pass things without the president, but it's more likely they're doing the political calculus and coming to the decision that resisting Democrats passing popular bills is the best shot they have at the GE in 2 years ago they can say "See, the blue wave was useless and Democrats can't govern."
This isn't me pre-appologizing for Democrat inaction, it's the reality of how our political system works - having a simple majority in one of the three beaches of government isn't free reign to do whatever you want.
Impeachment means fuck all. It's a red herring for the position of president. He's been impeached twice already. It means nothing.
No, their main tool and job, remains their main tool and job: passing legislation.
Make the president veto bill after bill after bill and they'll have something to campaign on next time that people care about.