Impeachment becomes tacky and cheap

Published January 13, 2021 11:18pm ET



For the past five years, the laziest, least impressive thing to do in Washington, D.C., was hate Donald Trump. It requires no effort, it’s not controversial, and 99% of the people here agree with the sentiment.

That’s why Democrats having impeached the president for the second time in his only term feels, well, lazy and unimpressive. If there’s anything to be impressed by at the moment, it’s that a single person got an entire political party and all of the news media to spend every waking moment with him on their minds for so long.

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