House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy isn’t naive enough to believe that Democrats are done with President Trump just because their first impeachment was a bust.
But on Friday, McCarthy sent out an email to supporters declaring Trump “acquitted for life.” This was an obvious rejoinder to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “impeached for life” line, but in reality, it isn’t a thing that actually exists.
Of course Democrats are going to try removing Trump from office again — especially now that he’s looking more and more likely to win reelection.
House Democrats at this very moment are continuing their search for Trump’s tax returns and his private business records dating back years before he even ran for president.
What does McCarthy expect them to do once they get their hands on either or both of those? Write a self-help book?
They’re going to pursue another impeachment.
Rep. Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, said Thursday on Fox News that it’s not only possible but “probable” that Democrats take another swing.
“There’s some Democrat colleagues of mine in there who are committed to doing this again,” he said, “and some of them are openly saying, so there’s going to be no end to this.”
True, there’s some political benefit for Johnson and other Republicans to say Democrats will go for another impeachment because it might help the GOP gain seats in the House come November. But that doesn’t make it untrue.
Trump himself knows this.
“I’m sure they’ll try and cook up other things,” he said Thursday at the White House. “They’ll go through the state of New York. They’ll go through other places. They’ll do whatever they can.”
Take note that he specifically mentioned New York: That’s where his tax returns and business records are.
Democrats know that impeachment is over. But they also know that they can always try again.
