New York Times: Trump impeachment ‘neither a sensible nor a winning issue’

Published November 7, 2018 4:30pm ET



The left-leaning New York Times editorial board is cautioning Democrats, who just regained power in the House after Tuesday’s elections, against seizing on the chance to impeach President Trump with their new majority.

“Impeachment is neither a sensible nor a winning issue to open with,” the paper said Wednesday. “Even many Americans who dislike Mr. Trump will, absent overwhelming evidence of impeachable offenses, balk at efforts to remove a sitting president.”

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