While the public remains largely divided over removing President Trump from office based on his dealings with Ukrainian officials, tonight’s Democratic primary debate offers a chance for the media to rise above recent partisan impeachment battles and instead provide Americans with a balanced perspective on how Democrats want to address many of the issues facing our country. MSNBC and the Washington Post, which will host the debate in Atlanta, have a choice: focus on issues or obsess over impeachment.

There is absolutely no need to ask candidates about the impeachment proceedings tonight. Almost all of the qualifying candidates have expressed some level of support for the current impeachment proceedings into Trump, as has Tom Perez in his capacity as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. We already know that Democrats support impeaching Trump. There’s no need to spend valuable time going on about it.