Democratic Base Calls for Impeachment, But Leaders Say Not Now
Despite a stunning guilty plea from the president's ex-lawyer, the consensus among Democratic lawmakers remains the same: Impeachment should be a deliberative process, not a partisan affair.
At rally after rally, President Trump insists that Democrats will rush to impeach him if they regain control of Congress. But the bulk of Democratic lawmakers have shied away from calling for impeachment, and Michael Cohen's stunning courtroom admission that Trump "directed" him to break the law hasn't changed that.
Democratic leaders are wary of impeachment, even as the Democratic base appears more and more animated by the idea.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren summed up the Democratic impeachment talking points during a Wednesday
