Commentary: History says go big on impeachment. Democrats play small ball
by Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times
Dec 10, 2019
4 minutes
Two and a half months ago, the White House put President Trump on an irreversible path toward impeachment by releasing a reconstructed transcript of his July 25 call with new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The question I posed then was whether Democrats could keep their focus on Trump's handling of Ukraine and resist the temptation to turn the impeachment inquiry into a parade of long-simmering grievances against a norm-breaking president they simply cannot abide.
The answer appears to be yes, they can. Tuesday morning, top House Democrats announced that they will proceed with two articles of impeachment, accusing the president of
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