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Dahleen Glanton: Democrats were right to impeach Donald Trump, but polls show the cost could be higher than they anticipated

Most Americans don't enjoy impeachments. Whether they think the charges against the president are warranted or not, they don't revel in the world watching us tear ourselves apart.

When the final vote came Wednesday evening, it is unlikely that even Donald Trump's harshest critics screamed out in joy. Though they believed wholeheartedly the president deserved to be impeached, they did not bask in the victory.

They did not marvel at seeing America at its lowest point. Yet they breathed a sigh of relief that a president who had broken the laws of our Constitution was held accountable. And they

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