Life after impeachment: Where do the Democrats go from here? | Cas Mudde
The Democrats knew impeachment was a political risk, but they put country over party – unlike Republicans. They should embrace that message
The outcome of the Senate “trial” of impeached president Donald Trump was known from the start, but the whole charade was still yet another shock to the US democratic system. Not the expected “acquittal”, but the refusal to hear witnesses, the used by his lawyers (in short, whatever the Great Leader deems in His interest, is in the country’s interest), the speed of the “trial”, and particularly the “he did it, but we don’t care” arguments from Republican members of Congress.
