Opinion: Slow-walking impeachment may look weak. But restraint is Democrats’ greatest strength.
By Dana Milbank Dana Milbank Op-ed columnist covering national politics Email Bio Follow Columnist May 21 at 7:19 PM There was only one side of the dais at Tuesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing that mentioned impeachment — and it wasn’t the Democratic side.
At Tuesday’s session, the committee’s chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler , spoke in a calm, steady voice about the absence of former White House counsel Donald McGahn, a no-show after President Trump ordered him not to comply with a subpoena. “Mr. McGahn has a legal obligation to be here for this scheduled appearance. If he does not immediately correct his mistake, this committee will have no choice but to enforce the subpoena against him,” Nadler intoned.
“The theater is open,” Collins said of the sedate proceedings. Because Democrats can’t find anything to “hang their I-word, impeachment, on. . . . We’re here again, with the circus in full force.” • Five of her campaign advisers had been convicted of crimes — one of them implicating her — and a sixth indicted.• Clinton refused to let aides cooperate with subpoenas and dismissed an unfavorable court ruling as “crazy” and partisan.
But the mass of voters side with restraint, and even anti-establishment Sen. Bernie Sanders has said impeachment “works to Trump’s advantage.” Certainly, Trump has earned impeachment; Republican Rep. Justin Amash has said as much. But with no chance of removing Trump, Democrats can instead show the country that our problem isn’t polarization; it’s that one side has gone bonkers, and the other side is trying to restore adult supervision.
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