Would the Speaker support impeachment if Trump shot someone on Fifth Ave?

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12. Absolutely - the House has a duty, despite the corruption of the Senate...

I just added a link to a related piece written by Karen Fleshman, one of Pelosi’s hecklers. She says:

“Pelosi is not only failing to fulfill her moral and constitutional responsibilities, but also making a huge political error that will make Trump’s re-election more likely.

Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro put it well during last month’s debate: “What’s going to happen in ... 2020, if they don’t impeach him, is he going to say, ‘You see. You see. The Democrats didn’t go after me on impeachment. And you know why? Because I didn’t do anything wrong.’”

Conversely, if the House does impeach the president and the Senate acquits him, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can be held responsible. We’ll be able to say, “They impeached him in the House, but his friend Moscow Mitch let him off the hook.””