The Case for Impeaching Trump Even If It Won't Work

Added: 2026-04-29

Impeachment serves as a powerful political tool beyond its constitutional purpose of removing a president, as demonstrated by historical cases where the threat of impeachment neutralized Andrew Johnson, forced Nixon's resignation, and damaged Trump's political standing even when removal failed; therefore, even if impeachment won't succeed in removing a president, it remains strategically valuable for sending political messages, forcing accountability, and building public pressure, which can be effectively combined with economic messaging to argue that corruption and misconduct directly harm citizens' well-being.