Senate Democrats are growing increasingly giddy at the prospect of seeing a half-dozen vulnerable senators squirm for weeks and months about Trump’s behavior before eventually being forced to go on the record to convict or acquit Trump if he’s impeached by the House. While conventional wisdom holds that trying to remove the president could cost House Democrats in battleground seats that Trump won in 2016, there’s a sense in the party that it could improve Democrats’ bid to seize the Senate.
“Voters are going to see this as a stinking fish. I don’t think voters are going to want their member of Congress or Senate to be up here defending the president’s actions,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). “It’ll be interesting to see what happens when Republicans come back from this [October] recess.”…
Some GOP senators and the Senate Republican campaign arm have also fundraised off impeachment to rile up the conservative base. And so far, most vulnerable Republicans are striking a defiant tone.
“To me it’s not a hard vote. The facts lead you where they lead. What I’ve seen to this point makes me wonder if it’s going to be anything other than a political exercise,” Tillis said. “Having the Democrats on record for a frivolous activity on an impeachment vote may be a hard vote for them.”
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