Remove Trump? Let’s Ask Honest Abe

1/13/21
 
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from The Wall Street Journal,
1/12/21:

The statesman’s advice on public opinion counsels against the idea.

Abraham Lincoln said during a debate with Stephen Douglas, “public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.”

Judged against this standard, can impeaching President Trump and removing him from office succeed? A Quinnipiac University survey released on Monday suggests that it cannot.

Mitch McConnell doesn’t plan to bring Senate back before Jan. 19, meaning trial would occur during Joe Biden’s term

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