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I'm confused. After we learned that the Bush Administration lied about WMDs, progressives loudly demanded impeachment. With Trump, Democrats mention it *far* less—though the evidence for it is *far* greater. I mention it in maybe one of every 400 tweets. Where is this "fixation"?
1/ The Democratic line on impeachment (both in DC and out of DC) is that we need a full, fair, and free investigation of what Trump has done—,and then, if warranted, impeachment proceedings. The idea that we'd find impeachable offenses and *not* impeach abrogates the rule of law.
2/ In fact, as one of the highest-traffic Trump-Russia feeds out there, I can tell @JoshuaMatz8 and others that I far more often hear Democrats say "we need to impeach him but can't because of the Senate, so let's focus on 2020" than I hear any drumbeat for immediate impeachment.
3/ What @JoshuaMatz8 / @JRubinBlogger are doing is playing into a right-wing fantasy: Dems are an unrealistic pack of fools whose belief in rule of law is variable. The truth? Dems are almost preternaturally united in saying investigate first, impeach second—if the data warrants.
4/ There's no "impeachment fixation" on the Left. There's an *investigation fixation* that arises from *facts*. And finally, there's a constitutional view of impeachment that's admirable: if it's warranted, you do it—if not, not. That's honorable—"let's just focus on 2020" isn't.
