Correction to House Republicans. Democrats did not have a strong partisan interest in moving forward with impeachment. This is why it took @SpeakerPelosi so long to reach this decision.
@SpeakerPelosi It was clear from the start that Democrats would go through this entire process with almost no chance of the Senate removing @realDonaldTrump from office./2
@SpeakerPelosi @realDonaldTrump Impeachment has divided the House Democrats from the start, especially with new members from swing districts fearing that this could cost them their jobs—and majority./3
@SpeakerPelosi @realDonaldTrump House Democrats always understood that Trump could use impeachment to rally his base./4
@SpeakerPelosi @realDonaldTrump They have been aware that Fox News and other parts of the conservative media would make it difficult to sway Republican opinion./5
@SpeakerPelosi @realDonaldTrump Many Democrats, such as @SpeakerPelosi, remembered the late-1990 when there was a political backlash against House Republicans for voting to impeach President Clinton./6
@SpeakerPelosi @realDonaldTrump The easiest path for House Democrats would have been to remain focused on popular policy proposals that were central in the 2018 midterms (such as protecting ACA)./7
@SpeakerPelosi @realDonaldTrump So when it comes to the ways that partisanship influenced the impeachment, let’s stay focused on what has happened in the GOP and the way that the Senate Republicans are about to conduct this so called “trial.”/end
