Republican efforts to impeach President Joe Biden suffered a blow after fresh evidence emerged showing his bid to remove Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin in 2015 represented U.S. government policy.

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    1 year ago

    I dont have a source, but last time i saw this came up on lemmy, the conversation was that, historically, bringing forth an impeachment actually hurts that party’s chances of reelection

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      1 year ago

      It does, markedly. However, this time the goal isn’t to make Biden look worse than Trump, it’s to make corruption seem par for the course and eliminate a perceived Trump weakness.