What is your point? The articles of impeachment had been drafted and approved and after conferring with the republican leadership in both houses decided to resign before the impeachment vote was taken.
What does that have to do with the level of public support for his impeachment at the time exactly?
The important missing piece to this impeachment attempt vs. the attempt to impeach Nixon is the fact that there is no official vote for an inquiry so Nancy is just blowing smoke. Itās not up to the Speaker or the socialist/Dem cabal to make an impeachment inquiry decision it requires the entire House of Representatives to vote on it or it means SQUAT!!
This whole whistle blower impeachment farce is just another way liberal Democrat Socialists mislead their sycophants and LIE to the public and the entire purpose of the Dem controlled House is to āget Trumpā while bills like lowering drug prices and the USMCA trade agreements with Mexico and Canada gather dust on Nancyās desk.
More amazingly, more Americans are in favor of impeaching Trump now than they were at a similar time during the Houseās investigation of Nixon in 1973 and 1974.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to start an impeachment inquiry of Nixon in late October 1973. This was following the infamous Saturday Night Massacre, in which Nixon ordered his attorney general to fire an independent prosecutor looking into the Watergate scandal. A Gallup poll taken in the immediate aftermath found that just 38% felt that Nixon should be impeached and compelled to leave the presidency. The majority, 53%, said that he shouldnāt.
Even after two dramatic events, the public was apprehensive about impeaching and removing Nixon.
Now, you could make the argument that the fairer comparison for Trump to Nixon is after the entire House formally voted to start the impeachment inquiry in February 1974. A Harris poll taken a few weeks later put support impeaching and removing Nixon at 43% and opposition at 41%. That gap is about equal to the gap we see today and only came months after the inquiry had really already began.
But even if you consider this later date, the 46% in favor of impeaching and removing Trump now is greater than the 43% who favored it during a similar point in the Nixon impeachment process. It wasnāt until right before Nixon resigned that close to a majority wanted him out.
There is no requirement for an āofficial voteā for an inquiry. Not in the constitution, not in statute, not in the house rules. We have been over this again and againā¦ You will be sorely disappointed in court.