The other day someone on Instagram asked me: "Isn't impeachment a waste of time? Are other investigations more efficient?"
This is a very good question because there are a lot of different factors when it comes to impeachment. These include: when is the right time to impeach; the actual terrain that you're working with; and the substance of impeachment.
A lot of people think impeachment is just a piece of paper that says, "Do you impeach this person?" / "Do you think this person is good or bad?"
Impeachment is like an adapted form of a trial or criminal trial.
There need to be charges, and you have to identify the high crimes, misdemeanors, or other bases through which you would seek impeachment of an individual person. Then you have to try your case.
But it requires a lot of build up to happen. It doesn't just happen at the drop of a dime.
It's a discussion and pressure that builds into a moment of culmination when articles are finally presented on the House floor.
On terrain, you have to look at the votes that you're working with, what parties are in the majority.
You have to consider the merit of, "Is it worth putting impeachment articles on the floor even if you know you're going to lose the vote?"
You don't just impeach people that you don't like, but "has the person committed a high crime and misdemeanor?"
With Kristi Noem, I absolutely think she has risen to the level of impeachment.
The outrage over her misconduct is so bipartisan that I believe pursuing impeachment on Kristi Noem if the president doesn't remove her is warranted, substantive, and justified.
We do not have to comply with illegal activity — even if that illegal activity is coming from the President of the United States or his administration.
In solidarity,
Alexandria
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