Staff Reports
A Detroit News columnist says Republican senators should hand over their votes and let Democrats impeach President Trump after the midterm “blue tsunami.” That idea sounds patriotic — if your goal is to gut the Constitution and hand the other side a veto over the will of millions of voters. Let’s not do that.
Rush to Judgment? Hard Pass
Nolan Finley argues that the Republican Party is so damaged by Trump that senators should help Democrats remove him. That’s a dramatic proposal wrapped in the language of “cleaning house.” But impeachment isn’t a mop-and-bucket job. The Constitution lays out a process for a reason: allegations, evidence, hearings, and votes. You don’t skip the steps because you lost some Senate seats and woke up cranky.
Impeachment Is Not a Political Trophy
Impeachment is meant for serious misconduct — crimes, betrayals of public trust — not as the next step in post-election therapy. If Republicans cave and treat removal as punishment for electoral results, they trade principle for short-term theater. That helps nobody except the Democrats who will claim moral victory and the media who will sell outrage by the barrel.
Practical Politics and the GOP’s Future
Giving the other side 13 Republican votes to remove a president because a handful of senators lost is poor strategy. It accelerates tribalism, energizes Trump’s base, and hands a martyr card to the very figure some want to sideline. If the GOP wants to rebuild, the route is clearer messaging, better candidates, and winning on the issues — not fast-tracking a partisan impeachment that many Americans will view as vengeful.
So yes, hold leaders to account. Yes, follow the Constitution. But don’t let a columnist’s post-midterm pique turn into a constitutional shortcut. The proper response to election losses is to sharpen the party’s case to voters, not hand the presidency to political theater. Republicans should be smarter than that — and if they aren’t, the party will pay the price for years to come.
