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  It appears that some Democrats have come to terms with the inevitability that another impeachment circus won’t work out in their favor. Several left-leaning lawmakers are trying to convince their colleagues to vote for censuring former President Donald Trump instead of attempting to convict him during impeachment proceedings. It appears they are willing to settle for Diet Impeachment™ rather than the real thing. The Hill noted, “members of the upper chamber are pitching their colleagues on the idea as it becomes increasingly clear that Trump’s impeachment trial will hand him a sec...

You're going to need a large voter turnout, and i think our campaign is that campaign. >> one day after the upcoming iowa caucuses on february 4th, trump is set to deliver his state of the union address. we have seen this before. in january 1999, bill clinton delivered his state of the union address while his impeachment trial was under way, but he did not mention his trial at all during his 77-minute speech. trump, however, has been more than willing to discuss his impeachment and to openly question it. >> i'm the first person to ever get impeached and there's no crime. like, i feel guilty. y...

Going forward. he will forever be a president who was impeached. the at the same time, he's trying to trivialize it, impeachment lite. he's not participating in the process unlike the clinton and nixon white houses where he's just openly defying subpoenas, not supplying witnesses and so on. he's trying to make impeachment not about a referendum on his actions as president but rather claiming it's the democrats making judgments about him as a person and also his supporters. he was striking the republicans in debate for impeachment, he used the word hate over and over again, they hate you, they ...

Impeachment-lite. it's impeachment-lite. that's why, with richard nixon, i just see it as a very dark era, very dark, very -- oh, you don't even like to think. i don't know about you, but i'm having a good time, it's crazy. so, i'm not worried. i'm not worried. because it's always good when you don't do anything wrong, you get impeached, that may be a record that will last forever. >> he has talked about impeachment before. a lot. back in '08, he talked about it in relation to the impressive new speaker of the house, nancy pelosi of california. >> nancy pelosi, the speaker? >> well, you know, ...

Transcript. no bribe on the call, no pressure. >> here are the facts on shifty schiff, dishonest guy, makes up standards. he said the president of ukraine repeatedly declared that there was no pressure, but he didn't want to say that. we said, say it. say it, you crooked bastard, say it. [cheers and applause] remember bribery and this and that. where are they? they said these two things are not even a crime. this is the lightest, weakest impeachment, this is impeachment lite. [laughter] jesse: later we find out schiff lied and the whistle blower lied on the floor. the hearings didn't produce a...