CONGRESS/ELIZABETH WARREN/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts called for Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump after the release of the redacted Mueller report last month, arguing that Robert S. Mueller, the special counsel, ‘put the next step in the hands of Congress.’ But many of her competitors stayed quiet on the issue, amid fear that a failed effort would strengthen Mr. Trump’s re-election chances, and because voters were not clamoring for impeachment on the campaign trail. Many also argue that the Republican majority in the Senate is unlikely to vote to remove Mr. Trump, making a House effort to impeach him a moot point. Beto O’Rourke, former representative of Texas, had been among those who suggested that Mr. Trump’s fate was best left to voters. But now he is calling for Congress to move toward impeachment, arguing that Democrats should not worry that it would antagonize the president’s base.”
–Karen Zraick, “2020 Democrats on Impeachment: Where They Stand,” The New York Times online, May 22, 2019