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3 min readMay 26, 2025

Impeachment will only lead to conviction and removal from office following a landslide in the 2026 race for Senate seats. Win them all, dump Trump! That prospect, front and center, is what will bring on the landslide.

[UPDATE: From the Washington Post’s Early Breif, June 26, 2025: “And Aaron Tovish wrote it was “pointless to submit articles of impeachment before a new Congress is convened in 2027” because of Republican control. But, Tovish said, he would like Democrats to “continuously compile and publicize draft articles of impeachment, making them a centerpiece of the 2026 midterms. “The message being, if you want to strip Trump of his last two years of presidential power, elect a Democratic House (easy) and Senate (hard),” Tovish concluded.]

“Trump, you’re fired!”

Trump must be impeached and convicted in January 2027.

Trump must not be allowed to wreak havoc upon America and the world until January 2029 — much less connive for a third term.

Republican control of the House and Senate make “opposition” a charade. The only way Democrats can make their opposition meaningful is if it leads to Trump (and Vance) being impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate.

“But, but you just said Republicans control Congress!”

Indeed, they do … now. And, even if it were somehow possible to impeach him, now, it would be a mistake to start down that road, because conviction by the Senate is way beyond reach now. Being acquitted in another impeachment effort would only reinforce Trump’s image as a untouchable survivor. But all that can be changed in the 2026 national election cycle. Here’s how.

First, the drafting of articles of impeach of Trump and of Vance should get underway ASAP and be continunously fine-tuned and updated. The draft articles should serve as the main, common talking points of Democrats nationwide from now until Americans have finished voting in November of next year.

Second, all Congressional hearings must be used to expose the Trump Administration’s wrongdoing. Legislation should be proposed for the primary purpose of exposing the unwillingness of Republican Congresspersons to stand up against the wrongdoing.

Third, every Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives must pledge to forward those articles of impeachment to the Senate on January, 3, 2027, the day they are sworn in as the 120th Congress. And every Senatorial candidate must pledge to put Trump/Vance on trial by 6 January, 2027, and bring the guilty verdict to a vote without further ado, so that Trump can be escorted from the White House before the 2027 State of the Union Address.

Fourth, Democratic politicians with 2028 presidential ambitions should be made to appreciate that their role in this effort will be a major determinant of the support they will receive in the 2028 primaries. Republican hopefuls should be made to appreciate they are on a sinking ship.

Fifth, all Democrats, from grassroots to Congress — especially sitting US Senators — will campaign hard and consistently to generate a landslide 2026 election result. Achieving a simple majority in the House should be easy; the Senate, not so. There are 33 Senate seats to be filled, now Democrats hold 13 of them and Republicans 20. To achieve the two-thirds majority needed for conviction, the Democrats must lose none and take all — or nearly all if the two sitting independent Senators can be counted upon.

A great challenge? yes; impossible? no!

There is no time to waste. A landslide is not created overnight. Trump’s ratings have been sliding steadily since he took office. If the slide can be extended through to November next year, Republicans will be running scared.

“But, you will be making Trump the center of attention. That’s what he thrives on!”

Yes, he cannot restrain himself and this is what guarantees that he will continue to act outrageously and that the wrongdoings will continue to pile on. Independent voters will tire of his histrionics; Republican moderates will jump ship.

As Trump’s main accomplice, Vance has to go, too. After the Senate conviction of the President and Vice-President, power will devolve to the Democratic Speaker of the House.

[Note that even if the landslide stops short of the two-thirds goal, control of Congress would deflate Trump’s claim of a “mandate” and help to derail his most pernicious plans. He — and we — could “look forward” to two years of him as a lame duck.]

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