"People are tired of theater": The left sours on "performative" Trump impeachment

Trump Impeachment ‘Theater’ Loses Steam with Left

“Progressive House members and candidates are taking a stark turn away from what they describe as ‘performative’ efforts to impeach President Trump,” Axios reports. “This is a drastic shift in tone from Trump’s first term, when progressives were some of the loudest voices in favor of impeachment.”

"People are tired of theater": The left sours on "performative" Trump impeachment

Progressive House members and candidates are taking a stark turn away from what they describe as "performative" efforts to impeach President Trump.Why it matters: This is a drastic shift in tone from Trump's first term, when progressives were some of the loudest voices in favor of impeachment.Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) famously said of Trump in 2019, "We're gonna impeach the motherfucker," a line Republicans have routinely dredged up to dismis…

Trump impeachment “theater” loses steam with Democrats’ left flank

https://www.axios.com/2026/10/23/trump-impeachment-democrats-darializa-tlaib-left «Green and Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), who similarly championed impeaching Trump in his second term, have both lost their reelection bids this year. Their losses came as the party base has turned away from anti-Trump #resistance crusaders in favor of more broadly anti-establishment, left-wing ideologues» Huh. Did not see that coming, but it seems […]