Resistance Inc.
Column: Why impeachment isn't going away
Matthew Continetti - July 26, 2019 5:00 AM
Trump supporters are right to feel vindication after Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress. At times the special counsel seemed unfamiliar with the contents of his own report. He came across as aloof and confused and often unable to answer both Democratic and Republican questions to the lawmakers' satisfaction. The same media figures that began the day saying Mueller's appearance might be the game changer ended up calling it a flop. "Democrats now have one option to end Trump's presidency," read the headline of Dan Balz's analysis in the Washington Post. "The 2020 election." Trump, as always, put it more memorably: "TRUTH IS A FORCE OF NATURE!"
The real truth is Mueller's testimony was never going to interrupt preexisting trends. Support for impeachment has been stable for a year at around 40 percent in the Fox News poll of registered voters. Fox asks, "Do you think President Trump should be impeached and removed from office, or not?" In June 2018, 39 percent of respondents answered yes. Last week, 42 percent said the same. Opposition to impeachment has hovered around 50 percent during all this time. When the most recent Fox News poll asked if Mueller's testimony might cause voters to change how they felt about Trump, only 8 percent said there was a strong chance of that happening. Forty-nine percent said not at all.
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