US President Donald Trump told Republicans on Tuesday that he could be impeached if the party loses this year’s US midterm elections.
“You’ve got to win the midterms, because if we don’t win the midterms, they’re just going to — I think — they’re going to find a reason to impeach me,” Trump said Tuesday in a speech to House Republicans. “I will be recalled.”
Trump’s approval evaluation it fell to 42% as voters feel the president is not doing enough to ease the rising cost of living and the GOP base is divided over his handling of the Epstein dossier.
Polls put the Democrats in the lead in the midterms, and Polymarket better put almost 80% outlook about the Democrats winning the House this year.
WATCH: Republicans must win the midterm elections or Democrats will “find a reason to impeach me,” President Donald Trump told members of the House GOP on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/sloXpZod3F
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All members of the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate are up for election in November, and losing control of one or both chambers would significantly affect the party’s political agenda in the final two years of Trump’s term.
The key piece of crypto legislation Republicans want to pass is the long-awaited Crypto Market Structure bill that sets out how the sector will be regulated, which Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott said will be voted on again on Thursday next week.
Trump has already been impeached twice
Trump has been impeached twice during his first term, the first in 2019, amid charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over alleged pressure on Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election.
Trump’s second impeachment was in mid-January 2021, just days before he left office after being defeated by Joe Biden, on charges of inciting insurrection following the attack on the US Capitol on January 6 of that year.
In both cases, the Senate acquitted Trump.
It is possible that the Senate could acquit Trump again if he is impeached for a third time, as Polymarket said outlook they give a 67% chance of Republicans retaining control of the Senate in the midterms.
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If Democrats control the House of Representatives in November, a successful impeachment of Trump could fuel resistance to his plan and shut down Congress.
Many Democrats, like Rep. Sean Casten and Sen. Jon Ossoff, are signaled that Trump should be impeached for his crypto dealings, which included hosting a private dinner for the largest owners of his memecoin.
Trump has faced resistance to his crypto plans even within his own party, as last year the conservative sect of the GOP pushed ahead with a range of cryptocurrencies unless a ban on central bank digital currencies was added.
An agreement was reached with debt collectors to add a CBDC ban to a must-pass defense bill to gain their support for stalled legislation, which included the GENIUS Act.
However, Republican leaders broke their promise and passed the defense funding bill without the CBDC ban, angering some in the party.
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