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Nixon’s resignation boosted Democrats in the next election
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Clinton impeachment helped Republicans win back White House
Citing their experience in the 1990s, Republicans warned Democrats this week that an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine would backfire politically.
History, however, doesn’t back up that assertion.
Only three U.S. presidents have ever faced a serious threat of removal by Congress – Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton — and in each case the party that initiated the inquiry ended up benefiting in the next election.
View the complete September 26 article by Ryan Teague Beackwirth on the Bloomberg website here.