Back home, House Democrats tread carefully on impeachment and 2020
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Orange County was the epicenter of the 2018 House Democratic takeover, where Republicans lost four seats in what was once the heart of Ronald Reagan conservatism in California. On Saturday night, as three of the victorious Democrats were honored at an annual political dinner, a new battle was on everyone’s minds: How to protect those gains in 2020 by selling voters on the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
That Democratic messaging challenge came into sharp relief during interviews with voters like Donna Artukovic, a retired teacher who was volunteering at the Orange County dinner. Artukovic expressed nervousness about what an impeachment battle could mean for Democratic candidates. Story continuesAs committed as he is on those goals, Kim said, he will also seek to draw on his experience as a former National Security Council member — which included sitting in on President Barack Obama’s calls to world leaders — to explain his views to voters on a matter like Trump’s phone conversation this summer with the president of Ukraine.
The question that could determine their chances for reelection in 2020, and those of their Republican counterparts in both chambers who are defending the president, is whether the new evidence detailing Trump’s political overtures to Ukraine is enough to change public opinion of a president whose standing has been remarkably consistent despite his norm-breaking conduct.
And some of these lawmakers, as well as colleagues from similarly competitive districts, are deeply uneasy about seeming too rash. In some of the more affluent districts that Democrats flipped last year, the first-term lawmakers have received reassurance in recent days that they are making the right decision. Rouda, Levin and Cisneros all said in separate interviews that the calls and emails that had come into their offices in the last week had been overwhelmingly in favor of pursuing impeachment.
While that is a relatively small number, it is likely higher in the more upscale GOP districts, such as the one Phillips represents outside Minneapolis, and it suggests there is an appetite for at least an examination of Trump’s actions. Sarah Hunter, a retiree from Huntington Beach, California, said the Democrats she gathered with each day at her local dog park had gone from divided to united on the question.
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