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Politics● LowOct 23 · Oct 23, 2026, 7:15 PM

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

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Axios · North America

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 dismiss impeachment efforts against the president as premeditated.On Thursday, she told Axios in a statement: "No matter what happens in November, we'll stil

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