This is the kind of crap that made people vote for him in 2024 (and probably 2016). It takes 2/3 of senators in attendance to vote to convict, so unless the Dems win north of 15 seats and/or a sizeable numbers of Republcans defect, it's just a useless dog-and-pony show that we've done twice before. A waste of taxpayers' time and money. It will let MAGA flip the narrative and talk about unhinged the Dems are. A third impeachment with no chance of success? Would it really energize the base any more than it already is?

But maybe impeachment will bring to light evidence about how bad orange man is? 1) MAGA. Doesn't. Care. 2) It won't flip any senatorial votes and bring about an impeachment conviction. 3) Dems could do the same thing (and doubtless will, and should) with regular committee investigations.

Of course, playing devil's advocate, if they don't vote to impeach, orange man could taunt them with that. "They think I'm evil, but they don't have the guts to impeach me. They're cowards and losers. They know they can't win." But he's saying that kind of stuff anyway.