Opinion
N the Red
27
Greater issues at hand than impeachment Playing the short term with politics will end up hurting the country long run Carter Hanefeld
hanefcar000@hsestudents.org
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“Concerning Ukraine, there is no evidence to back up the fact that there was wrong doing.”
“I disagree with it because the Democrats jumped to impeachment with no base of evidence.”
-Mitchell Gieting, 10
-Samuel Gordon, 12
mpeachment has long been a topic in the Democratic Party. Back in , the effort as ostly laughed at by high profile e ocratic officials. o ever, that as then, and this is no . The actual i peach ent in uiry is under ay, do not support the i peach ent effort for t o reasons it distracts fro issues that actually affect ericans and a ike ence presidency is uch ore threatening. irst, i peach ent distracts fro the issues that actually affect ericans. n , one of the biggest reasons Tru p on the election as his taking of ennsylvania, isconsin, and ichigan, states traditionally considered a blue fire all, states that any thought ould surely go to illary linton. f e ocrats ant to in vital states such as the for er three, then the key issue to discuss is not i peach ent, but the ain thing these states have in co on anufacturing. or the first ti e in three years, the nstitute for upply anage ent inde , hich easures national production levels onth to onth, found that the industry has seen a decline across the board, fro production to e ploy ent. hen asked by to elaborate on the inde ’s readings, ’s Ti iore, ho co piled the inde , said that, for the anufacturing industry, trade re ains the ost significant issue. This eans that, because of the trade ar enacted by resident Tru p, this ill negatively i pact ennsylvania, isconsin, and ichigan. ccording to ndustry eek, isconsin is ranked nu ber eight in states ith anufacturing obs, ichigan nu ber si , and ennsylvania nu ber four. f e ocrats ant to increase their chances of inning in the election, they should be talking about and running on the issues, such as anufacturing, that i pact everyday ericans, especially the ones in states that they cannot afford to lose. f e ocrats do lose, then a resident ence ould likely be far ore troubleso e for e ocrats than resident Tru p. eal lear olitics found that in the aggregate, ence as rated far less unfavorably than onald Tru p, to . respectively as of ct. . hile this poll as conducted a ong the erican populace, this favorability rating is co parable a ong senators and congresspeople in our govern ent. or instance, take en. eff lake , ho despite being one of the first e bers to break a ay fro Tru p, voted in line ith the president’s platfor of the ti e, according to iveThirty ight. f a resident ence ere in office, the co fortability of a typical politician ould likely bring any disgruntled right leaning politicians back into the fold, and put in place any of the sa e isguided legislation that e have seen fro ore recent ad inistrations, such as increasing our already assive ilitary budget, or cutting ta es for the ealthy. oes y opponent have a valid argu ent bsolutely. o ever, if the e ocratic arty as a hole ishes to pursue this hite hale, and they succeed, e ight be facing the one thing orse than the evil e kno the evil e do not.
