The I-word: As Trump troubles spiral, Washington starts whispering ‘impeachment’
WASHINGTON – The I-word has entered the Washington vocabulary. That forbidden word — the 11-letter pathway to political damnation, is suddenly, timidly, tiptoeing onto the tongues of capital-dwellers.
A Democrat suggested it on the floor of Congress on Wednesday. A Republican conceded it might be a possibility. And an Independent expressed regret about having to even mention the fear-inducing noun.
Impeachment.
“The president must be impeached,” said Democrat Al Green, raising it on the congressional floor Wednesday. “This is not something to be taken lightly. And I do not…. It’s a position of conscience for me.”