Democrats knew they never had the legislative clout to get President Trump removed from office, but did know they could try to influence Americans' opinions about him, Mollie Hemingway said Friday. "Nobody ever thought this impeachment would ever lead to the removal of the president," Hemingway, a senior editor for The Federalist, said on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle." "It was always about affecting voters' thoughts about the president." — Mollie HemingwayStatements made by some Democrats during this week's Senate impeachment trial showed they didn't trust voters to choose the president they wanted, Hemingway added. She called that phenomenon the "follow-up" of the idea that the Democratic Party leadership doesn't trust the electorate.

Source: Fox News February 01, 2020 05:03 UTC