Congress has actual work waiting on the docket. Government funding deadlines loom, the economy demands serious attention, and Americans are watching to see whether their elected representatives will bother addressing the problems that show up in grocery bills and retirement statements. But as the midterm elections draw closer, a growing crop of departing lawmakers – conveniently freed from ever facing voters again – have decided their remaining months are better spent settling personal scores and chasing cable news hits.

Nowhere is this self-indulgence more obvious than in the Democrats’ undying fixation on impeachment. Years of failed attempts have produced nothing but partisan noise and wasted floor time. Yet some on the left simply cannot quit the habit. One outgoing Tennessee congressman has now taken the whole charade to a level that would be impressive if it weren’t so deeply embarrassing.

From The Post Millennial:

Democratic Tennessee Representative Steve Cohen introduced over two dozen articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump this week. The move comes after the House rejected a separate impeachment resolution earlier this month.

Twenty-six articles and not a shred of self-awareness

Twenty-six. Not one or two carefully constructed charges supported by overwhelming evidence – twenty-six separate articles, scattered across everything from immigration enforcement to military operations in Iran to Trump’s rhetoric about elections. One article even targets the deployment of federal forces to restore order in American cities plagued by crime and political agitation. In other words, Cohen is trying to impeach the president for doing his job.

When you hurl every accusation you can think of at the wall, you’re not building a constitutional case. You’re drafting a wish list.

And Cohen’s accompanying press release was a masterclass in self-congratulation. He declared that “Trump is clearly the most impeachable President our country has ever endured,” then added – apparently without a hint of irony – that “when historians write about this period, and our constituents ask who stood up to President Trump’s lawlessness, this resolution is the answer.”

Bold words from a man whose constituents won’t actually be his constituents come January. Here’s the backstory: Tennessee Republicans redrew the congressional map back in May, splitting Cohen’s majority-black Memphis district among three Republican-leaning seats. Cohen – who is white – called it gerrymandering, announced he wouldn’t seek re-election in any of the new districts, and has apparently spent the months since plotting his grand farewell gesture. This isn’t a profile in courage. It’s a going-away party for one.

Democrats keep running the same failed play

Cohen isn’t even the first Democrat to try this routine in September alone. Just days earlier, Rep. Al Green of Texas forced a Trump impeachment resolution onto the House floor – a narrower effort focused on immigration policy and the actions of federal agents. The House promptly voted to table it. Democratic leadership didn’t lift a finger to help.

Green, like Cohen, is a lame duck. He lost his Texas primary over the summer after redistricting reshaped his seat. No voters to answer to. No consequences for wasting everyone’s time.

The pattern is glaring. Outgoing Democratic lawmakers who’ve been shown the exit are spending their final days not legislating, not serving the people who sent them to Washington, but waging pointless political warfare against a president their party has been trying to remove since 2017. Trump was impeached twice during his first term. The Senate acquitted him both times. Voters then sent him right back to the Oval Office. Democrats absorbed none of those lessons.

Even their own party won’t back them

Maybe the most devastating detail in this whole saga comes not from Republicans but from Democratic leadership itself. When Green forced his impeachment vote, every top Democrat voted “present.” Not yes, not no – just a conspicuous dodge. Rep. Pete Aguilar, head of the House Democratic Caucus, was refreshingly blunt about why.

“This is something, oftentimes, I think the right-wing media wants us to talk about,” Aguilar admitted. “But it’s not anything that is top of the agenda for House Democrats.”

When your own caucus leader publicly concedes that your crusade is off-message – that it actively helps the other side – you haven’t taken a principled stand. You’ve staged a spectacle that even your allies find counterproductive. That’s not opposition. That’s irrelevance dressed up in a press release.

Americans are grappling with real, tangible challenges – rising costs, border security, threats abroad. They deserve representatives who show up to work on those problems instead of departing politicians auditioning for footnotes in history books nobody will read. The midterms are weeks away. Voters have long memories, and they know the difference between governance and grandstanding.

Key Takeaways

• Rep. Steve Cohen introduced 26 impeachment articles against Trump in his final months in office.
• The House already rejected a separate Democratic impeachment attempt just days earlier.
• Democratic leadership publicly distanced itself from both impeachment efforts.
• Departing lawmakers with no electoral accountability are prioritizing stunts over governance.

Sources: The Post Millennial, FOX 56 News