The Democratic Party is self-destructing in real time, with moderate members increasingly frustrated by their progressive colleagues’ relentless pursuit of political theater over governance. Behind closed doors, senior Democrats are expressing exhaustion and anger at being forced into impossible positions that alienate voters and accomplish nothing.
This week brought yet another example of this dysfunction when party extremists forced a vote that even Democratic leadership couldn’t stomach. The result was a spectacular failure that exposed just how deeply divided the party has become, with nearly two dozen Democrats joining Republicans to shut down their own colleague’s frantic gambit.
From ‘Fox News’:
A lone progressive’s effort to impeach President Donald Trump failed Thursday, with nearly two dozen Democrats joining the House GOP to quash it…
Twenty-three Democrats joined Republicans in pushing the impeachment aside. A significant number of Democrats also voted “present,” including all three senior leaders — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., and Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar, D-Calif.
These lofty words didn’t come from Republicans defending President Trump. They came from Democratic leadership—Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, and Pete Aguilar—explaining why they voted “present” rather than support Rep. Al Green’s fifth attempt to impeach the president. Talk about profiles in courage, right? The Texas Democrat’s privileged resolution collapsed Thursday, with 23 Democrats joining 214 Republicans to kill it by a vote of 237 to 140.
Green claimed Trump committed impeachable offenses by saying Democratic lawmakers who urged military personnel to disobey orders engaged in “seditious behavior.” But his own party abandoned him. Forty-seven Democrats voted “present,” including former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the entire Democratic leadership team. The shift from June, when 128 Democrats supported tabling a similar measure, shows the party is losing its appetite for these political stunts.
Let’s not forget—this is the same Al Green who was physically removed from Trump’s joint address to Congress in March for repeatedly interrupting the president’s speech. (Yes, really. He actually did that.)
Democrats in Disarray
The frustration among House Democrats is boiling over. “I hate it,” one senior Democrat told Axios anonymously. Another complained that Green’s move “puts us in a difficult position” and called it “not a team effort.”
These aren’t Republicans criticizing the impeachment push. These are Democrats furious at being forced to choose between angering their base and looking reasonable to swing voters.
Rep. James Walkinshaw, a Virginia Democrat who voted “present,” admitted the obvious: Republicans who control Congress “have shown that they’re not willing to hold Trump accountable” and suggested Democrats need to “beat him at the ballot box” in the 2026 midterms instead of pursuing doomed impeachment efforts. Translation: even Democrats know these attempts are going nowhere and serve only to divide their own caucus.
The numbers tell the story. In just six months, Democratic support for tabling impeachment resolutions jumped from 128 to the combination of 23 “no” votes and 47 “present” votes—a clear rebuke of the radical wing’s tactics. When your own leadership won’t support your efforts, maybe it’s time for some soul-searching.
The Impeachment Obsession
This isn’t just about one collapsed vote. Democrats have turned impeachment into their default response to political disagreement, filing articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and pushing for proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Are you sensing a pattern here?
The obsession reveals a party that has learned nothing from voters’ rejection of their extremism. Rather than focusing on real problems Americans face—inflation, crime, border security—the far-left wing continues to chase impeachment fantasies that even their own leadership won’t endorse. Every futile attempt makes them look more unhinged.
The American people want results, not resistance. They want governance, not grievance. And despite the left’s frantic attempts to stop it, that’s exactly what they’re getting.
Key Takeaways
- Twenty-three Democrats joined Republicans to kill Al Green’s impeachment attempt
- Democratic leadership voted “present” rather than support their own member’s resolution
- Senior Democrats privately admit they “hate” being forced into these votes
- The party’s impeachment obsession reveals deep divisions between progressives and moderates
