Trump’s Focus on His Base Not Helping with Impeachment

Ron Brownstein: “This pattern of results signals that Trump’s vituperative response to the threat of impeachment — with his cries of ;treason,’ ‘coup’ and ‘civil war’ — may be energizing his supporters but is failing to persuade voters outside that core coalition. That’s a familiar pattern from other issues in his presidency, from his advocacy of a border wall to his push to repeal the Affordable Care Act. In all those confrontations, Trump displayed very little capacity to move public opinion in general toward his position.”

“So to generate more opposition to his possible impeachment, the President faces a tough assignment: He must convert people who disapprove of his overall job performance or don’t have an opinion about it.”