House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries just told the world that Democrats have "not ruled anything in and ruled anything out" when it comes to impeaching President Trump if they retake the House in the 2026 midterms. Because apparently two failed impeachments weren't embarrassing enough, and the Democratic Party is nothing if not committed to beating a dead horse.

You'd think after getting smoked in a national election, these people might try, I don't know, coming up with actual policies that Americans want. But no. The playbook is the same as it's been since 2016: impeach, resist, repeat.

Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House from New York, was asked directly whether impeachment was on the table if Democrats win back the majority. A normal politician would have laughed it off and pivoted to kitchen-table issues. Instead, Jeffries gave us the classic non-denial denial — keeping the door wide open for the impeachment circus to roll back into town. According to LifeZette, this isn't just idle chatter from the leadership. The rank and file have been busy.

Rep. Al Green, the Democrat from Texas who has never met an impeachment resolution he didn't like, introduced H. Res. 939 back on December 10, 2025. The very next day, on December 11, 2025, the House voted 237-140 to table it. That means 140 Democrats voted to keep impeachment alive. Another 47 members voted present — which in Congress-speak means "I want to impeach him but I'm scared of my district." Only 23 Democrats had the sense to join Republicans in killing the thing.

But Green wasn't alone in the clown car. Rep. Shri Thanedar, a Democrat from Michigan, filed H. Res. 353 in April 2025. Then Rep. John Larson, Democrat from Connecticut, dropped H. Res. 1155 in April 2026. Three separate impeachment resolutions from three separate Democrats, and their leader won't shut any of it down.

Let that sink in. These people have introduced three impeachment resolutions in barely over a year. They haven't passed a single piece of legislation that makes your groceries cheaper, but they've got time to file paperwork trying to undo your vote.

And then there's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, because of course there is. The New York Democrat has been ratcheting up the rhetoric on military action, claiming "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences." The impeachment wing and the anti-war wing are merging into one big blob of "we just hate Trump and we'll use any excuse."

Here's what Jeffries and his crew are really telling you: they don't care about governing. They care about power. If Democrats somehow scrape together a House majority in the 2026 midterms — and that's a big if — the first order of business won't be inflation, won't be the border, won't be crime. It'll be dragging us through another impeachment spectacle that goes absolutely nowhere.

We've seen this movie twice already. The first impeachment over a phone call to Ukraine ended in acquittal. The second impeachment, rammed through in a week with no real process, also ended in acquittal. And now they want to run it back a third time.

The definition of insanity, ladies and gentlemen.

What makes this even more pathetic is the math. Even if Democrats win the House, Trump isn't getting convicted in the Senate. They know this. Everyone knows this. The whole exercise is performance art designed to fire up their base and fundraise off your outrage. It's not governance. It's a grift.

Jeffries could have easily shut this down. He could have said, "We're focused on the issues that matter to American families." He could have been a leader. Instead, he chose to leave the impeachment door cracked open like a teenager sneaking out past curfew — hoping nobody notices but fully intending to make a run for it.

So remember this the next time a Democrat tells you they're the party of "norms" and "democracy." They're the party that has spent the better part of a decade trying to remove a duly elected president because they can't beat him at the ballot box.

Third time's the charm? Don't bet on it.