Trump Urges Voters to Vote in Midterms to Avoid Impeachment
The former president is employing a new strategy to mobilize supporters ahead of the November elections.
President Donald Trump is urging his supporters to vote in the upcoming midterm elections by invoking the threat of impeachment, a strategy he is testing out on the campaign trail.
"Pretend I'm running, please, because I am on the ballot. And if we don't win, they'll end up impeaching me," Trump told a rally crowd in Durant, Oklahoma, this week. He added, "They're going to ruin our nation if they're allowed to get back into office."
Trump has been impeached twice by the House of Representatives, in 2019 and 2021, and acquitted by the Senate both times. Last month, the House tabled a resolution to impeach him, sponsored by outgoing Texas representative Al Green.
This is not the first time Trump has used unconventional tactics to encourage voter turnout. At a Republican Midterm convention in Dallas last month, he asked supporters to pledge allegiance to him, stating, "I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breathe."
He continued, "That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell like they do... and we are going to vote on November 3." Trump also jokingly told attendees that "if you don't vote right... you go to hell."
Democrats have signaled their intent to investigate Trump's family members and cabinet if they regain control of Congress after the midterms. Specifically, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and the Trump sons' crypto empire are reportedly high on their list.
Senator Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, stated that Kushner is a top target for investigation. "The President's son-in-law is negotiating with Saudi Arabia. He's negotiating on behalf of us, and also having clients in Saudi Arabia," Gallego told the Daily Mail. Kushner's firm, Affinity Partners, received a $2 billion investment from the Saudi Public Investment Fund in 2021.
Gallego also criticized the Trump administration for rising living costs, saying, "they've driven up the cost of living for everybody... you can't buy a home' and 'gas prices are going to the roof.'
Democrats have previously sought to investigate Kushner's dealings with Gulf nations, but he has reportedly resisted their requests. In April, Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, stated that one cannot "both be a diplomat and a financial pawn of the Saudi monarchy at the same time."
Current polls suggest Republicans are trailing in several key U.S. Senate races, including contests in Texas, North Carolina, and Alaska, with the race in Kansas within the margin of error.