Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel on Sunday called on Democratic lawmakers to put aside plans to impeach President Donald Trump if they win a majority in the House, pushing them to instead pass an ethics reform package.
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Asked directly on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” whether Democrats should take up impeachment in January if they take the House gavel, Emanuel said, “Short answer: No, because it’s not going anywhere, and it’s going to be a food fight, and it’s just going to be we return to the politics of fighting.”
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we → ask → fighting
Emanuel, who served as President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, proposed that Democrats could instead “pass an ethics package” to address the corruption he alleged is taking place in the Trump administration.
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he → serve → administration
In a September NBC News poll, government corruption emerged as the second-highest-rated issue voters were concerned about ahead of November’s midterm elections.
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voters → emerge → elections
On the airwaves, tackling government corruption and banning congressional stock trading has emerged as a top issue mentioned in campaign TV ads by Democrats and Republicans.
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tackling → tackle → Democrats
Should Democrats take back the House, Emanuel prescribed: “Hold [the Trump administration] accountable, and then pass an ethics package.”
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administration → take → package
“You’re never going to get an impeachment,” he added.
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he → go → impeachment
“Then if you do that, you just basically prove all Washington is what the American people think.
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people → do → what
It’s Disneyland on the Potomac.
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It → ’ → Potomac
Deliver a comprehensive ethics package that uses the investigations to then deliver change.
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that → deliver → change
In September, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who could be speaker of the house if Democrats win a majority in Congress’ lower chamber in November, said his party’s top priorities would be to tackle healthcare costs and affordability.
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priorities → win → costs
Jeffries has refrained from weighing in on calls from some fellow Democrats that the party should impeach the president if they take control of the House.
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they → refrain → House
In a June interview with “Meet the Press,” Jeffries told moderator Kristen Welker when asked about a potential impeachment, “We haven’t ruled anything in or ruled anything out in terms of accountability.
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We → tell → accountability
What we have said is that our focus is going to be to make life more affordable for the American people.
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life → say → people
We have to drive down the high cost of living.”
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We → have → living
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., last month told “Meet the Press” that impeaching Trump was not a “taboo” topic.
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impeaching → tell → Trump
“Everybody on our side understands that impeachment is a critical tool in the toolbox for constitutional self-defense against a president acting like a king, an imperious, lawless, arrogant king,” the Maryland lawmaker said, adding later in the interview, “Impeachment is not a taboo with us.
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Impeachment → understand → us
It’s not a fetish with us.”
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Trump was impeached twice in his first term but was never convicted.
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Emanuel, who was a two-term mayor of Chicago and served as a chief of staff in the Obama administration, is widely speculated to be considering a run for president in 2028.
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who → serve → 2028
The New York Times reported last month that he has been a crucial behind-the-scenes player in the 2026 midterms, helping his party recruit candidates and offering advice to party leaders and candidates.
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party → report → leaders
The 2028 contest for the Democratic presidential nomination is expected to yield a crowded field of candidates, with nearly a dozen Democratic governors and members of Congress also fueling speculation that they’ll run.
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Asked Sunday on “Meet the Press,” whether he’ll run for president in 2028, Emanuel demurred, outlining affordability and building a positive vision for the future as the two most important issues facing the next president.
“We’ve had two presidents back to back who’ve actually tried to restore a past that’s not coming back?
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Let’s build a future that we actually every American and every community in America is part of,” the former Chicago mayor said.
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mayor → build → America
“To me, if I have what it takes to answer that, I’ll do it.
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I → have → it
If I don’t, I won’t.
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I → do → ?
And it’s that simple a question,” he added.
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