WASHINGTON _ Leading Democrats remain fearful that impeaching President Donald Trump will bolster his reelection campaign.
But if Robert Mueller's brief, unexpected statement did anything Wednesday, it clarified that a Democratic Party that does not embrace impeachment still faces a potentially sizable political risk _ especially from core supporters demanding more loudly than ever before that the House try to impeach Trump.
"There is a real danger if Democrats fail to have message clarity and moral clarity when it comes to this," said Ezra Levin, co-founder of the influential liberal activist group Indivisible. "There will be a real question of how they'll ever motivate people to vote for them."
