"People are tired of theater": The left sours on "performative" Trump impeachment

Progressive House members and candidates are taking a stark turn away from what they describe as "performative" efforts to impeach President Trump.Why it matters: This is a drastic shift in tone from Trump's first term, when progressives were some of the loudest voices in favor of impeachment.Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) famously said of Trump in 2019, "We're gonna impeach the motherfucker," a line Republicans have routinely dredged up to dismiss impeachment efforts against the president as premeditated.On Thursday, she told Axios in a statement: "No matter what happens in November, we'll still have a Trump administration for the next two years to hold accountable."Driving the news: Likely incoming Democratic House members Darializa Avila Chevalier of New York and Melat Kiros of Colorado struck a similar tone in a recent podcast interview when asked about impeaching Trump."I support accountability, but ... that is something that Trump himself seems to want," Avila Chevalier said. "My question is: Is that actually going to be meaningful accountability for the Trump administration?"Said Kiros: "The accountability has to actually lead to some material changes."What we're hearing: Rep…

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