Who is running the ship? Who has the conn? Because if this latest impeachment stunt against President Donald Trump is any indication, the Democratic Party is not only rudderless — it’s drifting into open mutiny.
Representative Shri Thanedar (D-MI) stepped onto the national stage this week with the political equivalent of a glitter bomb: a multi-pronged impeachment resolution against Trump that had zero chance of survival and even less support from his own party. If the goal was to land headlines, he managed that. But if the goal was to launch a serious, coordinated legislative effort, he failed so spectacularly it might take weeks to clean up the debris.
Thanedar’s impeachment resolution includes seven articles ranging from “tyranny” to “usurpation of appropriations power.” But what really caught people’s attention wasn’t the content — it was the cringe-worthy chaos that followed. Multiple Democrats — including Reps. Jerry Nadler, Kweisi Mfume, and Robin Kelly — scrambled to have their names removed as co-sponsors just hours after the resolution dropped. Why? Because they were misled into thinking it had leadership’s blessing.
It didn’t.
Axios confirmed the stunt sparked an “internal furor” among Democrats. In other words, this wasn’t just bad optics — it was a self-inflicted political explosion that exposed how little control party leaders have over their own members. When lawmakers are jumping off your bill like it’s the Titanic, the question isn’t whether it’ll pass — it’s how it ever got filed in the first place.
🚨 JUST IN: House Democrats are now FURIOUS with Rep. Shri Thanedar’s impeachment articles against Trump – they say he MISLEAD them that leadership supported it, per Axios.
Thanedar not only gave the impression leadership backed him, but even signed “at least one colleague” onto… pic.twitter.com/AEWRg9RuyG
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 1, 2025
Thanedar’s credibility didn’t do him any favors. He’s been plagued by accusations of shady business dealings and animal abuse tied to pharmaceutical testing. Now, he’s facing two primary challengers, and critics suspect this impeachment stunt was more about saving his own political skin than any legitimate grievance against Trump.
This wasn’t an act of principle. It was a flailing power grab by a lawmaker with one foot out the door and the other stuck in a mess of his own making.
The Democrats’ descent into freelance impeachment filings is the latest symptom of a deeper rot — a party without clear leadership, cohesion, or strategy. President Trump is gaining ground with voter blocs that used to be firmly in the Democratic column. Meanwhile, their congressional wing can’t even keep its members on the same page long enough to coordinate a press release, let alone a constitutional process.
You don’t need to support Trump to recognize the tactical disaster here. When your party accidentally promotes a nobody from Michigan to the front of the anti-Trump resistance — only to immediately disavow him — you’ve lost the plot. This is what happens when a party is out of ideas, out of leadership, and out of touch.
