There are Dems against impeaching Donald Trump

[C]omments from Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) were met with applause from lawmakers and backed up by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), according to six sources familiar with the matter.

Nadler, the former top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, called Rep. Shri Thanedar's (D-Mich.) efforts "idiotic" and urged Democrats to vote for a Republican motion to kill his articles of impeachment.

  Axios

Nancy, Jerry, time to fight or retire.

Thanedar has ruffled feathers with his impeachment efforts, which many lawmakers believe is tied to his contested Democratic primary — a suggestion he denies.

Whether it is or is not, Trump has racked up numerous violations and crimes to be impeached.

Nadler was among the four lawmakers who were briefly listed as co-sponsors on the measure before withdrawing.

Sources previously told Axios that Thanedar wrongly led colleagues to believe leadership was supporting his efforts and added them as co-sponsors without notifying their staffs.

Okay, that's bad. Recall Thanedar.

[Nadler] said that unity against the measure would help protect House Democrats who are politically vulnerable — either to primary challengers who say they need to do more to fight Trump, or general election opponents who would use a vote for impeachment against them.

The time to be timid is well and truly gone.

"People's sense is that it's a total distraction and waste of time given [that there is] no path to victory," a senior House Democrat who was in the room told Axios.

You do it because it's the right thing to do.

Thanedar said in a statement to Axios, "I'm pursuing impeachment because the president has committed clear, impeachable crimes."

"I've heard from my constituents and people around the nation that they want this President held accountable and that's what I am doing," he added.

Bravo, but you don't do it by crooked and false pretense. That's impeachable, too.

Pelosi, who as speaker oversaw Democrats' two impeachments against President Trump in his first term, echoed Nadler's criticism but did not explicitly urge Democrats to vote to table, sources said.

She said that, in the past, the party has always adopted a measured strategy when it comes to impeachment in order to avoid the appearance it being a purely political.

So get to work.