A group of Democratic rebels is urging party leadership to impeach Donald Trump on “day one” after the midterm elections.
Republicans stand to lose their majority in the House and the Senate in November, which would see Mr Trump starved of some of his power to enact his agenda.
Delia Ramirez, a representative from Illinois, told Axios that she wanted to hatch a “concrete” and “coordinated” strategy now to impeach the US president in the new year, when the new Congress will be sworn in.
“Starting this work in January is too late,” she added.
Yassamin Ansari, a Democrat from Arizona, said that if her party can recapture the House “the push for impeachment is going to be overwhelming.
Sri Thanedar, a representative for Michigan, added: “We have a case — a very strong case — so we should really work on it now.”
The effort to impeach Mr Trump does not appear to be led by Chuck Schumer, the most senior Democrat in the Senate, or Hakeem Jeffries, his counterpart in the House.
However, Mr Jeffries told MS Now that he was “not ruling anything in or out” when asked about a Trump impeachment.
Eighty-five House and Senate Democrats called for Mr Trump to be impeached following his threat to destroy Iran’s civilisation on April 7.
In recent days, other House Democrats have taken to X to join the calls.
The president’s party has only twice won the House in midterm elections since the Second World War. In both cases, Bill Clinton and George W Bush had significantly higher approval ratings than Mr Trump has ever had.
Republicans are trying to keep as many seats as they can in November’s elections, currently holding a majority of only three House seats and seven Senate seats.
Recently passed redistricting measures in Virginia may also help tip the scales in favour of Democrats, where the party is likely to win four newly added seats in the House.
In addition to choosing a Democrat speaker of the House, who is effectively second in line to the presidency, control of the House would give Democrats the power to stall or veto Mr Trump’s nominations and initiatives.
Since Mr Trump’s return to office, the Republican majority of both the House and Senate has worked to his advantage.
He has been able to get cabinet picks approved quickly and legislation passed without much opposition.
Mr Trump has also reportedly made a shortlist of younger Republican judges to replace Supreme Court justices and has been pushing two, Justice Clarence Thomas, 77, or Justice Samuel Alito, 76, to retire so he can appoint new justices before his party loses control.
New data from prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, which have become helpful tools in forecasting emerging trends, initially predicted Republicans would retain their lead in the Senate in the Midterms.
Right after Mr Trump went to war with Iran in mid-March, the data flipped the other way, showing 55 per cent of users betting on Democrats to win.
