House flip looms: Analysts warn Democrats against Trump impeachment push

Joining me now to talk more about what we've seen tonight, Principal's First Executive Director Brittany Martinez here tonight and former D.C. Democratic Party Chair Charles Wilson here in studio. Good to see you both tonight. We appreciate it. Thank you. Charles, I want to start with you tonight. Big night for the Democrats. I know there was a lot of anticipation, a lot of speculation, because midterms would favor the party not in power. What is the message the Democrats are winning on tonight? Well, first of all, I want to say I feel much better tonight than I did two years ago. I do. It was a couple things. One, Donald Trump did not do him or his party any favor. Thank you. You know, when he ran for president, he said he was going to lower inflation. He was going to lower food costs. And that hasn't happened. And people are hurting across this country. It just costs more to live and to provide for your family. And one thing that I've learned about politics is that most people are not passionate about party politics, whether you're a Republican or a Democrat. They just want their government to work for them. And if it's not, they're going to make change in Washington. I think that's what happened. So here's the thing. When we saw the Democrats flip in 2018, when you were working in the Congress, you were working for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, at that point, Democrats ran on a message saying, we're going to investigate President Trump. And they did. There were two impeachments after that point. But lost in the mix there. There are everyday issues that people want to see the government do. So do you think the Democrats can... Can learn a lesson from 2018. I think doing that this time around, if they wanted to impeach Trump, I think that would be the worst thing that they could do. And listen, I've been saying this for months at this point, and sometimes I'll say this and people will act like I have a second head growing out of my shoulder, but it's true. I think what Americans want is they're tired of the tit-for-tat politics. They want accountability, and I'm not saying that there aren't things that have been done that are worthy of investigation, but let's focus on inflation and lowering gas prices and all of those things that you can do on a congressional level. level and less about what feels like retaliation. Clearly, and listen, it's still early in the night, but it looks like Americans are sending a resounding message that they don't want the retaliation and they want their priorities focused on. But do all of these problems now fall on the Democrats? Because we know it looks like they're going to flip the House. The Senate could be up for grabs at this point. Do all the problems, do all the solutions fall on their shoulders now because they could try to push everything they want through? President Trump's in the White House. He could veto legislation. He could stand in the way a lot So I think there's going to be shared responsibility, but now clearly the Democrats are in control and they're going to have a report card two years from now. And so it's important that we as a party brag about ourselves and tell the American people what we've accomplished over the last two years. So that we can be successful in the next presidential election. By the way, so I should point out too, Hakeem Jeffries, while in line to be Speaker, far from guaranteed because there are some holdouts. And again, you know something about that. Because in the Republican side, you have the Freedom Caucus who stood in the way of Speaker McCarthy. Do Democrats, are they going to trip over themselves opposing? A potential Speaker Jeffries. Look, I wouldn't be surprised if that happens. It took 15 rounds to elect Speaker McCarthy. And then, unfortunately, he didn't even last through that year. And the first time ever that's happened to a speaker. So I would say he's the best position of any person within the Democrat caucus. I'll also say that sometimes it's easier to rally together when you're in the minority versus in the majority. When you're in the majority, then that's when the claws really come out. Yeah. But I know that Democrats really care and value being able to promote. Promote leaders that are worthy, but also come from different demographic backgrounds. And he would be the first black speaker. And I think that is something that is important to him, excuse me, to them. And that is something that they value. I'm sure it's important to him, too. Yeah, and also to him. It would be historical. Stick around. We're going to talk more with you both in a little bit. In the meantime, we're going to talk more about some of these referendums that came down tonight. Virginia, Maryland, the foie gras ban. We could talk a lot about that. Stick around. We're back after this here on Fox 5 and Fox Local.