'The View' Co-Hosts Side With Harris Against Trump Impeachment

The panel on ABC's "The View" agreed that Democrats should not try to impeach President Donald Trump even if the party wins back control of Congress in the midterms, siding with former Vice President Kamala Harris's warning that such a push would be a mistake, according to a report from Fox News.

What did Harris say about impeaching Trump?

Harris, breaking with the left flank of her own party, told Democrats that pursuing impeachment of Trump would be "not a good idea," Fox News reported. The former vice president's position puts her at odds with Democratic lawmakers and activists who have floated impeachment as a response to the president's conduct in office, and it lines up with the stance taken by the co-hosts of "The View" in their own discussion of the issue, per the outlet.

Fox News characterized the co-hosts' agreement with Harris as a judgment that a renewed impeachment effort would be futile — a read on the political math in Washington, where any impeachment vote in the House would still require a two-thirds majority in the Senate to convict and remove a sitting president. That threshold has not changed since Trump's two previous impeachments, both of which ended in Senate acquittals.

Why is impeachment back in the conversation now?

The discussion is tied to the midterm elections and the possibility that Democrats could reclaim a majority in the House, the Senate, or both chambers. Control of either chamber would hand the party subpoena power and committee gavels it does not currently hold, reviving speculation about a third impeachment attempt against Trump, according to the Fox News report.

That speculation has run into resistance from prominent Democrats, including Harris, who argue the party's energy is better spent elsewhere. The "not a good idea" framing from Harris, as quoted by Fox News, signals a preference for a different kind of pressure campaign than the one Trump faced in 2019 and 2021.

What do Harris and the co-hosts say Democrats should do instead?

Rather than impeachment, the co-hosts and Harris pointed to accountability measures and investigations as the more useful tools available to a Democratic-controlled Congress, Fox News reported. That approach would rely on oversight hearings, document requests, and committee investigations rather than a formal impeachment vote — a strategy that avoids a Senate trial Democrats would almost certainly lose given the chamber's partisan makeup.

The calculation echoes a broader argument made by Democratic strategists after the first two impeachment efforts: that a failed impeachment vote can hand a president a political win rather than a political cost, since it ends in acquittal rather than removal.

Does this put Harris and the co-hosts at odds with other Democrats?

Yes. Fox News reported that Harris's comments represent a break from the party's left flank, which has continued pushing impeachment as a response to Trump's time in office. The network's coverage notes that Democratic socialists and more progressive members of the party have kept the idea alive even as figures like Harris and the "The View" panel argue against it — a split that mirrors broader tension inside the party over strategy heading into the midterms.

Fox News framed the disagreement as part of a wider pattern, pointing to other intraparty friction it has covered, including warnings from Sen. Joe Manchin about Democratic socialists gaining ground while the party's mainstream remains largely silent, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's public criticism of past remarks on Israel made by some of the party's newer progressive figures. Fox News did not report that these other disputes are directly connected to the impeachment debate, but presented them as evidence of the same strategic divide playing out across different issues.

What happens next on Capitol Hill?

No impeachment resolution against Trump is currently pending in the House, and any renewed effort would depend first on the midterm results determining which party controls the chamber. Fox News did not report a specific timeline for when House Democrats, if they win a majority, would decide between pursuing investigations short of impeachment or revisiting the impeachment question directly.

For now, the public positioning from Harris and "The View" co-hosts gives Democratic leadership cover to argue for an investigations-first approach if the party does retake one or both chambers in the midterms — a strategy that keeps oversight tools in play without forcing a Senate vote the party would likely lose.

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