Trump Reveals “I’ll Get Impeached”

President Donald Trump just issued a stark warning to House Republicans: If Democrats win the midterm, he says, they will impeach him again. And this isn’t the first time we’re hearing it.

As reported by Reuters:

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Republicans must win the 2026 midterm elections or else he will get impeached by Democrats.

“You gotta win the midterms ‘cause, if we don’t win the midterms, it’s just gonna be - I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump told Republican lawmakers at a retreat in Washington. “I’ll get impeached.”

That isn’t hyperbole. This is a desperate political strategy from the Left. Just days before Christmas, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson issued a similar warning, urging attendees to December’s AmericaFest:

Everything, as has been said here, everything is on the line in the midterms of 2026, and we have much more to do. But if we lose the House majority, the radical Left, as you’ve already heard, is going to impeach President Trump. They’re going to create absolute chaos, we cannot let that happen, and I know you won’t, I know you won’t.

We’ve already seen how low the bar has fallen. During Trump’s first term, the far Left impeached him over what he famously called a “perfect” phone call.” He was acquitted by the Senate after a full trial – defended, notably, by ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow and ACLJ Executive Director Jordan Sekulow (in their personal capacity). Then, after Trump left office, the far Left tried again, staging a second impeachment in a proceeding so unprecedented that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court didn’t even preside over it.

Though that effort also failed, the precedent was set. Since then, impeachment has become a stage for media attention. Issues such as the National Guard deployments, military actions, foreign policy decisions, and even the recent arrest of Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro are already being floated as potential impeachment fodder by critics on the Left.

If the far Left regains control of the House, the odds are overwhelming that impeachment proceedings will begin early. Not necessarily because they expect to remove Trump from office – in fact, the odds would be against their success – but succeeding isn’t necessarily the point. They’ll consider it a success simply because impeachment is disruptive, time-consuming, and politically painful. It stalls legislation, dominates headlines, and drains an Administration’s energy.

And that’s the point. Even if removal is unlikely – remember, it still requires a supermajority in the Senate – the damage will be done long before a final vote is ever taken.

What makes this moment different is how normalized all of this has become.

For most of American history, impeachment was rare. Before President Clinton, the only President formally impeached was Andrew Johnson. President Nixon resigned before the House could act. That’s it.

But then they came after Trump – twice.

Today impeachment is no longer the nuclear option. It’s just another tool in the political toolbox. If we don’t like what you do or say, we’ll just impeach you. That’s not what it’s there for.

But nevertheless, these days that reality seems to be shaping how both parties behave. Conservatives largely declined to pursue impeachment during the Biden years, despite loud calls from parts of their base. The far Left, meanwhile, has shown little hesitation about using it whenever they have the votes. We can’t win on our own merits, so we’ll have you thrown out of the stadium.

But for what it’s worth, it is starting to appear as though that asymmetry hasn’t gone unnoticed – and it’s fueling frustration among voters heading into the midterms.

History tells us a President’s party almost always struggles in midterm elections. Frustration builds. Expectations outpace results. Voters punish incumbents – sometimes even for things Congress itself controls. That’s especially true in a divided, impatient political climate where everything feels like it should happen RIGHT NOW.

President Trump knows that the clock is ticking. He also knows that if the House flips, legislative progress likely grinds to a halt by investigations, hearings, and impeachment theatrics that consume the next two years. So when President Trump tells the House GOP to win the midterms or he’ll be impeached again, he’s not fearmongering. He’s simply seen the playbook.

The bigger question isn’t whether the far Left would try to impeach Trump again if given the chance – it’s whether the country has fully come to terms with what impeachment has become. It now risks becoming just another partisan exercise that leaves Americans cynical, exhausted, and stuck watching the same political show on repeat.

And judging by the tone of this morning’s speech, President Trump believes they’re already warming up for Round Three.

Today’s Sekulow broadcast included more discussion of President Trump’s address to House Republicans and his candid impeachment prediction. We were also joined by ACLJ Senior Counsel CeCe Heil, who updated us on a major religious liberty case that has us defending the right for teachers to pray.

Watch the full broadcast below: