As a thoroughly vindictive person, one of my favorite plays from my university days was The Revenger’s Tragedy, a blood-soaked Jacobean classic. It concerns a man called, suitably enough, Vindice. By the end of the play, Vindice has dispatched his archenemy, along with most of the ruling family.
All he has to do is keep quiet. Instead, he boastfully confesses everything and is sentenced to death. It’s now 2026, but House Democrats might want to read it before January.
After the Republican midterms massacre, Carlo Versano’s story on the results also noted that some Democrats have already floated impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, or President Donald Trump himself, over the war in Iran. On the Fairness Meter, more readers rated that story left-leaning than right-leaning. I think this is understandable.
The losing side never wants that loss to be rubbed in its face. John Payne, a subscriber who wrote in after the results, said much the same. Reconciliation usually trumps revenge.
In 1998, House Republicans pursued President Bill Clinton through the autumn and lost five seats in that November’s midterms. Republicans impeached Clinton anyway. Gallup put his approval at 73 percent the day after the vote, the highest of his presidency.
Trump knows this better than anyone. He has been impeached twice and acquitted twice. When Fulton County booked him in August 2023, his campaign started selling the mugshot on T-shirts and mugs under the slogan “NEVER SURRENDER” within hours.
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