Guess who said the following in a House Judiciary meeting on Dec 10, 1998? (hint: he was very, very fat)
The effect of impeachment is to overturn the popular will of the voters as expressed in a national election. We must not overturn an election and remove a president from office except to defend our very system of government or our constitutional liberties against a dire threat. And we must not do so without an overwhelming consensus of the American people and of their representatives in congress of the absolute necessity.
There must never be a narrowly voted impeachment or an impeachment substantially supported by one of our major political parties and largely opposed by the other. Such an impeachment would lack legitimacy, would produce divisiveness and bitterness in our politics for years to come. And will call into question the very legitimacy of our political institutions.
Transcript: Opening statement of Rep. Nadler - December 10, 1998
In the case of the Clinton Impeachment, Nadler was exactly correct. Bill Clinton was impeached because he lied about a blow job. Not because he violated the Constitution and betrayed his country. Big difference.
Bill Clinton never sought to undermine the government and the institutions of the United States of America, nor did he sell out the American people for business deals. He didn't ask China and the Ukraine to investigate Newt Gingerich in 1995. He didn't use foreign aid to try to bully foreign governments into investigating his enemies, or the Department of Justice to prosecute his opponents.
Clinton didn't dangle pardons to get subordinates to do his bidding. Or abandon Americas allies to genocide.
Clinton was impeached as revenge for Watergate and Iran Contra.
Trump is being impeached because he broke the law, and is a clear and present danger to national security. Because he's willing to betray the American people to further his own political interests, and line his own pockets.
