Commentary Here we go again! In the aftermath of the mismanaged U.S. military pullout in Afghanistan, calls to impeach the president or demands for him to resign are being heard daily. Our republic cannot stand if lawmakers resort to undoing elections via impeachment every few years. If we, the electorate, are voting for undeserving or incompetent candidates, then that is on us and we need to reexamine how we chose who to vote for. Realize that in our nation’s history only three presidents have been formally impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. The first was Andrew Johnson in 1868. It took another 130 years before that drastic step was taken again. Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998. Then, just 21 years later, Donald Trump was impeached in 2019, and impeached again in 2021, just one week before his term ended. The bottom line, however, is that never has a …
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