WASHINGTON. Former Vice President Kamala Harris is warning Democrats against trying to impeach President Trump for a third time if they capture control of the House of Representatives in next week’s midterm elections, as reported by The New York Post.

Harris argued that Democrats have limited resources and should focus their attention on investigations and accountability rather than launching another impeachment drive that lacks the necessary support in the Senate.

“I think that going in the direction of impeachment is not a good idea, just to be honest with you, just because we have limited resources,” Harris told MeidasTouch’s Aaron Parnas in a Tuesday interview.

“I think the energy and the resources need to be put into accountability, need to be put into investigations,” she added. “And that’s where the time should be spent.”

Kamala Harris: I think that going in the direction of impeachment is not a good idea.

We have limited resources, and I think the energy and the resources need to be put into accountability, need to be put into investigations. And that’s where the time should be spent. I was in the Senate for the last go-round, and the votes aren’t there. I think after the election, we all have to just also agree that our attitude has to be to get stuff done… — Acyn (@Acyn) October 27, 2026

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Harris also pointed to the political math in the Senate, where conviction and removal require far more than the simple majority needed for the House to approve articles of impeachment.

“Remember, I was in the Senate for the last go-round, and the votes aren’t there,” Harris emphasized.

“So, that’s how I feel, but you know, also I think after the election, we all have to just also agree that our attitude has to be to get stuff done, and the tone and our kind of orientation around it has to be kind of ruthless.

“They’re [Republicans are] ruthless, but they’re cruel. And when I say we should be ruthless, I don’t mean cruel, but we should be uncompromising.”

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Trump survived two impeachment attempts during his first term. Harris, who served in the Senate at the time, voted to convict Trump over an alleged attempted quid pro quo involving aid to Ukraine.

Harris was vice president during the Senate trial following Trump’s second impeachment. That case accused Trump of inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

Her warning comes as Democratic leaders have declined to eliminate impeachment as an option if their party retakes the House. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York has kept his language deliberately broad.

Jeffries has said Democrats have not “ruled anything in, and we haven’t ruled anything out” when asked about impeaching Trump. He has also signaled that administration officials, including War Secretary Pete Hegseth, are likely to face Democratic pursuit.

The constitutional arithmetic presents the same obstacle Harris highlighted. Impeachment requires only a simple majority vote in the House, but conviction and removal from office require support from two-thirds of the Senate.

Neither political party has controlled a Senate supermajority since the mid 1960s. Democrats briefly held 68 of the chamber’s 100 seats during that period.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has taken a similar position on attempting to impeach Trump. Clinton’s husband, Bill Clinton, became the first president impeached since Andrew Johnson.

Speaking with lefty journalist Kara Swisher last week, Clinton said another effort against Trump would become a distraction without enough Senate votes to convict him.

“I am against impeaching Donald Trump because I think it’s a sideshow and he can’t get convicted.

“But I am in favor of opening impeachment investigations into some of the elected officials or the appointed officials,” she added. “People like Pete Hegseth, who I think is hollowing out our military, politicizing our military, turning it into a militia for his Christian national ambitions.”

Both Harris and Clinton therefore oppose another Trump impeachment while supporting investigations into members of his administration.

Harris wants Democratic resources directed toward accountability and investigations, while Clinton specifically raised the prospect of impeachment investigations involving elected or appointed officials.

The debate leaves Democrats weighing whether to pursue Trump directly or concentrate their efforts elsewhere if they win the House. Harris, drawing on her Senate experience, is blunt that the votes required to convict Trump simply are not there.

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