Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Sorry Republicans, impeachment isn't a coup

November 12, 2019 at 11:42 AM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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I try not to react to every silly piece of partisan spin, but one got to me this week: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Fox News that the impeachment of President Donald Trump is a “calculated coup.”