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Dahleen Glanton: Republicans are right. Democrats wanted to impeach Donald Trump from the start.

From the moment he took office, Donald Trump's impeachment was inevitable. Democrats knew it. Republicans knew it too.

Democrats can pretend as though they were willing to give Trump a chance to prove that he could be a better president than they knew in their hearts he was incapable of being. But that would be a lie. Democrats never trusted him - not for a single moment.

This week, House Democrats will get what they have craved for three years. They are expected to vote to impeach the 45th president of the United States.

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