Article snippet: MORE wants to step up efforts to protect Republican control of the House in hopes of avoiding an impeachment debate and congressional investigations if Democrats seize the chamber, according to GOP sources. “It is super important to the White House and really the whole White House is very focused on it,” said a source familiar with strategy talks about protecting the House majority. “The president is expected to dial up efforts in this regard during and after the August recess,” the source added. While Democratic leaders in the House are playing any talk of impeachment very carefully, the idea of impeaching Trump has strong support within the party’s liberal base. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), who raised $6.7 million in the first quarter for a Senate bid, goosed his fundraising last month by pledging to vote for impeachment. And Rep. MORE (D-Calif.) said over the weekend that 70 percent of Democrats want to impeach the president. Those comments have grabbed Trump’s attention, and led him to see protecting the House as vitally important. Trump told a rally of supporters in Michigan over the weekend that the looming threat of impeachment is a driving reason to protect the House. “We have to keep the House because if we listen to Maxine Waters, she’s going around saying ‘We will impeach him,’ ” Trump said Saturday. Democrats would need to gain 23 seats to win back the House majority, a number that seems within range. The Cook Political Report categorizes eight GOP ... Link to the full article to read more