House Democrats don’t seem close to impeaching Trump

House Democrats got as close as they’ve ever gotten Wednesday night to impeaching President Trump — and it wasn’t close at all.

Wednesday’s vote on whether to table, or set aside, a resolution calling for Trump’s impeachment was a good case study on where House Democrats are on impeachment. A majority still doesn’t support moving forward with it, even in the wake of a tumultuous week where President Trump tweeted racist comments about four of their Democratic colleagues.

In the vote, a majority of House Democrats joined with House Republicans...