For months, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi resisted the impeachment craze. She correctly knew an impeachment witch hunt would turn Congress into a three-ring circus that would suck up all oxygen in the room and hurt Democrats in districts Trump won in 2016.

But on Sept. 24, 2019, Pelosi caved to pressure from the far-left wing of her party. Democrats launched their impeachment proceedings. Despite the drumbeat from the media and the Washington establishment that the outcome has already been determined, I am one of the few people in Washington who remains skeptical that Democrats will actually vote to impeach the president. Pelosi knows that impeachment is not only bad for our country but bad politics for her party. Why else would she have resisted these efforts for so long?

And while some Democrats vowed to impeach President Trump from the moment he won the election, they have struggled to follow through on that promise. The House of Representatives voted three times to table articles of impeachment against Trump. On July 17, 2019, 137 Democrats voted with all Republicans to table the resolution. That the effort failed by such a spectacular margin (332-95) sent a clear message that the majority of both parties opposed efforts to reverse the results of the 2016 presidential election.

Previous votes in January 2018 and December 2017 produced similar results, with 121 and then 126 Democrats respectively voting with Republicans to table impeachment.

In the months since opening impeachment proceedings, things have only deteriorated for Democrats in Congress. Far from launching a serious inquiry with any semblance of fairness, the America people witnessed a partisan witch hunt. Voters can now see a pattern emerging. Instead of attempting to accomplish anything, Democrats in Congress have been consumed with undoing the legitimate results of the 2016 elections. Remember the Mueller report, the smoking gun that many believed would surely take down Trump? After months of public hearings with no significant information, Democrats in Congress gave up on that. They instead pivoted to impeachment hearings over a call with the Ukrainian president.

Once again, Democrats were unable to provide any information that proved wrongdoing by Trump, let alone high crimes and misdemeanors.

But it’s not just Republicans who are questioning the value and strategy of this most recent impeachment attempt.

The 31 Democrats who represent seats Trump won in 2016 are feeling the heat. An anonymous Democrat told CNN: “The fact of the matter is this does have political consequences, and the people who will suffer significant political consequences are our moderate members … For our leadership not to engage with moderates at all to either talk about how they are going to message or what they are going to put in it seems to be a giant oversight.”

Pelosi told the Washington Post on March 11, 2019, “I’ve been thinking about this. Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country. And he’s just not worth it.”

Pelosi went back on her word because every Republican member of Congress (and two Democrats) voted against opening impeachment proceedings. In fact, the only bipartisan thing was the opposition to this meritless impeachment.

If Pelosi and her Democratic caucus are so confident in their effort to impeach the president, they should put their articles of impeachment up for a vote so that all Americans can see exactly where their representatives stand.

I remain skeptical that Pelosi actually has the votes to pass articles of impeachment.

Instead of wasting time and taxpayer dollars on these ridiculous impeachment proceedings, it is time for Democrats to focus on issues that matter to all Americans.

Alex Mooney represents West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District in the House of Representatives.