This was originally published on Tuesday night and has been updated with new letters.

To the Editor:

Re “Pelosi Will Open Formal Impeachment Inquiry, Accusing President of ‘Betrayal’ of the Nation” (front page, Sept. 25):

For everyone calling for impeachment, I have a question: Do you want to remove President Trump from office? Yes? Let’s recap three things we know:

1) Impeachment by the House does not remove a president. (Just ask Bill Clinton.) Only the Senate can do that, by convicting the president. The Senate can also acquit.

2) Policy is Mr. Trump’s kryptonite. He cannot win an election on policy. When it comes to giving Americans a better life — health care, education, working conditions and so on — most Americans think Democrats do better. The only way Mr. Trump wins is by distracting people from policy.

3) Impeachment talk smothers policy talk. When impeachment is the talk of the town, no one hears Democrats’ plans for health care, education or anything else. That’s how Mr. Trump wins in 2020.

Imagine the Republicans after the Senate acquits Mr. Trump of all charges.

Cynthia Barr

Boston

To the Editor:

Better late than never, Nancy Pelosi! While I don’t expect most Senate Republicans to do what’s right, perhaps several will see enough indisputable evidence to side with the Democrats. Also, politics being what it is, if some Senate Republicans believe that abandoning the president will help their political careers …