Businessman Andrew Yang Andrew YangBiden's latest small business outreach is just ... awful Doctor who allegedly assaulted Evelyn Yang arrested on federal charges The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden weighs in on police shootings | Who's moderating the debates | Trump trails in post-convention polls MORE, a 2020 Democratic candidate for president, said in a new interview that he remains skeptical that the Republican-held Senate would vote to convict President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE if the House were to impeach him.

Yang told NPR on Saturday that Democrats should not have "any illusions" about an impeachment trial successfully resulting in Trump's removal.

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"I think impeachment is the right way to go, but I do not think that we should have any illusions that it's necessarily going to be successful," he told NPR. The conversation, Yang added, only served to benefit the president ahead of a contentious reelection battle.

"When we're talking about Donald Trump, we are losing to Donald Trump, even if it's in the context of talking about impeaching him," Yang said.

Yang indicated support for the House's impeachment inquiry last month when he tweeted that impeachment was the "right" move for the Democratic-controlled House to take after news broke that Trump has asked Ukraine's president to launch an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE, one of Yang's competitors for the Democratic nomination.

“Given the President’s latest actions I think impeachment is the right path forward. Asking foreign leaders for political help in return for aid and then suppressing your own agency’s inquiry is egregious,” Yang tweeted late last month.

“There have to be limits and Congress is right to act,” he continued.

Yang has also previously warned that such a move will inflame the president's base, and would be "impractical" due to the low chance of success in the Senate.

“Given the current composition of Congress, impeachment would almost certainly not succeed. And then you would wind up inflaming a certain proportion of the president's base with this persecution complex no matter what he does after a failed impeachment process.” Yang said earlier in September. “It's impractical to champion impeachment just based upon the fact that Republicans still hold so many seats in Congress.”