According to New York Times columnist Charles Blow, the Democrats' failure to impeach President Trump is turning him into a "folk hero."

"Dem leadership says not moving to impeach Trump skirts the problem of revving up his base," tweeted Blow on Wednesday night.

"Fatal flaw in this logic: "Getting away with it," evading capture, actually adds to the legend of folk heroes. (Trump has become one.)"

"NOT impeaching him is actually what’s energizing!"

Dem leadership says not moving to impeach Trump skirts the problem of revving up his base.



Fatal flaw in this logic: “Getting away with it,” evading capture, actually adds to the legend of folk heroes. (Trump has become one.)



NOT impeaching him is actually what’s energizing! — Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) July 24, 2019

Blow was more than a bit triggered by yesterday's performance by Robert Mueller and Congressional Democrats, tweeting "I’m soooooo frustrated and disappointed" that "Dems are basically reading Mueller quotes from his report" (which he was totally unfamiliar with).

Dems are basically reading Mueller quotes from his report and asking, “is that correct”? You have had this report for five months! You already knew it was correct! You already knew he was a criminal. And you have done NOTHING! I’m soooooo frustrated and disappointed. — Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) July 24, 2019

Of course, the 'fatal flaw' in Blow's logic - i.e. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's stance, is that if House Democrats move to impeach Trump for attempting to obstruct an investigation into a crime he didn't commit - using all the 'smoking guns' and 'gotchas' contained in the Mueller report - it'll backfire more than a 1965 Karmann Ghia right into the 2020 US election after the Senate shuts the whole thing down.

Mueller: my investigation was never curtailed, stopped, or hindered at any timehttps://t.co/HpfEv9Ngp8 pic.twitter.com/HKHrZNRkIq — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 24, 2019

On Wednesday afternoon, Trump tweeted his assessment of the Mueller testimony - calling it a "devastating day" for Democrats, who are "a mess" (h/t Tony Lee, Breitbart).