“House Democratic leaders are bracing for some defections among a group of moderate Democrats in swing districts who are concerned a vote to impeach President Trump could cost them their seats in November,” the Washington Post reports. “Lawmakers and senior aides are privately predicting they will lose more than the two Democrats who opposed the impeachment inquiry rules package in late September… Two senior Democratic aides said the total could be as many as a half-dozen while a third said the number could be higher.” “Predictions about some defections comes as a core group of centrists from districts Trump won in 2016 are having second thoughts.