Will this situation with Trump lead to a degradation of the impeachment process?

To be clear, Trump should be impeached. That’s not what I’m asking. His actions have shown that he seeks to undermine democratic processes for his own personal gain, and not only should he be prevented from seeking public office again, but it should be made clear to others that if they attempt similar anti-democratic behavior, they will also be removed from office.

To not remove Trump would be to condone this sort of behavior, and that seems downright dangerous.

However, I’m seeing already that many prominent politicians seem to be spinning this as a partisan issue—that this is the “Democrats” going after a political rival, not elected officials doing their duty.

Will this rhetoric, designed to make this specific impeachment seem like merely a partisan issue, also have more long-term consequences? Will this open the door to impeachment being used in the ways certain people are pretending it’s being used now?

And if so, what’s the remedy?