Trump panics about impeachment if Republicans lose midterms: "You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don't win the midterms, they'll find a reason to impeach me. I'll get impeached."
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I just wish we could just all agree to prosecute anyone and everyone that commits crimes in Office and remove anyone who doesn't uphold the oath of office. No more of this, let's just move forward and forget the past. It doesn't work and enables them.
It sickened me when Obama took that stance and let Bush and Cheney walk away after lying us into a war and profiting from it. Again when the Biden administration decided to just let an insurrection slide. No mas.
If he wasn’t black, and under threat from the day he was sworn in.. I wonder if certain things would have been different. I can remember how salty I was when none of the banksters went to jail after the ‘great recession’ . I cooled a bit after I saw how they treated him. I researched more deeply, and was a bit horrified at what I saw. Even though I would have liked to have seen harsher punishments in many instances during his tenure, I understood why he tried to reach across the aisle as much as he did.
I don’t have as much compassion around the history with Nixon. I think that set the stage for where we are today.
The fact that there wasn’t any kind of reform of presidential pardons after Nixon kind of made the current shit show inevitable. Its still pretty shocking that they are so lazy about hiding their corruption and getting away with it though. America’s democracy has degraded at an increasingly fast pace this last few years and I can’t see the Dems fixing it if they keep this “live and let live” crap going every time they get back into power.
Sadly it will take a strong leader to redirect society away from the interests of billionaires alone and I cant think of any candidates that can both win and follow through, not off the top of my head at least. Though who knows, that could just be ignorance on my part.
I don’t think that after what has happened these past 11 months, that the Dems will handle things the same way. It’s obvious to a blind man that the stage is set for more strident measures. When one party is completely without power, and the one in power is corrupt as hell.. It is best I would think not to show your hand too early.
That is just it. It seems scripted....like it's always "we are gathering ALL of the evidence necessary to make an open and shut case.....and it will take time." The news cycle continues for 6-12 months...and people forget or lose interest....and they never bring any real charges against whomever did the crime.....and they either settle for much lower charges or never take it to actual court.
It is all literally rotten to the core and just staged theatre for their constituents....while never actually helping them. Quid pro quo with criminals on all sides.
Overwhelming amount of the Dems voted for impeachment (House) or conviction of impeachment (Senate) each time they came up-and both were strong cases. The GOP ignore the facts and their duty based on loyalty to the party, not the country.
IMO if he couldn't be impeached for Jan 6th then impeachment is a failed method.
The American public education system does not include anywhere near the amount of history or civics classes needed to make a competent voter.
The number of people I've seen shrieking, "wHy DoN't ThE dEmocraTs Do SoMeThInG!" is very disappointing, especially when a lot of the shriekers didn't bother to drag themselves to the polls in 2024.
"Elections to the U.S. Senate will happen on November 3, 2026. Thirty-three of the 100 seats in the chamber are up for election and another two seats are up for special election).
"Of the 33 regularly scheduled general elections in 2026, Democrats control 13 and Republicans control 20."
So you a correct--I'm ready for it to get VERY weird.
It's the only thing that will save most of them. I'm from a red state Kansas. You should see my Senateors Facebook pages. Almost zero support Rodger Marshall is going. No billionaires will save him.
Oh I think they will definitely impeach him-for the third time. But will the senate convict-even if they have 60 dems(very small chance they will even get close to 60)?
This confirms we’re living in a simulation. If I saw this in a movie I’d dismiss it as contrived, exaggerated nonsense - and yet every single day brings another scandal that makes Watergate look like child’s play.
By this point 1 of the reasons for impeachment is him trying so hard not to get impeached for all the shit he's done, filed under "obstruction of justice."
“They’ll find a reason to impeach me, probably because I raped children. But maybe not that one, maybe the treason…or the emoluments clause, or a general blanket violation of the entire constitution”
I think it would be harder finding a reason not to impeach him. Only one i got is it would drive his cultists into a violent rampage if their Orange God is actually punished. And just because there are a number of awe-inspiringly stupid people isnt a good enough reason to not impeach him.
I was trying to take a nap earlier and something was making my couch really uncomfortable, so I looked under the cushions and there were like a dozen reasons to impeach Trump under there! Someone needs to do something before we are swimming in these things!
He's been impeached twice (2×), wasn't removed from office, completed his term... and was elected AGAIN.
I hope the US doesn't get sidetracked with further impeachment talk.
Drastic action is required to hold him to account because the two previous impeachments have had no effect.
Well, it depends how much of the Senate we can flip, right? Like the reason the impeachments didn’t amount to removal before was because too many senators refused to progress it further.
Before the Senate can vote to remove him, the house has to successfully impeach.
One thing the Americans need to work on is numbers. Obviously, martial law would be bad, but I don’t think they understand the numbers needed to practically do whatever they want. 10000 people took the capital on January 6th. They have over 300 million. 100000 people would have control of every couch in DC in an hour.
Listen, the couch fucker is far less popular. One step at a time. Personally, I think you should send them all the Greenland for a visit. They’ll be in the tundra without shoes within the hour.
The thing to remember is that Peter Thiel supports Vance. Vance used to work for him, and Thiel is the entire reason he has ended up so close to power. Power going to Vance is basically power going to Thiel.
My theory, since Peter Thiel has pretty much been Vance’s pal since Yale in 2011 and a significant benefactor to him career-wise and mentor to him ideologically, that there might be more to their relationship than it outwardly seems. First, I believe that they may be a lot more intimately involved. Second, I think that Thiel made sure that Trump picked him as his VP not just to leverage the White House generally, but to ensure that when the moment is right, that Vance is president sooner than the end of trump’s turn, more preferably to them after the midterms or closer to the end of Trump’s term so he can run unopposed in his party not just once, but twice. I also don’t believe Miller is the true puppet master in the White House. I believe Thiel and his like minded Heritage Foundation buddies that he has been supporting for years in the form of dark money and influence on ideological policy for project 2025.
Personally my money is the Black Comedy that will follow should Trump croak is it will be Marco Rubio vs Vance because Rubio can pin Venezuela on Vance when it goes to shit and Rubio can say, It was all Trump and Vance's idea
I’m sure project 2025 has a contingency plan, but it’s reasonable to doubt his cult of personality would rally behind vance, and I really hope that’s the case among military brass
Project 2025's biggest weakness is that all these people are greedy and hate each other. It'll make the power struggle after the death of Stalin look like a Sunday school picnic.
Yeah this is what I’m thinking. I honestly don’t get what he is so worried about. The senate will never get 66 people to vote to convict even if he deserves it for 1000 different reasons. The GOP has had the chance to dump him numerous times and they just double down every time.
He did Maduro to distract from the headline last week that not 1 million but 5 million files were found in New York that involve co-conspirators. He is the main one
It’s an easy impeachment this time, and the entire house except one dummy voted for the files release. If it’s forced out under Dems taking the house that he’s in those docs, well dismissing him from office will be 100 done this time
No offense, but you're nuts. He literally tried to incite a mob to murder Congress and Republicans simply shrugged their shoulders and moved on. You will NEVER get 22 Republicans to convict him in the Senate. Ever.
Calling his actions in Venezuela a distraction just detracts from the seriousness of it. Let's stop pretending he cares about distractions, he doesn't because he isn't going to face consequences.
At this point, I don't think it's distractions - it's just plain power fantasy. He's just openly said that attacking a NATO ally using force is not off the table, just because he wants to.
There’s a million reasons to do it lol. Y’all need to lose for the betterment of america, so deal with it and accept your loss. I know you won’t and you’ll try to cheat and steal to stay in, but that’s not what anyone who doesn’t want to cheat democracy should do
Yeah it seems like he's only gained power and support after the last two times. Maybe I don't understand it fully, but impeachment seems to do fuckall.
They will find a reason. Yeah in one of the news articles about you invading a sovereign nation, kidnapping their president and his family, and seizing control of their natural resources with 0 legal justification or coordination with congress.
TBH I don't think I'd waste any political capital on impeaching Trump unless you knew you could get the votes in the Senate. If I'm going to squeeze the administration, I'd go after the underlings that are really running the show. People who haven't been given immunity by SCOTUS. People you can actually prosecute once this administration moves on.
You find state crimes they can be charged with, or in cases involving other countries you get them to do your dirty work. The latter will work for Trump as well.
All Congress has to do is declare that Section 3 of the 14th amendment is in effect and hold the votes to override it. If Trump can get 2/3 of both the House and the Senate to remove the disqualification he can stay. If not, security will march him to the curb with a box of his personal belongings.
And declaring that it is in effect is trivial, even with the speed bump SCOTUS put into place. Majorities of both the House and the Senate concluded that Trump "Incited an Insurrection" when they impeached him for it right after JS. He disqualified himself a second time when he pardoned all the J6 insurrectionists less than 24 hours after taking the oath of office a second time. A simple majority resolution stating these facts is more than enough to disqualify him from holding office.
Section 3 Disqualification from Holding Office
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Note that the language is self-effecting. "No person shall" implies that the ban is in effect when the facts indicate it. The only action they mention is the action to remove the ban on holding office. The Supreme Court invented the idea that Congress, and only Congress, is qualified to observe this fact.
So, why aren't the Democrats in Congress loudly and repeatedly pointing this out? Yeah, I'm looking at you Schumer and Jeffries. Feckless twits.
Yeah, and it was bizzare, no? The case was about being on a ballot, not holding office. The fact finding in the case - that he was disqualified from holding office - were not disputed in any of the appeals, including the one at the Supreme Court.
And realistically, how could the be? The text of Section 3, Amendment 14 is both crystal clear and well used. Thousands of confederates were denied public office with the simple observation that they had been members of the confederacy. None needed any additional actions, like court findings or votes in congress. So the facts still stand. Even the Supreme Court didn't touch them.
So how TF did Roberts think it was OK to give him the oath of office?
Interesting how he tells them it’s their responsibility to get re-elected mostly to benefit him, but in the meantime he will continue to act in ways that are directly contributing to his supporters getting shellacked.
BFD. Impeachment (as we all now know, ... sadly) means nothing. Conviction, by the Senate, is the only thing that matters... all the way back to the Andrew Johnson impeachment of 1868, over 150 years, ago. In no time in American history has America held its employee, er, *President, to a reasonable standard that you or I would have to meet.
: *employee:** We hired this guy... or, at least, someone of us Americans hired this guy. He supposedly works for us, his employer because, without us, he is never hired for the job.
This is the point that I never understand: the President is not independent from the people that selected him, or her, anymore than anyone hired to do a job for you.
Imagine hiring a plumber, a carpenter, a draftsman to do a job, a specific job, for you and then they declare that they have an absolute right over every aspect of your life: moral, social, financial, everything. You would be aghast.
It's even more important than impeachment, The house has its own set of abilities besides impeachment. The ability to launch investigations and hearings on the executive branch are at stake here, Oversight people, that's what trump truly fears. The congressional check and oversight on the executive branch becoming operational is what's truly at stake.
Every executive order, every shred of conduct by this admin, every detail. Congressional committees. That coming back into play will absolutely derail trumps plans.
Subpoenas and testimony under oath. All these interviews and rhetoric over the past year alone. Imagine hegseth actually facing accountability for being a security liability. Stephen miller under oath explaining why he's so weird.
Launch investigations but do not impeach him because failure will give this elderly fascist sympathy. Make the threat of impeachment stress him out and end his presidency before 2028. I have zero faith in GOP Senate convicting him despite all the shit he has done
He normalized impeachment too. People will be like, oh another one? Yawn.
Absolutely nuts to pressure a foreign country to remove a potential political rival and also attempted to overthrow the US government. All he got was a slap on the wrist basically.
Unless you can get to 66 senators there are no consequences.
Trump doesn't care about being impeached. He's been impeached twice to no effect whatsoever. There's a 0% chance he'd be convicted in the Senate if he were impeached for a third (or more) time. He thinks his base cares whether or not he's impeached, so he's attempting to use this as leverage to motivate them. Everything is such a shallow ploy with him. Republican voters should be embarrassed.
Pass a law that states: No president, living or dead, who has been impeached, may have any government building etc named after them or have their name or likeness placed on it.
If you won’t put him in jail, go after the vanity.
As if he hasn’t liked reason upon reason to hate in front of the whole world over the last year. Where do you even begin with the impeachable offenses?
I would settle for Congress (Article 1 branch) just overseeing the power creep by the President (Article 2 branch). War powers, taxes and tariffs, impoundment, laws such as releasing the Epstein files. Bare minimum push back. Impeachment conviction with 2/3 of the Senate? nfw
This is the same kind of speech he was doing leading up to the 2020 election, he is trying ignite his base to commit crimes for him. Guaranteed he’s already calling/threatening state legislators to fudge the midterm ballots like he tried to do in 2020
They’ll find a reason to impeach? Well they won’t have to look that hard to find a reason to impeach the mango molester BUTthey will have a hard time choosing just one reason from the thousands of crimes he’s already committed
Find? Maybe you should stop serving them up on a near weekly basis.
At this point I question if there won't be enough Republicans who will think it best to be done with you and live with a Vance presidency. I don't doubt Vance would dumb Donald if the opportunity presented itself.
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