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I know this is getting to be a really tired rhetorical question, but... How is this not ground for immediate impeachment?
History will not be kind to the turdy Republican congresscritters and senators who are letting Trump wreck the country.
It's a scam, he wouldn't actually do it.
He can declassify documents at will/in his head so it doesn't matter.
Don't just blame Republicans. This lack of action in the face of this corrupt, treasonous, pedophile is the government.
I'm sorry, is there another party that controls virtually all of the government right now?
Saying it's "the government" is just reinforcing the age-old Murc's Law media trick that lets the Republicans skate away scot-free.
Yes? That party is named "The Hilariously Rich", wtf? Welcome to Earth I guess, must be strange waking up here.
Alright let's be charitable, if you'd like to rebut, find us some real firebrands and leaders among the mythic "merely not in power right now" half of Congress. Some folks who a lot of us say "yeah that person sees how severe this is and is doing stuff I never even THOUGHT OF to work against this. Holy shit let's have more of that".
It's been so many years of the US spiraling towards this, even getting a little test run a la Trump v1, the insurrection that was the loss of v2.
Been a whole lot of time for all those powerful Democrats, wielding around 50% of legislative power throughout all of it, to respond and prepare, work for their people and values, I probably just missed all the awesome shit they got done or even sincerely attempted.
Really looking forward to hearing some heartening news from you, sounds like you know about a lotta cool Democrat stuff I've been missing.
You clearly missed the point of the quoted speech. This isn't just Republicans. This is the government in action. Democrats chose to vote on the BBB instead of indefinite filibuster. Democrats helped keep the iran war going. Democrats are enabling Trump and the Republicans. It's not just Republicans. The government has failed us.
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https://www.nh.gov/glance/state-constitution/bill-rights
Trump's already been impeached twice, back in his first term. The Senate refused to convict on both occasions.
Then Biden's DOJ refused to prosecute the outgoing president for anything in the four years Democrats controlled the executive branch.
The Year is 1972 and I am predicting that history will not be kind to Republicans
The Year is 1987 and I am predicting that history will not be kind to Republicans
The Year is 2008 and I am predicting that history will not be kind to Republicans
The Year is 2026 and I am predicting that history will not be kind to Republicans
Impeaching is like suing.
They could have impeached Obama for a tan suit, and convicted him of it in the Senate. Even if he had never worn a tan suit.
It's why it's supposed to be important who we send to DC, instead of just picking people who yell at the loudest at whoever we don't like.
They're supposed to represent our will, and they're clearly not.
Impeachment is a political process. You must have the votes in the House to impeach, then you must have the votes in the Senate to remove.
If a political party stands behind their guy and they have sufficient numbers, removal is simply not possible.
It is a political process, not a judicial process.