BigOrkWaaagh wrote:It's all about politics, today was always about starting the impeachment process and that was never in question - in that light its not surprising that few Republicans broke rank - why take the risk ? The real battle is in the Senate, Mitch is making some mutterings abound convicting without nailing his colours to a mast. It's really about him buying some time, surveying the damage and making a call on whether dumping Trump now makes it more difficult to win in the '22 mid terms. I think the Republicans would love to get shot of Trump as he's a dangerous liability, but they are so far down the QAnon / "patriot" / fascist path it's difficult to see how they can get rid of Don without splitting their party and consigning themselves to irrelevance for the foreseeable future. As such, I guess they'll decide not to convict but as we've already seen, its a faustian pact the GOP has signed with the Tea Party mob. It's easy to see a rerun of this within the next 5 years but even more nasty next time. |
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Joey_Deacon 22 posts
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Malek86 11,529 posts
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Registered 14 years agoYeah, they don't have anywhere near enough of a majority for that. It probably won't go anywhere, again.
On the other hand, I read that an impeached Trump can't pardon anyone while waiting for his trial? If so, that makes it worth continuing just for that.
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RobAnybody 2,845 posts
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Registered 9 years agoMrWonderstuff wrote:
Senate vote isn't a majority vote though, they need two thirds to convict.
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PazJohnMitch 16,554 posts
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Registered 13 years agoRobAnybody wrote:
Trump’s previous impeachment was the previous most bipartisan impeachment. He is the only president that has ever had a person of his own party vote for his removal.
KnuttinAtoll wrote:
But with 10 Republicans voting to impeach that makes it the most bipartisan impeachment in history I believe. That's quite something, the 10 Republicans deserve some praise, but the rest of the Republicans in the House are no more than gutless traitors.
Impeached.
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Registered 9 years agoWell, that would have happened to Nixon, had he not resigned. Still, they had to do it this time, even if not enough Republicans vote for him to be removed.
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Registered 9 years ago@RobAnybody yes but a majority will prevent him running in the nexr election. -
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Registered 9 years agoFrogofdoom wrote:
That's a separate vote I believe, but somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
@RobAnybody yes but a majority will prevent him running in the nexr election.
Edit: ah yes:
"The Constitution says that the Senate, after voting to convict an impeached president, can consider “disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States.” This would be determined by a second vote, requiring only a simple majority of senators to successfully disqualify him from holding office in the future. Such a vote could be appealing not just to Democrats but also possibly to many Republicans who have set their sights on the presidency."
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/would-impeachment-prevent-trump-from-seeking-office-in-the-future-its-complicated.html
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monkman76 17,700 posts
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Registered 13 years agodsmx wrote:
Apologies for the slight tangent, but I haven't read much of the deeper analysis on what happened last week. If all the above is true, then how come the assault was such an abject failure? I don't think they actually achieved anything for their cause did they?
What I'm finding really weird about these impeachment proceedings is there are republicans defending Donald Trump's right to send a group of armed terrorists into the seat of government with the sole intention of killing anyone they perceived as disloyal or an enemy of Donald Trump.
They brought guns, bombs, gas masks, body armour, ziptie cuff links, enemies lists, they built gallows for mike pence. They had people in the group who knew the layout of the building and knew where to go, panic alarms buttons were removed, any police or national guard response was either delayed or outright refused, Donald Trump replaced key people in the DOD in the weeks leading up to this "event" with Trump sycophants.
These terrorists even planted bombs at both the republican and democratic party buildings to draw off what was left of the completely inadequate police presence. Then you have the whole situation of the capitol police taking selfies with the terrorists, letting them in in the first place and....well you could just go on and on about the entire day.
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RobAnybody 2,845 posts
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Registered 9 years agoInteresting observation from Jake Tapper:
"232 a rather unlucky number for Trump.
Number of votes to impeach him in the most bipartisan impeachment vote in US history
Number of electoral votes in his loss to Joe Biden"
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MrWonderstuff 3,503 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@Decks ah thanks...a big ask then. -
Decks 28,417 posts
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Because they're fucking dipshits.
dsmx wrote:
Apologies for the slight tangent, but I haven't read much of the deeper analysis on what happened last week. If all the above is true, then how come the assault was such an abject failure? I don't think they actually achieved anything for their cause did they?
What I'm finding really weird about these impeachment proceedings is there are republicans defending Donald Trump's right to send a group of armed terrorists into the seat of government with the sole intention of killing anyone they perceived as disloyal or an enemy of Donald Trump.
They brought guns, bombs, gas masks, body armour, ziptie cuff links, enemies lists, they built gallows for mike pence. They had people in the group who knew the layout of the building and knew where to go, panic alarms buttons were removed, any police or national guard response was either delayed or outright refused, Donald Trump replaced key people in the DOD in the weeks leading up to this "event" with Trump sycophants.
These terrorists even planted bombs at both the republican and democratic party buildings to draw off what was left of the completely inadequate police presence. Then you have the whole situation of the capitol police taking selfies with the terrorists, letting them in in the first place and....well you could just go on and on about the entire day.
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grey_matters 5,377 posts
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Registered 15 years agoPazJohnMitch wrote:
I think 5 Democrats went against Clinton.
RobAnybody wrote:
Trump’s previous impeachment was the previous most bipartisan impeachment. He is the only president that has ever had a person of his own party vote for his removal.
KnuttinAtoll wrote:
But with 10 Republicans voting to impeach that makes it the most bipartisan impeachment in history I believe. That's quite something, the 10 Republicans deserve some praise, but the rest of the Republicans in the House are no more than gutless traitors.
Impeached.
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Psychotext 69,155 posts
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Registered 15 years agoGetting anywhere in DC right now seems... uhh... tricky.
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Mola_Ram 25,155 posts
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Registered 9 years agoDecks wrote:
Just on this note, I think that's also a good enough explanation for why the capitol police didn't respond more effectively, at least at first. No conspiracy required, they were probably just incompetent and unprepared.
Because they're fucking dipshits.
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Registered 5 years agoNah there was definitely complicity from some of them. There's videos of them opening gates and ushering people in. -
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Registered 16 years ago@Psychotext nah fuckit, let the 'deplorables' march on the Capitol again and get shot to pieces. -
RobAnybody 2,845 posts
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Registered 9 years agogrey_matters wrote:
That's right, and now 10 Republicans have gone against Trump. That appears to be a new record.
PazJohnMitch wrote:
I think 5 Democrats went against Clinton.
RobAnybody wrote:
Trump’s previous impeachment was the previous most bipartisan impeachment. He is the only president that has ever had a person of his own party vote for his removal.
KnuttinAtoll wrote:
But with 10 Republicans voting to impeach that makes it the most bipartisan impeachment in history I believe. That's quite something, the 10 Republicans deserve some praise, but the rest of the Republicans in the House are no more than gutless traitors.
Impeached.
5% of Republicans voted for it. Weak as fuck. -
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nickthegun 84,512 posts
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Graxlar_v3 10,806 posts
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Registered 3 years agoSo is he going to quit tonight? Will allow Pence to pardon him -
X201 21,244 posts
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Registered 15 years agoGraxlar_v3 wrote:
If you were Pence though, after five years of having to tread in Trumps crap... ‘of course I’ll pardon you Donald’ as you cross your fingers, arms, legs and look at the ceiling
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Nexus_6 5,685 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI don't think I have ever really heard Pelosi speak before today. All I can think of when she is on screen just now is 'take this thing back to Baltimore'
Toughens your nipples, doesn't it?
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nickthegun 84,512 posts
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Rodney 4,871 posts
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Registered 14 years agoIf Pence isn’t willing to do a 25th (or whatever the right verb is), surely he wouldn’t betray Trump by not pardoning him. Which is weird considering Trump incited a mob to try and hang him.
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boo 13,653 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI can see a number of Republicans doing the right thing. Trump, and his way of thinking, is now ingrained in the Republican party. Last week, his son said "This is no longer the Republican party, it's Donald Trump's Republican party." and he had a point.
I think there will be a number of longstanding GOP members who would want to start a 'new' Republican party that puts clear distance between themselves and Trumpism (and wouldn't hurt themselves if they broke links with the NRA at the same time).
That way, Trump, even if he's just a figurehead, can keep his faithful, while most sensible Republicans (and I think a good number of them are) can start again afresh with a more centre-right party. -
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Your-Mother 6,203 posts
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Registered 4 years agoTrump’s put out a video that’s clearly a lawyer going “you need to distance yourself from this shit and stop provoking people.” -
Trowel 24,077 posts
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Registered 17 years agoThe first time in 4 years he's sounded vaguely presidential, and all it took was inciting a mob to storm the Capitol, a 2nd impeachment, and - most of all - his Twitter account being shut down.
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Nonsense, he’ll be dropped like a hot shit the moment he’s out of office and everyone will have some sensational tell-all to keep their profiles riding as high as possible
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