Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

[Tin-Tin]

Think this will open the floodgates but an excellent point by AOC - Trump didnt do this on his own, he was assisted or enabled

 

[riddick]

Remember when Mueller was appointed and Trump blurted out "I'm f***Ed, this is the end of my presidency"?

He did this AFTER nothing happened from that report. That's what happens when you don't hold anything or anyone accountable..

 

[sageyefc]

Nothing will happen to him while he's in office, they'll get him afterwards but he'll probably disappear somewhere without extradition treaty

 

[LinekersLegs]

House of Representatives is controlled by Democrats.

The Senate is controlled by GOP, they won’t convict.

Probably not no.

But a few factors raise a bit of uncertainty. This is a pretty easily explained issue to voters -Trump appears to have asked a foreign government for help against a political rival, He may also have used US military aid as a threat, either implicit or explicit, to try to get that foreign governments cooperation. He also appears have got his own DOJ to suppress a whistleblower trying to bring the issue to congress attention.

Not many senators, even GOP ones, are going to like being questioned on the latter two issues in particular - a lot of times they have waved questions away with “don’t know details” but they can’t do that with a vote.

This is also an occasion where Biden being a long standing Senator who generally got on well with Republicans might make a small difference.

 

[RAFUH]

I'm not sure if anyone expects them to convict but if Trump is impeached it will be with good reason and any republicans who find him innocent will have a hard job being taken seriously.
This is way different to the Clinton impeachment.
The senate has unanimously called for Trump to release the whistleblower complaint, which he is illegally refusing to do.

Anyone know if it is a simple majority in the Senate to convict?

 

[Ruairi77]

Anyone know if it is a simple majority in the Senate to convict?

I think it's a 2/3 majority

Here's an interesting article on what might happen next
https://www.lawfareblog.com/so-you-want-impeach-president

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[riddick]

Anyone know if it is a simple majority in the Senate to convict?

Yeah 2/3 to convict. So you need like 18 Republicans to vote him out

 

[Deleted member 28206]

I love his tweets, they are hilarious.

 

[Tubey]

Think this will open the floodgates but an excellent point by AOC - Trump didnt do this on his own, he was assisted or enabled

She's genuinely quite excellent isn't she?

 

[RAFUH]

Yeah 2/3 to convict. So you need like 18 Republicans to vote him out

I figured, but was hoping not. Simple majority was doable.

 

[Walken]

She's genuinely quite excellent isn't she?

An incredible young woman, the way she brushes off the nonsense that has been thrown at her with dignity and logic is great to watch

 

[RAFUH]

Probably not no.

But a few factors raise a bit of uncertainty. This is a pretty easily explained issue to voters -Trump appears to have asked a foreign government for help against a political rival, He may also have used US military aid as a threat, either implicit or explicit, to try to get that foreign governments cooperation. He also appears have got his own DOJ to suppress a whistleblower trying to bring the issue to congress attention.

Not many senators, even GOP ones, are going to like being questioned on the latter two issues in particular - a lot of times they have waved questions away with “don’t know details” but they can’t do that with a vote.

This is also an occasion where Biden being a long standing Senator who generally got on well with Republicans might make a small difference.

I'd really like to believe that the above would matter to Trumpers, but it won't. Many are like him...they don't/won't see what is wrong with what he did. It is all an elaborate plot to bring him down.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

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