Block a hearing while he is still President, then say it is unconstitutional afterwards so can’t convict then.
mmm. History will judge them.
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Block a hearing while he is still President, then say it is unconstitutional afterwards so can’t convict then.
mmm. History will judge them.
tsubaki
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He doesn’t know what QAnon is though:
www.rightwingwatch.org
‘Hold the Line’: QAnon Adherents Claim Trump Will Become President Again on March 4
It is a bit crazy. Seems that people have no principles. I’d imagine republicans can point to the Clinton impeachment as a precedent for partisan voting.
Can any American posters confirm whether this is the case?
I think it is done more for public opinion and trying to sway voters.
All of them. As long as the person on trial is a Republican.
It's a very convenient excuse.
Actual question....Is it possible to vote "present" at an impeachment trial as it is for other senate votes? If so, I would expect all these GOPs to vote present instead of not guilty.
Not remotely comparable, really.
Clinton was hounded by an unrestrained Special Counsel who had largely unlimited investigatory powers and leaked details to the press regarding the investigations. The blow job inquiry wasn't 10th on the list of investigations and by that time the country was sick of it all. Clinton's impeachment was not supported by a fairly large majority because most people believe lying about a consensual affair did not rise to the level of a high crime or misdemeanor. One charge (abuse of power) didn't make it out of the House and the GOP controlled the Senate 54-46. In neither of the two impeachment charges brought to trial did all the GOP vote to convict.
In this case, there is no Special Counsel. We all saw what happened in the 5 months between August and January and especially live on TV on Jan 6th.
The GOP is conjuring up a completely bullshit procedural excuse to justify a vote to acquit. All polls show a clear majority of the country believe the former social media influencer should be convicted. The evidence available would send anyone else to jail.
This isn't typical partisan politics. This is craven cowardice by a group of people who are fearful of a crowd of loonies and desire more to keep their "jobs" than do their duty.
They will be judged harshly by history.
Yep, can vote aye/nay/present.
But if vote ”present” their vote counts as a ”nay” in terms of the numbers - two thirds of the senators in the session need to vote aye for conviction.
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Indeed, and it will polarise the USA even more ... sad really........
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That train has left the station and mainly due to Trump himself by peddling lies and misinformation also by endorsing the fringe right,
This is not about party affiliations or retribution it’s enforcement of the concept that no one even the president is above the law, which he has flouted on numerous occasions.
It’s like saying let’s not convict a murderer because it might upset some people, and they when you do that you have no law or order.
Allowing the republicans to say ‘his gone now so it doesn’t matter’ is not serving the best interest of the country and would set a terrible precedent for future administrations.
Republicans need to put their country first rather then themselves and Donald Trump
True. Not sure why I'm fussed. Think we all already know the outcome of this
I’ll be surprised if more than 5 Republicans vote aye
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so much for the party of law and order eh
If holding someone accountable for inciting an attempt to halt the legitimate steps that would transfer power out of the hands of said person, causes polarization, I'll take the polarization. If terrorists had succeeded we would no longer be a democratic republic. Now that would be polarizing with no common ground between the two.
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