Maybe we should just impeach Trump

three other good reasons…
1) loses his 200k+ pension for the rest of his life (which he would continue to donate…HA!)
2) loses his 1 million dollars/year travel allowance
3) loses lifetime full secret service detail

Would he get a presidential library?

seems like mitch is on board?
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/533461-mcconnell-circulates-procedures-for-second-senate-impeachment-trial-of-trump
not sure he'll be one of the 17, but maybe we'll get questions this time

one reason the impeachment might not happen: it would be a YUGE distraction just as Biden is kicking off his presidency.  he's talked a lot about how much he & congress need to get done on day 1, but impeachment would suck all the air out of the room.  it would delay the confirmation of Biden's cabinet picks, delaying every agency's work.

and predictably, trump supporters are going to cry foul at the speed of this impeachment.  "it was rigged from the start, he never had a chance to defend himself!!!111".

Sidehinged-hatch wrote:
Would he get a presidential library?

Yes.

sweetcell wrote:
one reason the impeachment might not happen: it would be a YUGE distraction just as Biden is kicking off his presidency.  he's talked a lot about how much he & congress need to get done on day 1, but impeachment would suck all the air out of the room.  it would delay the confirmation of Biden's cabinet picks, delaying every agency's work.

and predictably, trump supporters are going to cry foul at the speed of this impeachment.  "it was rigged from the start, he never had a chance to defend himself!!!111".

How much time would they need to go over arguments? It like he shot someone in the light of day on Fifth Avenue.

welp, they gave Donnie and pence the weekend to do something…and they didn't do squat (I heard Donnie sent out a vid via Parler tho)

So sounds like Nancy is going to present them today

The video on Parler that supposedly is from Trump is very clearly not. It is a fan-edited mashup of his past speeches and is clearly watermarked with the name of the video editing dude who made it.

Article of impeachment accuses President Trump of “incitement of insurrection” for last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to a draft obtained by AP.

dang…that's a pretty damning stain on his legacy

The problem is…they don't have one

House Republican leaders will not whip their colleagues to vote against the impeachment resolution tomorrow, according to leadership aides. They will let members “vote their conscience”, as @RepLizCheney  told colleagues. 

totally wrote:
The problem is…they don't have one

Doesn't matter - it's 50+1 in the House.  If the Dems can't get that many on their own, this country has bigger problems.

true…conscience is not required to hold office

but are you saying there are only 50 votes in the house?


we just picked up a single  Republican
Rep. John Katko will vote to impeach President Trump. He's the first GOP House member to publicly back impeachment.

I thought Kinzinger was on the record

Just wrote:
I thought Kinzinger was on the record

my understanding is he called for the 25th to be invoked…not explicitly saying he was for impeachment

whatever, we don't need any GOP in the house…we need 17 senators!

I still don't understand Smakies response


McConnell is said to be pleased about impeachment…what ever that means

zero wrote:
I still don't understand Smakies response

Sorry, 50% of the vote, plus one, or anything over 50%.  With a majority of the house under Democratic control, that shouldn't be a problem.

zero wrote:

Just wrote:
I thought Kinzinger was on the record

my understanding is he called for the 25th to be invoked…not explicitly saying he was for impeachment

whatever, we don't need any GOP in the house…we need 17 senators!

I still don't understand Smakies response


McConnell is said to be pleased about impeachment…what ever that means

Ugh means he knows Trump tried to get him killed, knows Trump cost him his job,  loathes Trump and wants to cut bait

Anymore questions?

zero wrote:
McConnell is said to be pleased about impeachment…what ever that means

McConnell is said to be pleased about impeachment, believing it will be easier to purge Trump from the G.O.P.

Liz Cheney will also vote to impeach


Of course democrats don’t need Republicans in the House but it makes an important statement and also signals to Senate Republicans that impeachment can be bipartisan… gives Senators a bit of cover: it’s not just democrats

I believe Liz Cheney is also part of Republican House leadership

We may not get there in the senate but I think this is big

yeah….still not feeling confident we have 17 senators…heck we barely have Manchin

It’s not totally clear when senate would vote or if they would if he wasn’t in power any longer or if it’s constitutional


I say go step by step

At least he will be the first president impeached twice…