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To: knighthawk

Hey STUPID Senator..........What does impeachment mean?

Let me help the IDIOT.....To remove from office for “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” and Trump is NOT in office you IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!


6 posted on 02/08/2021 3:58:08 AM PST by afchief
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To: afchief

While I agree with your sentiments, you should probably make sure you know what you’re talking about before you call others “idiots”. Impeachment does NOT mean removal from office. Three sitting Presidents have now been impeached, but zero have been removed from office because of a conviction in the Senate. Impeachment is a power of the House, not the Senate, and is the act of making a formal accusation of wrongdoing against a Federal official.

Since the accused wrongdoing occurred while Trump was POTUS, the impeachment is likely valid (though completely meritless). The punishment for conviction is removal from office, obviously moot, and disqualification from holding future office. The second part may be a minor factor in the Dems pursuit of this, but I think it’s unlikely Trump will run again anyway. The real reason for it is to damage Trump’s brand politically so that anyone (whether GOP or third party) will have difficulty getting elected on a MAGA agenda in 2024 and beyond.


44 posted on 02/08/2021 6:17:39 AM PST by stremba
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