Posted on 11/05/2026 6:49:30 AM PST by Red Badger
Longtime Donald Trump ally, childhood friend from New York Military Academy, and prominent Florida attorney Peter Ticktin sat down with The Gateway Pundit to deliver a stark warning about what Americans can expect the moment radical Democrats seize control of the House and Senate on January 3, 2027.
Ticktin, who just scored a major courtroom victory last week when a Florida federal judge tossed former Dominion executive Eric Coomer’s defamation lawsuit against Patrick Byrne, outlined three scenarios for the just-concluded 2026 midterms and laid out what he says is the Democrats’ real plan if they take both chambers by a meaningful margin.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, U.S. District Judge Tom Barber granted summary judgment for Byrne after ruling that Coomer failed to prove actual malice by clear and convincing evidence, the standard required under Colorado law even for a non-public figure when the statements concern a matter of public concern.
Patrick Byrne publicly thanked Ticktin and co-counsel Stefanie Lambert for the win. Coomer still has a separate, long-delayed defamation case pending in Colorado against The Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, President Trump, and others.
Ticktin told The Gateway Pundit there are three realistic outcomes from the midterms:
Only the third scenario, Ticktin said, gives Democrats the numbers they need. “They need that in order to remove the president and the vice president when they impeach them. And this is what their plan is.”
According to Ticktin, the timeline is already set. Roughly 62–63 days after the election, the new Congress is sworn in. “First thing they do in the House is elect their speaker. And then the next thing they get down to business on is impeaching both Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. And they don’t need any real reason. They just need the votes. They just need a majority. … They can impeach them for pushing Humpty Dumpty off the wall.”
In the Senate, removal requires 67 votes. Ticktin believes Democrats will not need to flip every vulnerable Republican. He pointed to RINOs, compromised members, and possible leverage involving past trips to Beijing, Ukraine, or other pressure points. “We know they have people that are RINOs and hate Donald Trump, and they’re hiding it. But we know that they can probably get an additional 6 or 7 or 8 votes if they need them.”
Ticktin said the articles of impeachment are already being previewed. One line of attack involves the death of Renee Goode—an accusation Ticktin dismissed as “ridiculous” and “insane.” A more serious (in their telling) charge centers on alleged “war crimes” related to Iran.
“They’re going to blame him for Iran,” Ticktin said. “This is what’s so dangerous.” He warned that after removal, Democrats would stage a televised trial featuring images of children killed in Iran in an effort to turn the world against Trump—echoing the Watergate spectacle. “Everybody’s going to watch it. … And then he’s going to be tried for these crimes after he’s removed from office.”
Hakeem reminds me of Bubba Gump.
They want to install him as Commander in Chief??????
Thank you. I agree.
I don’t know where the idea comes from that everyone in the U.S. will be punished for what some have done. In a weird way, some people seem to ‘worship’ destruction itself, they take such apparent joy in predicting it for the whole country.
You are enduring the five stages of grief.
The first stage is denial.
Unfortunately you have four more stages to get through—and the next one is anger!
How does President Hakeem Jeffries sound? America is being judged. Just like He did in the OT, He’s doing with us. We all need to fall on our faces before God, repent and pray for God’s mercy on our country.
Seriously. What BS.
Are you suggesting that planning the 2028 election is healthy?
I am thinking more along the lines of spousal abuse. 2020 punched people in the jaw, and now they ignore the abuse. I don’t find this particularly healthy.
I wish I could agree, but have you noticed how many RINOS there are in the Senate? They may not vote to impeach Vance, but Trump is a different story. And after Vance’s words the last couple of days, I have no confidence in him.
In a normal world I’d agree, but this is not a normal world. We elected a man who screwed his cousin at least twice in Maine. 20 years ago, he wouldn’t have been allowed to join the Elks let alone run for senate. We elected a man with family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR. We elected a representative who boasts of using the American flag as a napkin. I could go on, but I’m sure you get my point. These are not normal times. These new democrats are not coming to govern they are coming rule. Big difference and they have a full head of steam. I have less trust in the spine of Rinos than you do. Our best hope is that some of the RINOs seen that even a quisling like Collins can be beaten.
In a normal world I’d agree, but this is not a normal world. We elected a man from Maine who screwed his cousin at least twice. 20 years ago, he wouldn’t have been allowed to join the Elks let alone run for senate. We elected a man with family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR. We elected a representative who boasts of using the American flag as a napkin. I could go on, but I’m sure you get my point. These are not normal times. These new democrats are not coming to govern they are coming rule. Big difference and they have a full head of steam. I have less trust in the spine of Rinos than you do.
Our best hope is that some of the RINOs seen that even a quisling like Collins can be beaten so there is nothing to gain by surrendering to the mob. It would be nice to think that maybe even some democrats might get that message when it comes to crazy stuff.
As if the democrat Senate would confirm either of them.
Would “President Jeffries” be enough to wake Republicans the hell up?
If he became President, with a willing Congress, it may not matter if Republicans do wake up.
On a side note, I’d like to spit in the face of every Republican who stayed home Nov. 3rd because they didn’t like the way Trump was doing X, Y, or Z, or some other lame excuse. They deserve whatever we get.
Not so fast there Bunky...
Before the 25th Amendment, a vacant vice presidency simply stayed vacant until the next election. Section 2 changed that. When the office is empty, the president nominates a replacement, and that nominee takes office after receiving a majority vote in both the House and the Senate.
What do you think the odds of that will be after January??
I don’t think so.
Trump changed about four months into his second term, about the time he reneged on the Epstein files. Breaking the “no more wars” promise was the icing on the cake.
I think he’s made some kind of deal with the devil.
New Veep is nominated by POTUS and approved by Congress.
The guy in Maine partnered with his second cousin.
I don’t understand this taboo about distant cousin marriage; I’ve only enccountered it here on FR.
It was not rare in the colonies and early U.S. (a number of our Founders married cousins) and now, even first cousin marriage is legal in half of our states.
I wonder if it has something to do with one’s particular religious background...
Utter nonsense, they dont have 67 votes, and yeah Im supposed to believe a bunch of Republicans will go along with it, not gonna happen
The DSA wants us ALL IN GULAGS that is their plan..when they say that they want to abolish prisons, yeah they want criminals out of jail but they want US put in there instead
If Trump were removed, Vance could appoint a new Vice President, but that person would have to be confirmed by a majority of both Houses. But I don't know if the country would stand for such a blatant power grab as to leave the position open while removing Vance.
They only need two-thirds of those voting, not two-thirds of the Senate.
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