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Could Donald Trump be impeached, convicted, and then re-elected?(Quick answer: yes)
The Conversation ^ | 10/1/2019 | Austin Sarat

Posted on 12/04/2019 12:53:43 PM PST by Signalman

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1 posted on 12/04/2019 12:53:43 PM PST by Signalman
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To: Signalman

How many FReepers believe Pelosi is STUPID ENOUGH to bring impeachment up for a vote, knowing it would mean Trump VINDICATION in the Senate...just before elections?


2 posted on 12/04/2019 12:57:05 PM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Signalman
Could Donald Trump be impeached, convicted, and then re-elected?(Quick answer: yes)

Yeah he could but if Trump were impeached, convicted, and removed then the chances of his being re-elected are about zero.

Which, coincidentally, are the same chances of Trump being impeached, convicted, and removed in the first place.

3 posted on 12/04/2019 12:57:27 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: G Larry
How many FReepers believe Pelosi is STUPID ENOUGH to bring impeachment up for a vote, knowing it would mean Trump VINDICATION in the Senate...just before elections?

She knows there is no chance of removal in the Senate. This is all for politics and the hopes that it will make a good issue for the next election.

4 posted on 12/04/2019 12:58:47 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Signalman
What a silly, speculative exercise.

If the U.S. Senate went through all the trouble of removing President Trump on the basis of non-existent wrongdoing, then who in their right mind would ever expect them NOT to disqualify him from holding office in the future?

5 posted on 12/04/2019 12:59:07 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: G Larry

I think Pelosi will do it to just to see if the Rino’s in the Senate cross over...


6 posted on 12/04/2019 12:59:30 PM PST by DEPcom
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To: Signalman
I could be dating Miss America...
7 posted on 12/04/2019 1:00:43 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: DEPcom

There are plenty of RINOs that continue to block “The Wall” that would vote to convict in a heartbeat...and that includes Mitch-the-Bitch and his loyal RINO lapdogs.


8 posted on 12/04/2019 1:01:25 PM PST by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: DoodleDawg
She knows there is no chance of removal in the Senate. This is all for politics and the hopes that it will make a good issue for the next election.

I agree. But it's having the opposite effect. Trump's approval ratings are increasing and are skyrocketing among blacks.
9 posted on 12/04/2019 1:02:10 PM PST by Signalman
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IN short, yes, if the Senate, should the convict, not declare he may never hold office again, then yes he could be re-elected to the Presidency.

But this isn’t going to happen, because Trump will not be convicted, even if the democrats stupidly try to pass articles... this thing is a joke.... it ain’t “playing in Peoria” as the saying goes.


10 posted on 12/04/2019 1:02:34 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Signalman

Trust The Plan


11 posted on 12/04/2019 1:03:25 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Signalman
I agree. But it's having the opposite effect. Trump's approval ratings are increasing and are skyrocketing among blacks.

Sure. And Hillary Clinton had no chance of losing in 2016. All the polls said so.

12 posted on 12/04/2019 1:04:36 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: G Larry

There is no limit to the depth of stupidity to which a Democrat, or progressive of any stripe, can plunge, once their hatred is blazing.

The question is, has Pelosi’s blazing yet, or is the fire just beginning to heat up?


13 posted on 12/04/2019 1:05:01 PM PST by chesley (What is life but a long dialog with imbeciles? - Pierre Ryckmans)
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To: Signalman

If Trump is convicted, those senators are going to have a lot more to worry about than that.


14 posted on 12/04/2019 1:06:57 PM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: G Larry
In that scenario would be “the GOP cabal in the Senate are accessories to Trump's crimes”.
15 posted on 12/04/2019 1:08:36 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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If the Senate convicts - they will regret their life choices.


16 posted on 12/04/2019 1:19:15 PM PST by TheTimeOfMan (The Eloi unexpectedly protected the Morlocks from rogue Eloi as they themselves prepared to be eaten)
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To: Signalman

The answer is No. The reason is because unless Trump is there to do something about vote fraud before the next election then the democrats will have not trouble winning. They now have very deep control of the ballot box.


17 posted on 12/04/2019 1:50:52 PM PST by Revel
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To: Signalman

He could also have Pence name him as the new VP, then have Pence step down, and then name Pence as his new VP. Impeachment instantly reversed!


18 posted on 12/04/2019 2:46:35 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: DoodleDawg

Impeached, yes. But no way will it be he be removed.

Then he’ll be re-elected.


19 posted on 12/04/2019 3:40:42 PM PST by enumerated
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For that scenario to work, a majority of the House of Representatives (along with a majority of the Senate) would have to confirm Trump as the new VP. Would not happen.


20 posted on 12/04/2019 4:21:15 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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