Posted on 09/28/2019 11:20:59 AM PDT by gattaca
By: Hyram F. Suddfluffel, PhD, (Political Science) I have a degree in Political Science, and I am a card-carrying Libertarian. I've been studying politics and political history for the past 30 years. My specialty is U.S. Presidents. That said, I hope that the House of Representatives impeaches Trump. Let me tell you what will happen next!
1. The House can pass articles of impeachment over the objections of the Republicans, and refer to the Senate for trial. 2. The Senate will conduct a trial. There will be a vote, and the Republicans will vote unanimously, along with a small number of Democrats, to not convict the President. Legally, it will all be over at that point. 3. However, during the trial, and this is what no one is thinking about right now, the President's attorneys will have the right to subpoena and question ANYONE THEY WANT.. That is different than the special counsel investigation, which was very one-sided. So, during the impeachment trial, we will be hearing testimony from James Comey, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Bruce Ohr, Glenn Simpson, Donna Brazile, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, Christopher Steele, Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, James Clapper, and a whole host of other participants in this whole sordid affair and the ensuing cover up activities. A lot of dirt will be dug up; a lot of truth will be unveiled. Finger pointing will occur. Deals will start being made, and suddenly, a lot of democrats will start being charged and going to prison. All this, because, remember, the President's team will now, for the first time, have the RIGHT to question all of these people under oath – and they will turn on each other. That is already starting. 4. Lastly, one more thing will happen, the Senate will not convict the President. Nothing will happen to Trump. Most Americans are clueless about political processes, the law, and the Constitution. Most Americans believe that being impeached results in removal from office. They don't understand that phase 2 is a trial in and by the Senate, where he has zero chance of conviction. Remember, the Senate is controlled by Republicans; they will determine what testimony is allowed -- and **everything** will be allowed, including: DNC collusion with the Clinton campaign to fix the election in favor of Hillary, the creation of the Trump dossier, the cover up and destruction of emails that very likely included incriminating information. They will incriminate each other for lying to the FISA court, for spying and wiretapping the Trump campaign, and for colluding with foreign political actors, especially George Soros.
After the Senate declines to convict the President, we will have an election, and Trump will win. It will be a backlash against democrat petulance, temper tantrums, hypocrisy and dishonesty. Even minorities will vote for Trump, because, for the first time, they will see that democrats have spent 2+ years focused on maintaining their own power, and not doing anything at all about black murders in Chicago, homelessness, opioids, and other important issues that are actually killing people. And, we will spend the following four years listening to politicians and pundits claim that the whole impeachment was rigged.
So let's move on to impeachment.
Hyram F. Suddfluffel, PhD
Apparently you’ve forgotten that convicting in the Senate requires 2/3—that is, 67.
FReepers need to do a search on this guy’s name: Hyram F. Suddfluffel, PhD
Lots of hits, few solid results. Apparently no one has been able to find this guy or verify his credentials or even that he exists.
Yes I have. Thanks for that reminder.
That does change things considerably, and I appreciate the correction.
*I spent the last 5 days trying to find this.*
IMHO, you didn’t try very hard:
https://heavy.com/news/2019/09/hyram-f-suddfluffel-impeachment-origin-hoax/
One of many hits.
I find the name Hyram F. Suddfluffel to be most unusual. Of course, I like what he is saying.
Agreed. I said this knowing...
Solid write up, however, I don’t think that Nancy Piglosi thinks they can succeed. She only needed to appease the base of extreme left-wing liberals that demanded she try to impeach.
Bad move on her part as this could escalate against democrats in weak seats this election and in 2022.
P.S. The point about getting to bring anyone to the stand. I think Piglosi thinks the democrats can prevent that. Democrats are notorious for limiting the time allotted, against the rules.
Bkmk
Republicans control the Senate. There in lies the flaw in this guys analysis. Does anyone think they will allow carte blanche questioning of anyone that will blow the roof off this whole charade?
Think again. They will limit the exposure of their “colleagues on the left” and make Trumps team look like their the witch hunters. Then throw in John Roberts and the game will be over for ever electing another Trump-style candidate.
That is a mighty fake-looking name.
What? I meant a peaceful protest.
“They will remove Trump, watch.”
Then they will be removed as well.
Much appreciated.
Yes. Very sad but true.
Thanks puke.
Appreciate the shade.
IMO, that ain't gonna happen. Senate Republicans are for the most part, spineless turds. No better than homeless poop on the streets of San Francisco.
“”the Republicans will vote unanimously, “ (Not to convict in the Seaate)
Sure about that?”
Yes, the Republicans will do so for SELF preservation. They can not allow a “Republican” president to be removed for cause through impeachment.
It would be a scarlet letter pinned to EVERY Republican. They can’t allow that!
Also remember, this will be AFTER public hearings (in the House) to determine if there is sufficient cause to remove the president through impeachment.
A determination of high crimes and misdemeanors is possible because Democrats outnumber Republicans, but will they do so? Will they just want to “stop the bleeding”. Will they want to suffer again through a Senate trial?
ALL THE DIRT about Democrats and the Obama administration will be exposed. Could they survive that? Would they risk it?
I say NO! All this impeachment talk is just that “TALK”. They won’t dare to impeach President Trump. They would be indicting THEMSELVES in the process.
Just the “THREAT” of impeachment, all the “discussion” about impeachment, is just trying to damage Trump and maybe cost him votes. ACTUALLY impeaching him would be a YUGE mistake, back firing on the Democrats.
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