Posted on 09/30/2019 5:50:46 AM PDT by billorites
Edited on 09/30/2019 6:16:53 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Aside from the emotional issue that Democrats, NeverTrumpers, and celebrities loathe Donald Trump, recently Representative Al Green (D-Texas) reminded us why the Democrats are trying to impeach the president rather than just defeat him in the 2020 general election.
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The democrat party is the weakest link in American government it’s why they are gone after the election.
The media is aggressively (and quite noticeably) running interference for the Dems. They cannot make lemonade out of the lemon transcript, sorry folks, this is a LEAK.
Media ignores the Biden issue, ignores the CIA change for “whistleblowing” to accommodate this rat.
This is a sham, everyone will eventually come to the conclusion that all the dems and the media do is attack Trump, it’s tiring and Trump will benefit.
Yep. Trump is not surprised he knows them. Neither should we be surprised we know them.
I think this is all 100% about Ruth Buzzard. She has either croaked, or is about to croak. A president under impeachment inquiry shirley cannot nominate supreme court justices
There are always ten red hot new stories vying to grab the attention of the news cycle. The socialists will try to keep the phone call out in front, but it has weak legs and will get benched alongside stormy Daniels and the Muller report.
Also, the socialists only have a few weeks to work with here. In five weeks the holidays are on us, and then it’s 2020 and the primary season.
Succeed at what?
Impeachment?
OK, let's assume for the sake of argument that the the 435-member House of Representatives approves formal charges against Trump.
The House effectively acts as accuser - voting on whether to bring specific charges. An impeachment resolution, known as “articles of impeachment,” is like an indictment in a criminal case. A simple majority vote is needed in the House to impeach. Right now, there are 235 Democrats, 197 Republicans and three vacancies in the House. As a result, the Democratic majority could vote to impeach Trump without any Republican votes.
The Senate then conducts a trial. House members act as the prosecutors, with senators as the jurors. The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court presides over the trial. A two-thirds majority vote is required in the 100-member Senate to convict and remove a president from office. The Senate now has 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats and two independents who usually vote with Democrats. Conviction and removal of a president would requires 67 votes. So that means for Trump to be convicted and removed, at least 20 Republicans and all the Democrats and independents would have to vote against him.
A Senate conviction removing Trump from office would elevate Vice President Mike Pence to the presidency to fill out Trump’s term, which ends on Jan. 20, 2021.
Why aren’t progressive representatives introducing bills to pay reparations to African Americans, to legalize infanticide in some cases of late-term abortion, to offer free medical care to illegal aliens, to confiscate AR-15s, to extend Medicare for all, to impose a wealth tax and raise top rates to between 70 and 90 percent, to abolish student debt and ensure free college for all, or to grant blanket amnesty to those currently living in the country illegally?
Simple answer: none of those issues poll anywhere near 50 percent approval. And no Democratic candidate would expect to beat Trump as the emissary of such an agenda.
Once all these reasons for impeachment have become settled facts that they are false, can the federal election commission issue indictments against schift and Peloosey for illegal election interference?
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