Posted on 11/01/2019 6:28:15 PM PDT by seastay
If House Democrats press ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, their case will rest in large part on the claim that he sought a foreign government’s help, with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid in the balance, to dig up dirt on a political opponent to boost his reelection campaign.
But, if true, would that be a crime? The answer might not matter. It doesn’t take a criminal act to impeach a president.
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keep in mind that every elected republican president has had impeachement inquiries since eisenhower (except for ford but he was not elected).....
'Show me the man and I'll show you the crime'.
And as matters stand, there aren’t 51 votes against dismissing any impeachment out of hand, to avoid further wasting Senators’ time.
Exactly.
What goes around comes around — and you can take it to the bank that the democrats will squeal like a bunch of stuck pigs when it does.
“AP Analysis: It doesn’t take a crime to impeach a president”
Even an battalion of pencil neck geeks will have a hard time ‘spainin that to the American people and the world at large.
The heretofore sacred peaceful transfer of power is dead.
I was even upset a little when President Trump did not receive the traditional 90 day “ Honeymoon Period”. Little did I know at the time that the forces of evil were plotting his virtual assassination from day one.
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"High crimes and misdemeanors" are all things that are legislated or legally ajudicated to be CRIMES.
"Doing stuff we don't like" doesn't meet the impeachment standard.
Very clever and I hope that you’re right.
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