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To: Jim Noble

So is it your opinion that the President will ultimately be removed?


18 posted on 11/23/2019 5:48:33 AM PST by sanjuanbob
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To: sanjuanbob
So is it your opinion that the President will ultimately be removed?

It's too soon to tell - but it's very worrying.

People are quibbling and obsessing over details that don't matter.

The Schiff hearings are a farce. The Nadler Judiciary proceeding will be a farce as well. There are 235 Democrats in the House, they need 217 to impeach (assuming Amash is the only Republican), they have the votes, THAT is a done deal.

But Democrats cannot remove the President. The evidence does not matter. The rules do not matter. The polls do not matter. What you or I or anyone else thinks about this means less than zero. There are 47 certain Democrat votes to remove, and they need 67.

So, to answer your question, you have to discern what is going on in the Senate GOP caucus.

The omens are not good. We know there are not enough votes in the caucus to dismiss. We know this because the majority leader says so.

We know there are Senators in the caucus that will support removal, such that a majority to remove of 51 or 52 is probable (47D + Collins, Murkowski, Romney, and maybe a few others).

But 67 is a stretch unless you believe as I do that when this goes to the Senate floor the GOP caucus will be presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defend and solidify the Swamp (Slimy? Mudhole? My home this is!).

Pro-Trump people like myself have greatly underestimated the damage the 2015-2016 nominating process did to the GOP. If Trump "gets away with it", billions of dollars in bribes and graft will be lost to the members of the GOP Senate caucus, maybe forever.

None of the details of this process matter a hill of beans. The ONLY thing that matters is whether or not 38% of the GOP Senators love the swamp more than their country.

38%. That's all it will take. That being the case, you certainly have to be concerned.

43 posted on 11/23/2019 6:40:06 AM PST by Jim Noble (There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)
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