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Impeachment: After Trump Acquittal, What's Next?
Townhall ^ | 02/04/2020 | Cal Thomas

Posted on 02/04/2020 7:45:10 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Just because the Senate is about to acquit President Trump of charges Republicans believed never rose to the level of "high crimes and misdemeanors," don't think Democrats will raise the white flag of surrender. They (and their media allies) have only just begun.

Next is a campaign to defeat enough of the 23 Republican senators up for re-election and, if possible (it doesn't look possible, but this is February), keep President Trump from winning re-election.

Democrats have virtually no issues on which to run, except the promise of free stuff -- from Elizabeth Warren's student loan forgiveness plan, which does nothing for those who struggled to pay off their student loans without assistance, to Bernie Sanders' free Medicare for All.

A new Gallup poll released last week shows how difficult it will be for Democrats.

According to Gallup, 41 percent of Americans "are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S." That's the highest satisfaction level in 15 years. Seventy-two percent of Republicans are satisfied, a number likely to grow if the economy remains strong and there is stability in international affairs. Only 14 percent of Democrats are satisfied. That is likely, in part, because President Trump is racking up success after success without any cooperation from the other party. If Democrats had cooperated on at least some issues (other than the new trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico) they might have been able to legitimately claim some credit, but their opposition to all things Trump and their attempts to undo the results of the 2016 election leaves them out in the political cold.

What is most remarkable about this Gallup poll is that it was taken in the middle of the Senate impeachment trial and in the face of some of the most hostile media coverage any president has ever had to endure in modern times.

According to the conservative Media Research Center, which monitors the broadcast network's evening news programs, "... evening news coverage of the opening arguments of both sides, found ABC, CBS, and NBC did not live up to the standard they demanded of Republicans. They gave Democrats double the airtime and showered their arguments with mostly praise, while expressing only criticism of the President's legal team."

The New York Times and Washington Post have cast aside any cloak of fairness by going anti-Trump nonstop. Their news coverage, editorials and virtually all of their columnists are constantly looking for new ways to express opposition to and hatred of the president. One advantage for readers is that it is easier to get through those papers because they have become predictable and tiresome.

Democrats may feel good about this as they keep company with their media fellow travelers, but President Trump is newly empowered to take his case for four more years of prosperity and relative peace to the public. Every Democrat running for president would raise taxes, giving more money to Washington, which cannot constrain its spending lust under either party. As taxes rise, so would unemployment because many businesses would no longer be able to afford workers they hired during the economic boom.

Look for more investigations -- perhaps additional allegations and articles of impeachment -- and more "leaks" from former Trump staffers between now and the election. The only way to stop this is for Republicans to regain a House majority and maintain their majority in the Senate.

Barring an unforeseeable disaster (always a possibility), Trump is positioned to win re-election, perhaps in a landslide, which will send the left and most of the media into another deep depression.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: acquittal; impeachment; trump
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To: laplata

PDJT just needs the stock market to stay strong and he stay focused and all will be OK.


21 posted on 02/04/2020 8:32:50 AM PST by cnsmom
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To: SeekAndFind

One of the President’s reps spoke this morning about two NY cases demanding his tax returns that would probably be the next round. Oh, how I hope he wins on those cases. I can barely understand my own taxes, and can only imagine the “experts” who could be rounded up to declare Trump the worst tax cheat in US history.


22 posted on 02/04/2020 8:39:49 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: cnsmom

Yes, the economy is critical to his re-election.


23 posted on 02/04/2020 8:41:32 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“forgiveness program which does nothing for those who struggled to pay off their student”

Worse than that. It takes money away from those who struggled and now pay taxes.


24 posted on 02/04/2020 8:46:14 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: CondorFlight

“It was necessary to say this?”

Progressives believe in The Four Boxes too.
They’ve exhausted the Soap Box, Ballot Box, and Jury Box.


25 posted on 02/04/2020 8:58:04 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Democrats oppose democracy.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Lather, rinse, repeat.

Look for more impeachment inquiries in 2020 if the Republicans don't retake the House.

26 posted on 02/04/2020 9:11:57 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Trigger more Dems...
Yes, Trump’s acquittal is real and it’s spectacular!


27 posted on 02/04/2020 9:15:14 AM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: SeekAndFind

I heard a democrat saying toady on the radio they want to censor Donald Trump.
Meanwhile the democrats taking billions in bribes are still free to take more bribes.


28 posted on 02/04/2020 9:25:38 AM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: Trump.Deplorable

The ultimate Democrat wet dream is to make it a requirement that you have to show proof of having voted in order to sign-up for welfare, food stamps, student aid, or any other type of giveaway goodie.

If they get that there will be no stopping them.


29 posted on 02/04/2020 9:27:40 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: backwoods-engineer

I came to the same conclusion last week. There will be an assassination attempt. The left shows they are totally deranged, corrupt and power mad. They no longer play by any rules. Having been stymied again and again, they are increasingly desperate. As you say, there are plenty of crazed lunatics on the left who can be conveniently and easily “programmed” to make the attempt. And they will get “inside” help.

Of course, whether successful or not, the person who attempts the assassination will die in a hail of gunfire, having “resisted” their capture. We will never know who put them up to it, although it will be easy to guess.


30 posted on 02/04/2020 9:33:10 AM PST by henkster
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To: laplata

More of the same from the Dems


Yep.

However, Trump will be much more immune to their hyperbolic claims.

“Russian collusion” was an epic failure capped off by one of the worst performances in the history of our government by Mueller led by the deep state.

The impeachment was a total farce led by house democrats.

You can only cry “wolf” so many times.

On top of that, I think “Crossfire Hurricane” will continue to unravel with the discovery of deliberate malfeasance on the part of the “investigators”.

There will also be more information coming out regarding the whistleblower that will undermine the credibility of the house managers led by Schifty.

Winning.


31 posted on 02/04/2020 9:35:02 AM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Supreme Court will decide whether anyone will get the President’s tax returns. I think not AND I think Roberts got a lesson on Political witch hunting during the trial.


32 posted on 02/04/2020 9:58:29 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

What’s next is the Dims will try to steal the 2020 Presidential election.


33 posted on 02/04/2020 10:04:56 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bump


34 posted on 02/04/2020 10:15:48 AM PST by foreverfree
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To: SeekAndFind

What next? How about unlimited warfare on the party of Cut and Run?


35 posted on 02/04/2020 10:29:44 AM PST by DPMD (uo)
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To: volunbeer

Excellent points. And we haven’t heard from Durham yet. That will be huge.

Tonight the president will be presidential and composed and confident and optimistic and the Dems will be their nasty selves.


36 posted on 02/04/2020 11:57:01 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

Roberts and his gang of four liberals will allow release of Trump’s last 10 years of tax returns to the House and the NY AG. We’ll be back with new impeachment articles in a couple of months.


37 posted on 02/04/2020 12:06:49 PM PST by damper99
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To: SeekAndFind

Dollar to donuts the idiot democraps will immediately impeach again.


38 posted on 02/04/2020 12:11:24 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: damper99

I think you’re prediction is 50-50. We can put nothing past the evil bastards.


39 posted on 02/04/2020 12:39:01 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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