imagine... any other president would be successfully impeached for shit like this - it's one thing to sortie US forces into harms way on covert missions against an enemy, it's another thing entirely to subvert the oversight process that lets critical parts of the government know we may just be starting a nuclear war.
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any other president would be successfully impeached for shit like this
Trump was successfully impeached twice.
A completely useless proceeding, considering he's still here.
Trump was successfully impeached twice.
sorry, impeached and held accountable, and removed from office.
yeah forgot the GOP bent over backwards, twice, to save this idiot orange baboon of a traitor
We've had far more presidents deserving of impeachment than ever actually impeached and convicted.
This isn't a partisan problem nearly so much as it is a systematic one. Countries with Parliaments can oust a PM with a simple singular No Confidence vote. The American system of removing a president is functionally impossible.
This isn’t a partisan problem nearly so much as it is a systematic one.
can agree on everything up to here. the evidence presented for Trump's impeachment should have sealed any impartial judgement; it's a systematic problem when half the elected officials FEAR the power Trump would bring against them if they convicted him.
the evidence presented for Trump’s impeachment should have sealed any impartial judgement
Impeachments aren't impartial. Senators have to go back home to their states and explain their decision to voters.
when half the elected officials FEAR the power Trump would bring against them if they convicted him.
It's not the fear of Trump, but of the fascist donors and organizers who would quickly primary them out.
It’s not the fear of Trump, but of the fascist donors and organizers who would quickly primary them out.
they literally said they were afraid.
done with this convo.
they literally said they were afraid
And I trust them unequivocally because they've been so trustworthy before now.
done with this convo
Bye
Trump: The buck stops somewhere. Maybe over there. I don't know anything about that. My lawyers might know. Ask them.