"... there is a cancer on the presidency, and cancers, if not removed, only grow."

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/20/trump-has-done-plenty-to-warrant-impeachment/

Trump Has Done Plenty to Warrant Impeachment
September 20, 2019 at 8:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

George Conway and Neil Katyal: “It is high time for Congress to do its duty, in the manner the framers intended. Given how Trump seems ever bent on putting himself above the law, something like what might have happened between him and Ukraine — abusing presidential authority for personal benefit — was almost inevitable. Yet if that is what occurred, part of the responsibility lies with Congress, which has failed to act on the blatant obstruction that Mueller detailed months ago.”

“Congressional procrastination has probably emboldened Trump, and it risks emboldening future presidents who might turn out to be of his sorry ilk. To borrow John Dean’s haunting Watergate-era metaphor once again, there is a cancer on the presidency, and cancers, if not removed, only grow. Congress bears the duty to use the tools provided by the Constitution to remove that cancer now, before it’s too late. As Elbridge Gerry put it at the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, “A good magistrate will not fear [impeachments]. A bad one ought to be kept in fear of them.” By now, Congress should know which one Trump is.”

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. it is metastasizing

Impeachment cannot hinge on the anticipated reaction of a corrupted Senate.

The lawlessness of this regime is increasing.

[brutus smith]

2. The strategy of putting the marbles all in one bag, ie elections

Is a failed strategy.

[triron]

12. For sure.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Congress - House and Senate - should act now

and assert what authority they can muster. Waiting for him to leave office voluntarily is fraught with peril.

[Scarsdale]

4. I believe that McConnell

convinced the gop to make a pact. Once the WH was in (R) control, they will fight to the bitter end to keep it. Why else would these supposedly patriotic representatives all band together to protect a criminal? tRump is so obviously damaged, unlawful, ignorant and law breaking. If he were a (D) president the articles of impeachment would have been ready BEFORE the inauguration, waiting for the very first slip-up. As it stands, tRump breaks the law on a daily basis, and the clowns in the gop support everything he does no matter how stupid it makes them look. They do not represent their constituents, they represent gop power. Don't they see how very ignorant they look, defending the indefensible?

[Saint PeLSU]

5. They're getting everything they want... eom

[secondwind]

6. Let's not forget the GOP Senators who were invited to Moscow in July 2017

[Delmette2.0]

8. +1. We nned to keep the accomplices in mind, always.

[KPN]

7. Start the effing impeachment inquiry. Use the

effing words now! It is almost already too late re: the election. To do otherwise is dereliction of duty.

We are talking about two simple, clear and powerful words that make all the difference in the world in terms of Constitutional authority and execution of moral responsibility. We are talking about “inquiry” — an “investigation”, a Congressional investigation that is preparatory, prerequisite, part and parcel to and carries the full weight of actual impeachment. Stop beating around the bush and do your duty Congress! Use the words and execute!

[dalton99a]

9. And Republicans know it

[Buckeyeblue]

10. Unfortunately some cancers are untreatable

This one has been a slow growing one in our country for a while. Treatment may hasten the eventual death. But to do nothing is to give up. I say let's take a chance.

[Martin Eden]

11. This presidency **IS** a cancer

And it must be removed.

[triron]

13. It may have reached terminal stage.

[Martin Eden]

14. I hope not, because ...

America is the patient.
(but I know what you meant)