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shockey80

(4,379 posts)
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 04:44 PM Dec 2019

This will be the first time in our history a president is unbound from the constitution.

If that is not an official constitutional crisis I don't know what is.

If the Senate does not convict, Trump will know he can do whatever he wants when it comes to cheating on the election. There is no way to predict how emboldened Trump will become, he is after all, nuts.

I do not see what the Republicans see. How can they believe freeing a lunatic from the constitution, rule of law, is going to help anyone. How is that going to help the country? How is that going to help them? Things could easily spin out of control.

What we are witnessing is madness. There is no other way to describe it.

The American people better wake up soon, we are running out of time. The polls are not showing enough support for removal. The Senate trial will start in a few weeks. Hopefully their will be witnesses, hopefully something will happen to wake the American people up so they can demand Trump be removed.

Tick, Tick, Tick.

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This will be the first time in our history a president is unbound from the constitution. (Original Post) shockey80 Dec 2019 OP
I forgot to add this. shockey80 Dec 2019 #1
Death sentence for the gop party. It will show to the country that they're un-American rockfordfile Dec 2019 #2
I hope so. shockey80 Dec 2019 #3
1/3 of the country is currently fascist FiveGoodMen Dec 2019 #8
GOP approval will go up after an acquittal, unfortunately Recursion Dec 2019 #9
100% spot on. brush Dec 2019 #4
It makes perfect sense from their viewpoint... First Speaker Dec 2019 #7
The final blow will be... mylightningtoo Dec 2019 #5
Me too. ElementaryPenguin Dec 2019 #6
We must invest heavily in education Esperanto.Mark Dec 2019 #10
 

shockey80

(4,379 posts)
1. I forgot to add this.
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 04:52 PM
Dec 2019

Here is an example that proves we are witnessing complete madness. If the Republicans do not convict Trump they will be legalizing election fraud. That is a death sentence for democracy. Now that's madness.

 

shockey80

(4,379 posts)
3. I hope so.
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 05:05 PM
Dec 2019

I just a saw Washington post poll that was good news. A large majority of Americans want witnesses to appear at the trial. That includes the majority of Republican voters. We have to have a real, fair trial. It's the only way we can save our democracy.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
8. 1/3 of the country is currently fascist
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 05:53 PM
Dec 2019

They ARE un-American.

They like it that way.

They just don't admit it.

And they won't disappear just because the rest of us are onto them.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
9. GOP approval will go up after an acquittal, unfortunately
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 06:22 PM
Dec 2019

Most of the country isn't paying attention, and all they'll see is the "Trump vindicated in Senate" headline

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
7. It makes perfect sense from their viewpoint...
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 05:36 PM
Dec 2019

...since a "death sentence for democracy" is what they're explicitly aiming for...

 

mylightningtoo

(58 posts)
5. The final blow will be...
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 05:22 PM
Dec 2019

if the Supreme Court sides with Trump on the subpoena cases. That is what I am focused most intently on.

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