Senator leading Russia investigation sets odds of Trump impeachment at 2-to-1

[DonViejo]

TRAVIS GETTYS
04 MAY 2017 AT 10:17 ET

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“The reality is, he is governing as if he is the president of a Third World country,” said Jerry Taylor, president of the libertarian Niskanen Center. “Power is held by family and incompetent loyalists whose main calling card is the fact that Donald Trump can trust them, not whether they have any expertise.”

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, has privately told friends that he sets the odds at 2-to-1 that Trump will not complete his full term — although he told The New Yorker he was not referring specifically to the Russia probe. “My guess is that there’s only between 50 and 100 Republican members of the House that are truly enthusiastic about Donald Trump as president,” said Taylor, head of the libertarian think tank. “The balance sees him as somewhere between a deep and dangerous embarrassment and a threat to the Constitution.”

Several lawmakers have questioned Trump’s mental capacity, and bills have been introduced in both the House and Senate that would give medical professionals more authority in assessing a president’s fitness — and not everyone agrees that invoking the 25th Amendment is more than a “liberal fantasy.”

“I believe that invoking Section 4 of the 25th Amendment is no fantasy but an entirely plausible tool,” said Laurence Tribe, professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School. “Not immediately, but well before 2020.”

Full article:
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/senator-leading-russia-investigation-sets-odds-of-trump-impeachment-at-2-to-1/

[zipplewrath]

1. I'm dubious

It is hard to see how the leadership in either chamber lets this happen. There is nothing but downside for them.

[LOL Lib]

5. It seems to me that most Rs would prefer dense Pence.

That is just my gut feeling. Am I completely wrong?

Or is the GOP so prideful that they would risk destroying the country before dealing with the shame of removing a GOP president? I dunno???

[NightWatcher]

2. Tick tock let's get this done then, before anymore damage occurs

[WhiteTara]

3. There will be deep pain before

the Tyrant is removed.

[beachbum bob]

4. warner isn't leading anything...he is the ranking democrat....

and has little control

[Wednesdays]

6. They invoke the 25th and Trump will skate

No one will try to prosecute a doddering old coot, it will be seen by the press as bullying.

[Dan]

7. I think you are wrong

...if the Congress allows the idea of Russian (proven) interference to stand - then no election is safe. Any person in the USofA that is a party to or assists with - should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Plus, ever person so involved should identified to the nation.