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kentuck

(111,056 posts)
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 03:33 PM Aug 2017

If Paul Ryan would let impeachment come up for a vote, it might pass the House.

Since most Democrats would likely vote for impeachment, they would not need that many Republican votes to send it to the Senate.

But Paul Ryan holds the power in his hands. He is the one to decide whether or not there is a vote to impeach. Since he is polling very low in his home district, and there is a good chance that he will be defeated in his race next year, one might think he would try to do one good deed before he departs?

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If Paul Ryan would let impeachment come up for a vote, it might pass the House. (Original Post) kentuck Aug 2017 OP
All Democrats would have to vote for a chance like that. They would be mangled if they tried to play OnDoutside Aug 2017 #1
If I was Pelosi I would stage a mock impeachment vote Submariner Aug 2017 #2

OnDoutside

(19,948 posts)
1. All Democrats would have to vote for a chance like that. They would be mangled if they tried to play
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 04:00 PM
Aug 2017

politics.

Submariner

(12,499 posts)
2. If I was Pelosi I would stage a mock impeachment vote
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 05:20 PM
Aug 2017

and say she and the Democratic Party did it just to gauge the level of impeachment support in the House for general principles. But that's just me, I'd be a prick and do this knowing I'd piss off the GOP hate machine, which is why I'd never be elected in the first place.

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