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In reply to the discussion: Not impeaching Trump would make a complete mockery of the rule of law and ruin our country. [View all]Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)59. You know why they're going to cave?
Because they're smart enough see the writing on the wall and realize that it's a huge gamble with odds that are just not in our favor at this time.
Don't want to see Trump and the GOP doing the mother of all victory laps after he's acquitted by the Senate and embarks on his "vindication" rally tour while gliding to victory in 2020.
Let the investigators do their thing and gather the solid evidence. If we start impeaching right out the gate it can easily be perceived as a political hit.
The last thing we need to do is to push those conservative leaning independents that helped us get over the top in November right back onto the Trump Train by looking petty and vindictive.
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Not impeaching Trump would make a complete mockery of the rule of law and ruin our country. [View all]
shockey80
Dec 2018
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It'd say the president can do anything the president wants to do, the president is above the law.
Garrett78
Dec 2018
#3
You give "the American people" more credit than they generally show they deserve.
onenote
Dec 2018
#29
Is there a reliable poll showing a majority of the American people support impeachment at this time?
onenote
Dec 2018
#33
+1,000,000 This! This is where the media acts as "fourth estate" - if branches of gov't are at a
diva77
Dec 2018
#22
Exactly. A website listing Trump's impeachable offenses is having trouble keeping up. That's
diva77
Dec 2018
#25
What it accomplishes is to establish that the law comes first and partisan expediency comes after.
paulkienitz
Dec 2018
#58
And then he's acquitted in the Senate.......aka declared "Not guilty". Wonderful optics.
WillowTree
Dec 2018
#61
Agreed! Impeachment, without a remote possibility of conviction would only strengthen Trump, and...
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2018
#13
This isn't a case of someone lying about an affair. This is a case of the most criminal president...
Garrett78
Dec 2018
#17
+1. "Hey, we know he's guilty, but we don't know if the jury is going to convict or not,
dalton99a
Dec 2018
#75
I don't agree with the assumption that it's Democrats who would suffer blowback.
Garrett78
Dec 2018
#48
I'm pretty sure congress can impeach, run committees and pass new legislation
Equinox Moon
Dec 2018
#27
Impeaching Trump only to have the Senate exonerate him is just as much a farce.
tandem5
Dec 2018
#47
I don't agree. It pretty much ruins the impeached person forever, and I have no problem doing that
BamaRefugee
Dec 2018
#50
Impeachment didn't ruin Bill Clinton, it increased his popularity. So your premise is wrong. nt
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2018
#73
THE FIX IS ALREADY IN. I watched Jerry Nadler, on THE LAST WORD, say that impeachment would...
BamaRefugee
Dec 2018
#49
Impeaching is not the issue its getting the Senate to convict after that is the issue
cstanleytech
Dec 2018
#52
If HIGH CRIMES deserving of impeachment are exposed, then the House should IMPEACH
Martin Eden
Dec 2018
#56
You need 2/3 of the Senate and overwhelming evidence of high crimes. It's not simple.
LBM20
Dec 2018
#60
It's REPUBLICANS who have made a complete mockery of the rule of law and ruined our country
EleanorR
Dec 2018
#66