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Proud Liberal Dem

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8. Nobody knows for sure how it would play out

Thu May 23, 2019, 12:03 PM

May 2019

The counter example I keep hearing is that Republicans stuck by Nixon until impeachment hearings were underway in the House and those eventually encouraged most Republicans to abandon him and press for his resignation. Of course, this was back in the 1970's when Republicans weren't quite so ideological and monolithic as they are today but it's possible that enough Republicans might abandon ship as hearings go on. But I don't think we should launch impeachment proceedings based on what we *think* might happen with the Senate. If the House conducts Impeachment Hearings and votes to impeach Trump, they've done their job and then the Senate will have to do it's job and the chips will just fall where they may.

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MSNBC Pushing the LIE That Rs Suffered in Elections After Impeaching Clinton [View all] stopbush May 2019 OP

K&R, "suffered" means Republicans won the house and senate by a little less than expected. That's... uponit7771 May 2019 #1

It's completely different renate May 2019 #2

Right. VERY different situations. The entire nation Hortensis May 2019 #6

Once again: no Dems have said this. It's the pundits once again spooky3 May 2019 #3

+1 dalton99a May 2019 #4

Stephen Lynch NewJeffCT May 2019 #5

Thanks. Yes, several have said that Clinton's popularity spooky3 May 2019 #7

The problem with that is NewJeffCT May 2019 #9

Nobody knows for sure how it would play out Proud Liberal Dem May 2019 #8