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In reply to the discussion: "The Senate won't remove him" - why this is a pathetically weak argument [View all]Proud Liberal Dem
(24,392 posts)Although a President has never actually been removed for office in the history of our country, the Founders wisely felt that there had to exist some kind of mechanism to remove a President who has abused the power of the office and/or committed crimes while in office. We have now had at least three Presidents whom committed serious offenses while in office but have yet to be held accountable for any of them. If impeachment wasn't designed for Presidents like Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Donald Trump whom routinely abuse(d) their powers as President and flout(ed) established laws and norms, then *who* exactly was it designed for and what would ever be bad enough to stir Congress to urgent action? Republicans certainly have no problem going after Democratic Presidents and trying to remove them from office- or at least mire them in endless harassing investigations over nothingburgers. Democrats OTOH seem to just worry about them being attacked politically by Republicans for daring to seriously hold Republican Presidents accountable.