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In reply to the discussion: ...(The bigger scandal) is the Democratic Party's refusal to impeach him for it. - AOC wow [View all]calimary
(81,125 posts)the Democrats' vote count up.
History will NOT be kind to our side for hesitating. For cowering in fear. For worrying more about our jobs in the power seats than for upholding the Constitution and sending a message to future wannabe emperors (or empresses) that This. Is. NOT. Acceptable. And WON'T. Be. Tolerated!
That we had the chance and the power and the authority and the positioning to do something to stop this runaway rogue, and we did not. For whatever the political excuse-du-jour was.
Besides, Nancy and company are leaving out (or trying to avoid) the reality that we may NOT be able to "just vote him out in 2020." Not when he can appeal to the Russians again. Hell, he's already been caught pressuring Ukraine to help him cheat to win next year. Remember: he's even more highly-motivated to stay in office for another four years. And the Russians are going to want to make doubly sure that their "friend" and "vassal" remains in the Oval Office for them to continue manipulating. You can bet donald's got his eye on the calendar - for when those statutes of limitations run out in the middle of a presumptive second term. He badly wants to still be president at that time. If he loses the next election, he won't have any of the presidential "protections" he's been exploiting to high heaven to shield him from any of that any longer.
But that's an awfully big bet, and a rather reckless one, too, imho.