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In reply to the discussion: Impeachment Juror Susan Collins Has Lunch With Donald Trump [View all]2naSalit
(86,636 posts)25. Exactly...
on fucking paper. So they should not have the power to vote in the process as they have already proclaimed that they have other plans than what is Constitutionally mandated of them.
That would leave the Senate with an overwhelming majority of Democratic "members present" when it comes to that. I think they had no malice of forethought going on there (meaning someone is leading them down this road) they seem to have screwed themselves unless they were looking to create an "out" for themselves out of desperation.
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Sure, but if that was the case, a lot of Democrats would have been disqualified from acquitting
onenote
Nov 2019
#12
Democrats knew that Clinton's behavior did not THREATEN the National Security
ProudMNDemocrat
Nov 2019
#23
They can start another at anytime. There's nothing in the Constitution stopping them.
Lochloosa
Nov 2019
#22
"I'm very concerned! ... Well ... actually ... not all that concerned ..."
struggle4progress
Nov 2019
#13
Putin will decide if we even have power that day, let alone count votes. I wanna be wrong, I do.
Eliot Rosewater
Nov 2019
#32
the women who will die in illegal abortions alone should haunt her till her miserable life is over
Eliot Rosewater
Nov 2019
#27