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In reply to the discussion: Have patience, children....this snowball is rolling downhill. [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)If Trump eventually gets impeached, Pence takes over as President. And the backwards march goes on. Trump was only the crazy pied piper that lured all the rats and deplorables towards the GOP.
They never would have won that Presidency, or done so well in other races without Trump running and telling their voters that the swamp would be drained of the establishment including the historically low rated Congress, those same establishment GOP would not be in the drivers seat now. . They probably would have lost the Senate. And of course the SCOTUS pick.
They knew he was unfit for office, but did whatever they had to to get him elected once he won the primaries. Even help work with Putin. Use Comey. Along with their usual scams of Crosscheck, and polling hours, and gerrymandering.
When Trump finally is impeached and is stripped of power, everyone will breathe a big sigh of relief because the madman is gone. But the extreme right wing will still be running the country and changing it for as long as they can get away with it. But the MSM will treat Pence, and all the Republicans as sane saviours. I can see it now. Its so predictable.
The point being that some of the more radical outlandish policies may be abandoned along with Trump, like the Wall, and perhaps they'll be a more orderly immigration policy, but nothing else much will be different. In fact as far as the LGBTQ community and women's rights groups, and BLM etc...goes, Pence may be worse. And yet Pence would have never had a chance against Hillary (or Bernie) in a general election.
They should by all rights have a new election, especially if there is proof of McConnell and others in the GOP actually working with the Russians as well. But we know that won't happen, and they know it won't happen. They win with or without Drumpf