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4. republicans will never impeach and remove one of their own, and gentle pursuasion by democrats won't

Reply to loyalsister (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 26, 2017, 09:06 PM

Jul 2017

do a damn thing to change that.

this isn't about actually convincing a handful of highly partisan elected republican congresscritters with a strong career interest in not attacking their own party leader with the political equivalent of the death penalty. that's just not going to happen.

the minds we *can* change are the minds of the voters, and for *their* benefit, pointing out the rank hypocrisy can help.

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It is time for Dem spokespeople on TV and radio to point out loudly that the GOP would be impeaching [View all] nikibatts Jul 2017 OP

It seems like the DNC is missing in action njhoneybadger Jul 2017 #1

Since Congressional Dems want and need the help of the GOP to accomplish that goal loyalsister Jul 2017 #2

republicans will never impeach and remove one of their own, and gentle pursuasion by democrats won't unblock Jul 2017 #4

Not the point loyalsister Jul 2017 #5

Using Trump as precedence, a far out leftist DEM could be the GOP's worst nightmare. nt NCjack Jul 2017 #3