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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf things keep going at their current pace, Dems having the votes to IMPEACH, CONVICT & REMOVE is no longer a long shot
For the first couple of months of 2026, I thought "no way."
But today we have
Iranian forces are waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever, the countrys parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Sunday.
...and I'm thinking "MAYBE BY NOVEMBER, America WILL HAVE had ENOUGH.
The Wizard
(13,730 posts)is a long shot. Republicans fear Trump, not so with Nixon.
Miles Archer
(23,214 posts)...and I don't want to go to the "what's the worst Iran could do in retaliation" doomsday scenarios, but MAYBE America will get to the point where they say "ENOUGH," and "maybe" Senators will decide that not getting re-elected is worth it to bring down Trump.
I'm just not convinced his getting away with this for another 2-1/3 years is still "a sure thing."
Fiendish Thingy
(23,187 posts)Although the odds of Dems retaking the senate improve daily, I think getting to 67 seats, or convincing enough republican senators to join Dems to convict, is still a long shot.
JI7
(93,591 posts)It would require a good number of Republicans to join us.
The only way I think it could happen is if there is a huge downturn in the economy and people are being personally affected.
But in this case Trump might end up resigning and possibly fleeing the country.
J_William_Ryan
(3,490 posts)Republicans fear harming the presidency.
They fear that removing a president from office via the impeachment process will undermine the Imperial Presidency and weaken unitary executive dogma, preventing future Republican presidents from acting as authoritarian despots and dictators.
bamagal62
(4,501 posts)Fear the Epstein files?