Impeachment Thread

So, Pelosi finally decided it is time to open an impeachment inquiry. Why the change of heart? Think she’s seen the whistleblower report or the Ukraine call transcript?

Basically, the left wing people pulled ahead of Biden in polls. So, Pelosi and Biden are supporting impeachment so they will remain relevant later if those guys win. Impeachment is a political movement. It’s not about actual issues, which are interpreted differently by different people.

While that’s the most cynical view – I can’t really argue with it

I assume you mean “closer?”

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html

I generally agree. I do think something may be up with this Ukraine thing, as it was a pretty quick turnaround, but we’ll see how it unfolds.

poco has no shot

What exactly is an impeachment inquiry?

Not the original poster, but warren pulled ahead of biden in polls in both IA and NH,

Warren surges ahead of Biden in New Hampshire poll

Elizabeth Warren leads Joe Biden in new Iowa poll

[video:https://youtu.be/WpXqo1UjBX0?t=144]

https://www.confirmationbias.io/?p=487

Oy vey

https://mobile.twitter.com/LarryPfeifferDC/status/1176587533322342400?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Meh

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-white-house-keeps-editing-its-transcripts-curious-ways?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

The transcript editing is exactly why the whistleblower hearing matters a lot more than the transcript from the call.

I think we can trust that the Trump administration would only edit items that need to be confidential and wouldn’t edit or leave out anything just because it would show President Trump in a bad light.

“There has been no President in the history of our Country who has been treated so badly as I have. The Democrats are frozen with hatred and fear. They get nothing done. This should never be allowed to happen to another President. Witch Hunt!” - President Trump

There was this one president who was falsely accused of being born outside of the United States by the very individual who is now claiming to be the victim of Presidential Harassment.

Oh, and JFK was shot in the head and killed.

Grow a thicker skin, POTUS!

Couldnt agree more with everything you say. You hiring?

#wouldworkforyou

As much as it pains me to say it, Pelosi was playing this right all along. Pursuing impeachment is a horrible idea. Can Trump be impeached? Yeah, probably. Will it matter (i.e. will he be removed from office)? No. There’s not a snowball’s chance in hell the R’s in the senate will turn on him unless he’s caught on video doing the devil’s threesome with Putin.

So, what’s going to happen? Either the impeachment doesn’t proceed due to lack of evidence. Republicans win. Impeachment proceeds but doesn’t pass. Republicans win. Trump is impeached but not convicted in the senate, he brushes it off, his base gets rallied, record republican turnout and Trump wins, literally. All the while, heading into the election Trump gets to say how the Dems aren’t focused on America and have wasted the people’s time and money on a futile endeavor (and he’d be right…damn, that hurts to say too).

AOC and all the other new House folks are being a little naive, way too enthusiastic, and really annoying.

All that said, I have my popcorn ready.

The Democrats’ problem is that they have been howling for impeachment from the day that Trump was elected. So, if he is impeached now, for allegedly new information, people will assume that it was just an excuse for what the Democrats wanted to do all along, for any reason. So, unless Trump is actually convicted in the Senate, it will just seem like sour grapes Democrats using the procedure for political reasons. Democrats have more to lose than Trump if they pursue impeachment.

This will hurt the dems way more than the reps. Trump won’t be removed from office. But he will able to turn this to his favor and be re-elected.