• catloaf@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    You’d need four twenty Republican senators to convict. I can’t imagine that happening.

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      It’d still be something. Bemoaning “oh there’s no point because it’s hopeless” gives these fuckers more fuel because the opposition is just etting it happen without any complaints.

      It’d be like a cop kneeling on your neck and not bothering to scream “help I can’t breathe! they’re killing me!” because you’ve just accepted that they’re going to suffocate you to death.

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        7 days ago

        It would be something. Would it be the most effective use of their time? Unlikely.

        “Something must be done, this is something, therefore this must be done” is a joke, not something to take seriously.

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        The works are sufficiently gummed already. Any path forward seems to involve action only implied in the constitution. Maybe a rereading of the Declaration of Independence is in order as well.

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        Impeachment comes from the house. But yes it’s actually 20 Republican senators to convict since it’s two-thirds, not a simple majority (assuming all 45 Democrats and two independents vote to convict).

        20 is definitely not happening. Even in the last two trials, they only got one vote in one trial.