Special Prosecutor appointed

[Black Aeronaut]

ordnance11 wrote:

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JFerio wrote:

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Black Aeronaut wrote:

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This is why it'd be such a huge deal if the Republicans hold off on impeachment until midterms.  Because if both the House and the Senate swing to the Democrats, then it's game over for the Republicans - literally the worst possible outcome for them.  Because if that happens, a new President Pro Tempore and Speaker of the House must be selected... and whoever those are...  well, once the Democrats go full on for impeachment (and I'm pretty sure that they'll go after both Trump and Pence, because while Pence might be competent, he still leaves much to be desired)... guess who your new POTUS and VPOTUS are gonna be?

I bet some of them are hoping they can get the perfect timing; let Trump be their distraction for the public attention for a little bit longer, then get impeachment going just late enough that they can replace him before the midterms play out, but only just before so that they get maximum distraction value and can (try to) account for the possibility of a LOT of people getting dragged into the "you're done in government, go home" that will be resulting.

To be fair..the GOP is caught in a bind. Don't denounce Trump, the voters in purple districts will see them as enablers. Denounce Trump and the "base" will call them traitors. Which is why they've all gone Run Silent, Run Deep. The Deluge is here and in 2018, the flood.

What's more is that the Democrats have already shown that, even though they're a minority in both the House and Senate for the moment, they can still play the dirty ballgame the Teaparty Republicans used against them during Obama's tenure.  Expect to see a lot of foot dragging from the Democrats - in proportion to how close we get to the mid-terms.  If the Republicans know what's good for them they'll drop Trump and Pence ASAP.  If not... well, the Democrats are gonna hold them done over the coals.
Hopefully the Republicans (or at least their constituents) will have learned their lesson - most of us all want the same things, but we have to work together to get there.