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Mitch McConnell is said to support Trump impeachment
- Thread starter janusff
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It's a bold move by the R's if they move to impeach anyway, I would expect they're thinking about 2028 elections, as impeaching Trump would likely decimate their chances in 2024 and Trump might even publicly support a third party runner.
It's gonna take time for the GOP to purge itself from Trumpism and try and regain some lost centrist votes, if they ever manage to recover, and hopefully they won't without a radical shift to the center.
It's gonna take time for the GOP to purge itself from Trumpism and try and regain some lost centrist votes, if they ever manage to recover, and hopefully they won't without a radical shift to the center.
Err my bad. No. She is a standout in the House for this stance though.
The old guard Republicans want Trump out of the picture moving forward, and they're right to. There is no future for any of them (let alone for any of us) in the world Trump's fanatics want. If that wasn't obvious before they tried to hang the Vice President, it's obvious now.
Dont apologize. I heard CNN wrong. She's in the House. She's the third most powerful member of the GOP in the House, so her words carry weight.
its worse for them if he runs 3rd party. it might cost them 2022, but its far better long term to do this and miconal knows it.
I think they're looking at it differently, Trump at his zenith brought 75 million voters which is unprecedented but also angered more than 85 million voters and cost the GOP all three branches of the government.
Couple that with the QAnon nutjobs creeping their way through the GOP and the attempted coup which might move even more centrists and moderates towards the Dems, I think the GOP leadership sees Trump as wounded, weak and just dead weight.
If Trump is impeached, McConnell becomes the most powerful Republican in Washington. It's not about principles.
I'm thinking it's the opposite- impeachment and removal is the equivalent of ripping the band aid off. Doing it takes Trump out of contention for 2024 no matter what. They can immediately pivot to rebuilding their platform.
Failure to impeach is just going to lead to years of in ighting within the GOP as Trump will continue to toy with the concept of running for the next four years even if I personally don't think he actually will.
According to her website she's in the House of Reps
Home Page - Congresswoman Liz Cheney
cheney.house.gov
He is infamous for not letting his opinion be known until he says it.
Really incredible that the rest of the country has been facing this threat for the last four years and it only matters when the extremists literally make it into the capitol. Makes you wonder how many other important issues would be solved if it affected lawmakers directly.
Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins
With a few lawmakers and senior staff in tow, President Trump is currently in the air on his way back from Texas. No comment from the White House yet on McConnell's stance or Cheney's announcement she'll vote to impeach him.
5:51 PM · Jan 12, 2021
With a few lawmakers and senior staff in tow, President Trump is currently in the air on his way back from Texas. No comment from the White House yet on McConnell's stance or Cheney's announcement she'll vote to impeach him.
5:51 PM · Jan 12, 2021
so Pence could be the president with the shortest term ever?
They aren't losing elections. On the whole, republicans have gained more seats and have won a significant amount of down ballot votes.
The president and the recent senate runoff is not consistent with overall voting
This is an opportunity to cut Trump loose. If Trump can't run in 2024, and without social media, I am not sure how influential he'll be. He certainly won't be dominating the election cycle in the way he would have had he not been banned from so many online platforms.
Yep they want to purge the party from Trumpism and regain control as soon as possible, for establishment GOP Trump is a threat who sidelined them from control.
Wrong wording, sorry... cost them the House, the Senate, the Executive. He has led them to massive losses.
It wasn't that. It's the fallout from 1/6 fucking with GOP money. Trump is radioactive right now and they can cut the tumor out right now because they have political cover. This parade of criminals being arrested isn't going to end. Eventually they are going to find the people that murdered the officer, for example. It's just going to be an endless stream of bad news piled on the GOP unless they break completely from Trump.
Mitch is many things but he's not stupid.
Nah fuck em regardless of whether he impeaches or not, he got his billionaire tax cuts and 6-3 Supreme court under Trump.
Trump simply outlived his usefulness to him as soon as he got those, good thing it's not enough for McConnell and I hope this Trump cult will make him and rest of the GOP's lives miserable, post-Trump era.
Trump simply outlived his usefulness to him as soon as he got those, good thing it's not enough for McConnell and I hope this Trump cult will make him and rest of the GOP's lives miserable, post-Trump era.
Yeah, was 10-20 this morning.
The two dozen will likely grow by this time tomorrow.
Yes if he never wins which I don't think he would. Pence can still have 2 terms. Presidents can server 2 terms and/or 10 years.
Do not think for a single solitary second that this is because Mitch grew a conscience.
The only reason Mitch would entertain this is because he see's the writing on the wall. He lost his majority bc of Trump's bullshit and knows hitching the GOP's wagon to him is now untenable.
The only reason Mitch would entertain this is because he see's the writing on the wall. He lost his majority bc of Trump's bullshit and knows hitching the GOP's wagon to him is now untenable.
2 dozen in the Senate though? Or 2 dozen across the House and Senate?
I still don't understand this "purge Trump from GOP" talk. If Trump is removed with the support of GOP leadership, that party is fucking DONE. Democrats will control the government for ten years minimum; the GOP is the cult of Trump, and almost nothing else, at this point.
I wonder if they are going to go the Nixon route. McConnell and McCarthy go up to the WH to tell him that he has lost the support of the GOP powers that be and he needs to resign or else he will be removed during the Senate hearings.
Sadly, Trump will pull a Palpatine and say "I am the GOP". To a certain extent he is correct. His base has been talking about establishing a "Patriot Party" and how the establishment GOP has been losing more and more elections and that is a sign that the GOP we all have grown-up with is on its last legs.
Sadly, Trump will pull a Palpatine and say "I am the GOP". To a certain extent he is correct. His base has been talking about establishing a "Patriot Party" and how the establishment GOP has been losing more and more elections and that is a sign that the GOP we all have grown-up with is on its last legs.
There has definitely been a shift, Trump is no longer untouchable, he is a massive liability for all, and they're probably eager to make sure he isn't taking all the air in the room in 4 years. So I can believe he is favor of the idea.
But I won't believe he'll actually vote that way til it is done.
But I won't believe he'll actually vote that way til it is done.
he can do that, but if he is remoived, he himself cant run, so.