From a practical standpoint, Trump has been neutered of all power. I believe that most cabinet members are simply going to ignore unlawful orders and he's just going to sulk until he's out of office. Having said that, we didn't think he'd be able to do any damage outside of sabotaging the GA election once the EC voted. Boy were we wrong.
From a principled standpoint, the House HAS to impeach. There's really no other option that they have because if they do nothing, they are condoning it.
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i'd love for senate/congress to have their costs made public. im curious what the actual dollar amount this attempt will cost US taxpayers, all to get rid of trump 9 days ahead of schedule.
A trial won't happen. The Senate won't be in session without unanimous consent. The whole point of this is to have precedent so that you can lower the probability of it happening again.
I saw a good analogy yesterday. A man gives his employer two weeks notice but then assaults an employee on the 2nd to last day. Should that employee be fired or should they just "wait it out?"
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Republican call for unity is more a call for pity imo
Actions have consequences
With that said, what’s the point because he has days in office anyway. If he had months left I would say sure
The Republicans don't want unity. Most House Republicans were undeterred by the events on Wednesday. This is a classic domestic abuse situation where a husband beats his wife, wants to reconcile, and then gets upset when she says no.
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"Accountability for thee, but not for me" should be the Democratic motto. It sounds like a colossal waste of time designed to score political points by the same people who have been celebrating violence for the past 9 months.
It would be good if Trump and his children never again run for political office, but that is already virtually assured.
I'm not convinced of that. Trump is incompetent but his inner-circle made some really smart moves. The RNC is full of Trump loyalists now and many state GOP higher ups are on the Trump train. The party is in crisis.