Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jan 28 2021 07:34pm)
I reject the disingenuous framing of Democrat partisan tactics as "holding him accountable". Of course Trump is the big baddie here, but this doesnt make the Dems any less shitty.
Like I said previously, there is zero chance that Trump ever wins a general election again after the Capitol riots. I also consider it exceedingly unlikely that he would even win the GOP nomination in 2024 if he tried.
He has left office in disgrace, with bad approval ratings and a mediocre track record in terms of how his party is doing with him at the top of the ticket. (This is something that looked a lot more favorable for Trump back on election night, when everyone still assumed that the GOP would hold the GA seats and thus the Senate.) Why would the party nominate him again?
And that's not even taking into account the fact that being banned from twitter robs him of his most potent instrument of power. And that he'd be 77 years old, whereas he already looked spent and visibly slowed down over the past 4 years. And that he will be entangled in endless lawsuits and litigation now that his immunity has ended. The attorneys from the SDNY have been waiting for this moment for 4 years, they're gonna have a field day with him.
If you guys looked at it with a cool head, you would see that there's no chance for him to become president again.
What partisan tactics? Mitch is the one who delayed the trial. If Republicans got on board he could've already been removed and disqualified. That would be a unifying move.
The question of whether he could win again is somewhat irrelevant to the question of whether to impeach/convict/disqualify. The framers put impeachment into the Constitution for a reason... so Trump should be held accountable by Congress, plain and simple. If his actions don't warrant using impeachment, then it's essentially a useless mechanism in the Constitution.
That said, it's possible though unlikely he could win the general election. It's highly likely he would win the 2024 primary if he ran. What don't you understand about the grasp he has on the party? They are still defending the guy even after the hell he's put the country through his last days in office. A couple years from now his voters will barely remember the Capitol insurrection.
So why are you so willing to crater the GOP's chance to move forward? They could easily pick a more populist candidate in 2024... choosing Trump would either result in 4 more years of Biden/Harris or 4 more years of an even more unhinged and chaotic Trump presidency.