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(115,947 posts)The way I see it, there are two choices. You can (1) give up, or (2) stand up. I'm going with 2. We do not have a king unless we allow that to happen.
We all knew he'd be acquitted, and now the GOP owns what happens next. We don't.
KPN
(15,673 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)Trump does something even more corrupt and heinous because he thinks he can get away with it. The chickens will come home to roost and they'll shit all over the GOP.
angrychair
(8,750 posts)He cannot be investigated and he cannot be subpoenaed.
Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)Trump doesn't really think, he simply reacts. He's has no moral compass, he's not that bright, he's a sociopath, and he's surrounded himself his entire life with yes people. Given his past history, I believe it won't take very long for him to commit yet another high profile crime.
misanthrope
(7,435 posts)that in order to enforce its subpoenas, the House can employ its impeachment powers, as well as withhold appropriations. It was mentioned during the trial.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/politics/trump-impeachment-subpoena-hearing/index.html
Yeah, good luck on seeing that actually happen.
Afromania
(2,771 posts)It may look bleak now but there will be a reckoning.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)and durable.
Link to tweet
As per the Pollack & Edwards "World" dataset, as you can see, the United States is an unusually long-lived presidential regime system. It is a massive outlier in durability for this type of regime system.
We've been living on borrowed time, for a long time.
sarisataka
(18,883 posts)about dictatorship and we will never have an election again it is neccessary to cut back on the length of replies. I think I will go with one word:
Bullshit
dem4decades
(11,317 posts)Long live the king, was that because if they didn't they'd be killed?
lunatica
(53,410 posts)So stop it. This win for him is what will do him in. Why? Because it just pissed off 75% of Americans. Thats the 75% who wanted witnesses to be called.
This is far from over.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)One can only be a King if they come from a royal bloodline, which Trump does not.
Authoritarian rulers who are not of royal blood are dictators.
Under The Radar
(3,406 posts)Don JR vs Ivanka or will Jared challenge them?
Trump may even air this on pay-per-view