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John Nichols ?@NicholsUprising 25m25 minutes agoActing AG Sally Yates decided Trump #MuslimBan was indefensible.
Trump fired her.
Court rulings confirm Yates was right.
Can we fire Trump?
Link to tweet
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,108 posts)bigtree
(86,041 posts)AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)riversedge
(70,586 posts)malaise
(269,503 posts)Standing up to Groper Don the Con is a feather in her cap
Foo Fighter
(743 posts)Can you imagine how much that would chap Trump's hide if Dems took the WH in 2020, a SC opening came up, and they nominated Sally Yates?
I think I'd pay to see Trump's reaction to that. I bet his head would explode.
bigtree
(86,041 posts)...
eleny
(46,166 posts)Hand-in-hand with taking the WH in 2020 would be the assumption that we would also have the Senate by then.
Granted, that's assuming that the voting public sees the shit-storm that is currently happening and comes to their senses, which is probably asking too much.
eleny
(46,166 posts)Damn the torpedoes - full steam ahead!!!
Btw, when you talked about 2020 I was taking into consideration that Trump would be prez until 2021. Sorry that I got confused a little.
Foo Fighter
(743 posts)But then we would have Pence. Ugh.
But yeah, I'm thinking if the Dems took WH and Senate, they need to go all in. Anything less just won't cut it. Especially after the damage of that Trump/Pence will no doubt leave in their wake.
eleny
(46,166 posts)Pence is Trump's insurance buffer to make everyone think twice before calling for impeachment.
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)And History Proves Getting Impeached does not mean the guy who takes your old seat, wins the next Presidential Election. Remember President Jimmy Carter folks?
So it would be wise for folks to stop being "shell-shocked" into a "corner" on if Pence is placed into the POTUS seat with a Trump Impeachment and Removal as it is not an automatic win for Pence, beyond the 2020 Presidential Election.
#FoodForThought....
Foo Fighter
(743 posts)I'm worried about having to deal with him between the time Trump is impeached, quits, or walks off in a huff and the next election.
One other thing to consider is that Trump's racism/bigotry/misogyny/etc. and his fumbling attempts to codify them into law via EOs has united people of all ages, races, creeds, genders, and religions for, well, ALL of our causes. If Trump is ousted and Pres Milquetoast gets in, I kind of worry that people will think that "order has been restored" and become complacent, thus allowing Pence and the Republicans to continue implementing Bannon's scorched earth policies until 2020.
IronLionZion
(45,702 posts)so it might happen
Phoenix61
(17,038 posts)I needed a laugh.
Best_man23
(4,923 posts)Or any of the left leaning firms in DC or NYC would be happy to have her in their firm.
nolabear
(42,017 posts)Women are going to take that fool down. 😉
irisblue
(33,080 posts)Cha
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