Lindsey Graham Just Threatened To Impeach Trump

[dixiegrrrrl]

and Gorsuch agreed!

Graham had been asking Gorsuch about waterboarding...


Gorsuch had no problem interpreting the clear intent of the Senate’s language in this case. He immediately agreed that the existing laws forbid waterboarding in any form.

Graham was quick to use this opportunity to warn the President against any attempts at fulfilling this campaign promise:
“In case President Trump is watching … if you start waterboarding, you may be impeached.”

Gorsuch immediately acknowledged as much, replying:
“Senator, the impeachment power belongs to this body.” He added, “No man is above the law.”

http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/03/21/top-republican-senator-just-threatened-impeach-trump/

[pangaia]

1. So why is Graham occasionally behaving like an adult?

What's up with that?

[NanceGreggs]

5. You've heard of running something up the flagpole ...

... to see if anyone salutes?

This is a case of lowering a lifeboat off the ship, to see if anyone jumps in.

I suspect we'll be seeing quite a bit of this in future, as people like Graham - who have been around long enough to recognize an iceberg looming in the distance - start signaling that it's time to abandon the Trump ship.

[Beartracks]

11. Haha! Love the analogy. n/t

[FailureToCommunicate]

20. Perfect!

[Grizzled Ol Granddad]

21. I would suggest to you that

the Trump Administration has already hit the iceberg, and now it's just a matter of time.

[47of74]

22. The TSS Trumptanic

[Grizzled Ol Granddad]

24. That's Good

But the name of the ship should be the ASS Trumputin.

[47of74]

30. Excellent point!

[Alice11111]

33. Great!! Can't you put Sessions, Price, Rex T, Bannon, Ryan

and McTurtle in there drowning and fighting for a single life saver.
An Ayn Rand ending. So fitting.

[NanceGreggs]

23. And we all pretty much know ...

... exactly which Republicans will be donning women's clothing in order to get on those lifeboats before it's too late.

[Grizzled Ol Granddad]

27. YOWZA!

Dear Ike,
Do not mess with NanceGreggs!!!
Sincerely,
Ike

[TNNurse]

10. You just cannot count on him to be consistent,

he has moments.

[radical noodle]

12. Graham and McCain have little but disgust for trump

The insults to both of them, playing footsie with Putin and talk of waterboarding and other things they're opposed to, making them the most likely to push if trump goes one toke over the line.

[Lucky Luciano]

18. Absolutely. If they meant it, they would have voted against DeVos. nt

[Honeycombe8]

19. He is one of the few who does seem to have the cajones to stand up to Trump...

on occasion.

Despite being a Republican, I do think he's cut from a different cloth than the others. He seems to be one of the old school Republicans, the kind who had ethics and would work across the aisle. His policies are Republican policies, though.

[unblock]

2. "senator, the impeachment power belongs to this body"...? seriously, this guy's an idiot!

no, the impeachment power belongs to the house.

constitution 101.

the senate conducts trials and may remove *after* the house impeaches, but that's a different power.

the power that the constitution calls "impeachment" is plainly laid out and belongs exclusively to the house.



i know, he probably meant "congress" (both houses) as opposed to the supreme court, but at best it means he was being very sloppy and imprecise. not at all the kind of mind you want on the supreme court, politics aside.

[KingCharlemagne]

9. Thank You. Between that and Mook's call for treason trials for

Trumplicans, the leadership cadre of each party is betraying a woeful ignorance of how the Constitution is actually constructed.

[tavalon]

13. I think it was a perfectly reasonable statement

The Legislative body as opposed to the Judicial body holds impeachment, with the house indicting and the Senate trying impeachments.

[unblock]

14. the usual term would be the legislative "branch"; the senate and the house are separate "bodies".

[tavalon]

36. Did not know that.

Thank you. I'm always up for a new tidbit of information.

[Alice11111]

34. Absolutely.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. It's like they worked it out in advance

[NewRedDawn]

4. Grand standing dandy Graham

Talks big, comes up little, just like is little boyfriend Lumpy McCain.

[shenmue]

6. Yay

At least Graham did one thing right.

[furtheradu]

7. YAY!

Lindsee Graham, of all people!
This just keeps getting better 'n' better!
Maybe ole LG sees (or knows) anti-trump TRUTH is coming.
The nominee is not as smart or humorous as he likes to think, is ANYONE fooled by this fool?
He thinks IMPEACHMENT is the responsibility of the Senate?
Still, I am enJOYing some of this..
A twitchy, squirmy republiker senator spoke OUT LOUD, to trump, about his potential IMPEACHMENT!!!

[Idoru]

8. They hate each other

This was an empty threat but there is no love lost between these two.

[milestogo]

15. Yeah, just like Bush was impeached for waterboarding...

Empty threats get you nowhere.

[joet67]

16. Probably just pandering for some Democratic votes. Don't fall for it!!

I don't even think we should be holding hearings for a compromised Presidency's nominees as is.

On edit: In fact, I think we should filibuster with Garland or nothing.

[yeoman6987]

29. He was just reelected. I doubt he cares about votes for 2022.

[joet67]

35. I meant on the healthcare bill, but it's always good to know!

[Canoe52]

17. So we didn't impeach Bush because...why?

[DocMac]

26. Because

We have no spine. Don't make me put the toon up.

[Canoe52]

28. Not sure which toon you're referring to -

Enlighten me?

[FiveGoodMen]

31. Among other things, the first woman Speaker of the House ruled it out

[world wide wally]

25. Talk is one thing... Voting is another

[47of74]

32. talk is cheap

perhaps a test of thy faith.

Impeach Agent Orange.