Donald Trump is 'just six Senate votes from impeachment'

[laserhaas]

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Source: U.K. Independent

Twelve Republican Senators have 'no fear of the President' Donald Trump is just six Senate votes from impeachment, according to an analyst at a prominent independent think-tank.

Support for the President among Republican Senators has waned to the extent that Mr Trump is likely to only hang onto his seat by six votes, according to Elaine Kamarck of the Washington-based research group The Brookings Institution.

An article of impeachment must get a majority vote in the House of Representatives before reaching the Senate. Once there, at least two-thirds of senators must find the President guilty for him to be removed.

Ms Kamarck said that 12 rebellious Republican Senators combined with 48 Democrats "who have shown no inclination to work with this President" meant Mr Trump was six votes away from a Senate conviction.

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[leftofcool]

1. Sorry, but an article of impeachment starts in the House

The House writes the article and the Senate investigates and votes. It does not matter how may Senators vote for impeachment unless the House initiates it.

[laserhaas]

2. Concur! But the GOP party will not fight amongst themselves

If 6 more Republicans make it known they are okay with impeachment...it is likely the House will get the ball rolling

[onetexan]

3. that's why Dems need to regain control of the House next year

[laserhaas]

12. We cant regain, unless we stop vote blocking

Greg Palast pointed out 7 million votes were blocked 2016

Link to tweet

[Raven123]

4. Exactly. The House impeached. The Senate conducts the trial.

The question is where does the House stand, and remember all those gerrymandered districts.

[TexasProgresive]

5. Did nobody pay attention in civics class?

Senate convicts after the house impeaches. Impeachment of a president has occurred at least twice in our history, Andrew Johnson and William Clinton- neither was removed from office because the senate refused to convict.

[Podkayne K]

6. Lingering Nightmare

Which also means we're six votes away from President Pence.

Does the horror ever stop?

[trof]

7. Two of the six: Shelby and Strange of Alabama.

I guarantee.

[SansACause]

8. Doesn't matter

Starts in the House. No way that troll Paul Ryan is letting any of it go forward.

[Yupster]

9. Has any one Republican senator say they would vote

to remove Trump from office?

[NNadir]

10. McConnell will fight it off. He's a demonstrable racist himself, and I'm sure he secretly loves...

...having another racist in the White House.

[joe_stampingbull]

11. we need 67 votes to convict the traitor

48 democrats plus 19 republicans

[laserhaas]

13. Democrats have already moved to censor, etc.

No way Trump ladt anywhere near as long as Nixon

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Looks like they were regurgitating the Newsweek article with the same headline

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-just-six-senate-votes-away-impeachment-651857?piano_t=1

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029478179

[George II]

15. Locking - this is analysis, better suited in General Discussion.