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In reply to the discussion: Grassroots pressure plus the media plus Senate Republicans equals impeachment [View all]DFW
(54,465 posts)The more CONCRETE evidence we have of wrongdoing, and the more people can be proved to have engaged in it, the more chance an impeachment has of ending up in conviction in the Senate.
If the trial were held today, not one ONE Republican Senator would vote to convict and remove from office. In two months, depending on what is made public, that number could move from zero to two. In six months, that two could increase to five. In nine months, that number could grow exponentially to the magic number needed to remove Trump from office. The indictments would then flow like water off a waterfall.
As Pence would probably be among those indicted, and does not have the honor to resign in time, he could indeed lead to President Pelosi, but that is a pipe dream UNLESS we wait to impeach at such time as the hearings would bring not only the public, but also half the Republican Senators around to accepting that conviction is good for themselves as well as the country.
As we all know, if it's a choice between the country and their re-election, they will sell the country down the river for a torn dollar bill. The key is 20 Republican Senators being convinced that voting to remove from office is good for them AS WELL as for the country. It is the greater hurdle, as I see it.