Mac1958
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- Dec 8, 2011
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I dunno - I'm sure the Democrats who feel obligated to satisfy their base will enjoy some benefits from this.I've been reading for a long time that Trump supporters want the impeachment proceedings to happen, and I'm seeing a lot of celebrating here, but I'm not quite sure why.
This whole thing is a worthless waste. Here’s what I expect to happen:
Multi-month series of investigations in the House leads to an eventual set of charges against Trump in the House.
Trump gets impeached by the House sling an almost perfect party-line vote.
Senate convened shortest impeachment trial in history before voting to acquit along party lines.
No party member votes in the 2020 election is changed by any of this bullshit. Independent voters see lack of Trump conviction and the lack of legislative action that can be undertaken during the impeachment as a black eye for Democrats and Trump narrowly wins re-election. Senate stays Republican and the House either returns to Republican control or in very narrowly Democrat controlled.
So basically this whole thing is a waste of time.
However, the Dems who have tough 2020 may be feeling a little sweaty right now.
And you never know, some interesting new information might come out. Or not.
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