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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnybody answer this?
I know for sure we will not have votes in the senate to impeach RUMP! My question is this: Just curious here. If we won EVERY seat we are running for in NOV. How many REPUG votes would we need to get 2/3rds. IMPOSSIBLE YES i know, but still curious!!!
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Anybody answer this? (Original Post)
bluestarone
Jun 2018
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(52,317 posts)1. i think best case is we have 51 seats. we would need 67 votes (2/3rds)
so 16 republicans, minimum.
bluestarone
(17,030 posts)2. TY for you response!!
onenote
(42,759 posts)3. If we hold all the seats we have and win the 9 republican seats up for grabs we'd have 58
bluestarone
(17,030 posts)4. well that's a little better TY
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)5. The Senate doesn't impeach. The House does.
Just for the sake of precision of speech.
bluestarone
(17,030 posts)6. I gotcha there ty (I knew that but to convict we need 2/3rds RT?)
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)7. Yes.
Didn't mean to be a prickly B-word, but I think everyone needs to be careful these days that we're saying what we really mean. 'Cause .you know... .