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kentuck

(111,056 posts)
Thu May 30, 2019, 11:51 AM May 2019

If the House decides not to impeach at this time...

...it must still remain in an aggressive and offensive investigative mode against this lawless Administration. It requires 24/7 vigilance.

The truth must be ascertained. Witnesses must still be called before the Committees. Documents must continue to be subpoenaed. Oversight is a necessity.

Impeachment must remain on the table. Someone has to protect our country. The Republicans are obviously incapable.

If more evidence is uncovered, there should be no hesitation about impeaching Donald J Trump.

There is still plenty of evidence to uncover.

David Frum has written that Democrats would be wise to try and win back the Senate and be prepared for an impeachment proceeding if there is a 2nd Trump term? They should look at the impeachment issue in a more long-term manner?

The one message that must be sent to this White House: The "watchdogs" are watching and the White House will follow the law or else.

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If the House decides not to impeach at this time... (Original Post) kentuck May 2019 OP
K&R wryter2000 May 2019 #1
Trying for impeachment in a second term would be foolish StarfishSaver May 2019 #2
Would've, could've, should've awesomerwb1 May 2019 #3
If there's no cooperation how is congress going to get anywhere blueinredohio May 2019 #4
impeachment doesn't change Red Dons level of cooperation, the courts will though and the courts uponit7771 May 2019 #6
Impeachment at this time would be foolish for number of reasons but the main one is cstanleytech May 2019 #11
Nancy Pelosi is the great leader we need. erlewyne May 2019 #5
phooey. nt Grasswire2 May 2019 #7
Double phooey. hedda_foil May 2019 #8
What Pelosi is doing is working. erlewyne May 2019 #9
I wouldn't bet the rent money on it but the country needs optimists. hedda_foil May 2019 #12
Aggressisve and offensive investigation is how you get to impeachment. lagomorph777 May 2019 #10
+1. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2019 #13

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
1. K&R
Thu May 30, 2019, 11:56 AM
May 2019

I wouldn't hold out much hope for the Senate, but the rest is spot on.

IMHO, it's still premature to impeach him. We haven't even scratched the surface of his financial crimes.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
2. Trying for impeachment in a second term would be foolish
Thu May 30, 2019, 11:58 AM
May 2019

I'm another things, Trump being reelected with the voters knowing all they know about what he has done up until that point would pretty much invalidate the ability to charge him with anything he did prior to the 2020 election.

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
4. If there's no cooperation how is congress going to get anywhere
Thu May 30, 2019, 12:29 PM
May 2019

unless impeachment proceedings are started?

uponit7771

(90,304 posts)
6. impeachment doesn't change Red Dons level of cooperation, the courts will though and the courts
Thu May 30, 2019, 12:50 PM
May 2019

... can give deference to impeachment investigations ... OR ... investigations that lead up to impeachment.

The punditry that keeps saying impeachment opens magic doors is wrong

cstanleytech

(26,251 posts)
11. Impeachment at this time would be foolish for number of reasons but the main one is
Thu May 30, 2019, 06:34 PM
May 2019

that we lack the enough of our own Senators to do it alone.
Thats not to say I do not think we could not get the votes but why should we stick our necks out to help the Repugnants get rid of Trump? After all their craven cowardice on not doing anything about him with their majority in the Senate is causing them to have to struggle in elections in areas where 10 years ago they would have won easy.

erlewyne

(1,115 posts)
5. Nancy Pelosi is the great leader we need.
Thu May 30, 2019, 12:44 PM
May 2019

The G.O.P. can not survive unless Trump is impeached. If the Democratic Party does not
impeach then the G.O.P. will have to remove Trump. The G.O.P. cannot survive the next
election if the Democratic Party does not try to impeach.

The House should continue its great work on the issues that concern the voters, mainly
health care. Do not be distracted.

hedda_foil

(16,371 posts)
8. Double phooey.
Thu May 30, 2019, 01:13 PM
May 2019

I strongly disagrees. Could you, perhaps, supply the facts that have led you to these conclusions, because it strikes me as wishful thinking more than anything else.

erlewyne

(1,115 posts)
9. What Pelosi is doing is working.
Thu May 30, 2019, 01:30 PM
May 2019

The repugs are working on a time capsule and have nothing to
offer except encourage impeachment. Just sit back and watch
the G.O.P. continue to crumble. The clock is ticking.

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