Democrats House floor speech invokes power of impeachment over Trumps Middle East treachery
Source: Rawstory
p. Mark Pocan (D-WI) became one of the first lawmakers to speak on the House floor about impeaching President Donald Trump on Thursday.
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These countries were excluded from the executive order despite being home to many of the terrorists who carried out 9/11, Pocan explained. Im not saying we should ban people from these countries. I firmly oppose any ban based on nationality or religion. But it is unacceptable that business interests have played potentially a role in such a destructive policy, a policy that also makes our country less safe in the long run.
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Mr. President, its time for you to fix this, he demanded. One, divest your business holding immediately to remove any suggestion of conflicts in your decision making. Two, show us your tax returns so financial interests are transparent to the American people. And three, get rid of your unconstitutional executive order, which will make us less safe and only serve to embolden our enemies.
Short of that, well have to take other actions, including legislative directives, resolutions of disapproval and even explore the power of impeachment, Pocan concluded, earning him a rebuke from the Speakers chair.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/democrats-house-floor-speech-invokes-power-of-impeachment-over-trumps-middle-east-treachery/
Rebuke from the chair ????
See C-SPAN video at
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)IMPEACH NOW and why the hell did you swear him in in the first place?
msongs
(67,502 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,682 posts)busterbrown
(8,515 posts)no place better to find postings of Republican idiots doing their asinine bits
Yes lots of Celebrity stuff and sensationalism.. But theyre one of my first 10 clicks
every morning.
ananda
(28,914 posts)I never thought of Raw Story as unreliable.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)didnt want to get into it..WERE All on the same page here..
bdamomma
(63,974 posts)but I also check out The Nation
Judi Lynn
(160,682 posts)RegexReader
(416 posts)just the real deal
Snackshack
(2,541 posts)Historic NY
(37,462 posts)True_Blue
(3,063 posts)tblue37
(65,552 posts)actual news sources like WaPo, NY Times, network news shows, etc.
Cha
(298,074 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)You however, are...
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)triron
(22,031 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)smirking that things aren't being done the usual way but hey, the R's are on top of it and support the fake pres
jalan48
(13,916 posts)calimary
(81,608 posts)If everybody does, we're likely to replace a few of the bad guys. Maybe MORE than a few.
jalan48
(13,916 posts)ffr
(22,681 posts)Mark Pocan (D-WI)
pat_k
(9,313 posts)Good to hear the "I-word" uttered on the floor, but where the hell was the 108th Congress? The 109th? The 110th?
Hekate
(91,039 posts)pat_k
(9,313 posts)"Good to hear the "I-word" uttered on the floor"
It's possible to be happy with new developments and pissed about past at the same time.
And I do hold have a spark of hope for the 115th Congress. And I encourage others to "have their back." (But we also need to light a fire under their backsides if they falter.)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028580772
mahannah
(893 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)Hekate
(91,039 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(6,931 posts)phone: 202-225-2906
Call him and tell him the country has his back!!!
Cha
(298,074 posts)bdamomma
(63,974 posts)to thank him
annabanana
(52,791 posts)lark
(23,199 posts)mopinko
(70,388 posts)put it into something simple cheeto can understand.
right there in the congressional record.
my fb share message-
oh you go man. bless the people's republic of madison, and their brave congressman who just put it ALL in the congressional record.
he used the i word. it is out of the box now.
ya gotta be able to say it, right in the face of power, before you can do it.
all hail the man who who started the ball rolling.
mopinko
(70,388 posts)mopinko
(70,388 posts)Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)What I'd like to see is someone corner this orange asshat with is the question that if WE can entrust him with the launch codes, why can't he trust US with his tax returns???
adigal
(7,581 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)adigal
(7,581 posts)potone
(1,701 posts)that she made the worst mistake of her life, it's bound to take the shine off the trip.
not fooled
(5,807 posts)an ANNULMENT from the orange turd.
Oh, and the grounds for impeachment will have to do with being a tool of Putin, installed by Russian gangsters.
red dog 1
(27,935 posts)Every time we smile or laugh, our brains release endorphins ("Feel good" enzymes) into the bloodstream
Eclectic Scribe
(8 posts)His number is: 202-225-2906
I thanked him for having the courage to speak out, and that we needed more Democrats like him. I let the person who answered the phone know that I was not in his district, but I thought Rep. Pocan should know he does not stand alone. The guy who answered the phone thanked me and said Rep. Pocan would be glad to hear that. I encourage others to call - it's time for the Democratic to take the gloves off.
Most of you probably know that you can't use the contact on websites unless you live in the district. Calling is better anyway.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)Eclectic Scribe
(8 posts)Even if it's only 5 or 10 it ads up.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)JudyM
(29,294 posts)Eclectic Scribe
(8 posts)I gave some, too.
red dog 1
(27,935 posts)Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)Did any congress person speak publicly on the floor about impeaching Bush?
C_U_L8R
(45,040 posts)And 4, fuck you Trump.
orangecrush
(19,666 posts)Representative Pocan!
orangecrush
(19,666 posts)Called in my thanks and watched video!
drm604
(16,230 posts)"Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities towards the President."
Engaging in personalities? WTF does that mean?
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)Or I am just wishful thinking.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)Fearless
(18,421 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)JDC
(10,152 posts)and I am not just saying that because I don't like him. This is a democracy and we need to stand up for it.
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)torius
(1,652 posts)Now hope Pocan doesn't wake up with "organ failure."
Mc Mike
(9,118 posts)red dog 1
(27,935 posts)Thank you, Congressman Pocan!
Cha
(298,074 posts)Short of that, well have to take other actions, including legislative directives, resolutions of disapproval and even explore the power of impeachment, Pocan concluded, earning him a rebuke from the Speakers chair."
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/democrats-house-floor-speech-invokes-power-of-impeachment-over-trumps-middle-east-treachery/
Thank you, Stonepounder!
cstanleytech
(26,361 posts)and then there is the hurdle of getting a Republican controlled Congress to impeach one of there own and if they refuse to we are shit out of luck.
bdamomma
(63,974 posts)not disclosing his tax returns
inflaming our allies
His Russian connection
Also Putin is bombing the Ukraine and just crickets from tRump
Lifting Russian sanctions
WE need a running list for breaking the Constitution.
cstanleytech
(26,361 posts)The Russian one isnt either unless the connection can be proven to be criminal like he actively colluded and or coordinated with them to leak that information about Hillary and the Republicans are going to do all they can to prevent such evidence from emerging if it exists and none of the rest including the inflaming our allies is an impeachable offense.
Impeaching a president is designed to have an extremely high bar to pass which is why there has never been a successful impeachment of a sitting president though Nixon came damn close which is why he resigned.
rdmtimp
(1,594 posts)2 have been impeached by the House, but not convicted by the Senate (Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton). Nixon, of course, resigned before it got to the point of impeachment (because he knew he would lose in both chambers).
cstanleytech
(26,361 posts)create instability.
Granted its not perfect because right now we have both an unstable president and an unstable political party in majority control of Congress and that means our last hope is the Courts to keep them in check , if they fail us we are well and truly screwed.
Kaleva
(36,404 posts)"High Crimes and Misdemeanors" could mean any thing the House decides it to be. One of the articles that Andrew Johnson was impeached for was that he spoke ill of Congress in a loud voice.
"That said Andrew Johnson . . . unmindful of the high duties of his office and the dignity and proprieties thereof . . . did attempt to bring into disgrace, ridicule, hatred, contempt and reproach the Congress of the United States, and several branches thereof, to impair and destroy the regard and respect of all the good people of the United States for the Congress and legislative power thereof . . . and in pursuance of his said design and intent openly and publicly, and before divers assemblages of the citizens of the United States convened in divers parts thereof to meet and receive said Andrew Johnson as the Chief Magistrate of the United States, did . . . make and deliver with a loud voice certain intemperate, inflammatory and scandalous harangues, and did therein utter loud threats and bitter menaces as well against Congress . . . amid the cries, jeers and laughter of the multitudes then assembled. . . ."
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/13/weekinreview/the-nation-impeachment-or-censure-either-precedent-s-ugly.html
Historic NY
(37,462 posts)WTF.......
logosoco
(3,208 posts)and not in terms of the business interests of the people who are not holding the power to make policy.
bdamomma
(63,974 posts)ck4829
(35,096 posts)Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)It's just plain stupid to make allegations like this when they are so easily factually rebutted. It will tend to accustom the electorate to believe that every allegation of wrongdoing is purely political.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)What Trump's order does is expand on the pre-existing special measures for these countries.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)is not subject to criticism?
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)ties with them!!! HE DID NOT CHOOSE THOSE COUNTRIES AT ALL. Obama did. That's because they ARE "countries of concern", all of them having failed governments with whom we cannot effectively exchange valid information about immigrants. And most have active ISIS groups now. The security situation is getting worse.
2018 is right around the corner. If we want to have a leg up after those elections, we need to get smart fast.
Real criticism, not fake propaganda.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)Talking points? ??