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In reply to the discussion: The conventional wisdom is that impeachment will help Trump. [View all]jmowreader
(50,451 posts)The Contract on America Congress had several members who campaigned on their plans to impeach Clinton over Whitewater or the Arkansas state trooper scandal. We spent $70 million investigating all the atrocities Clinton supposedly committed and they came up dry. Impeaching him because they claimed he lied about a blowjob (in reality he did not; in DC sex is only intercourse; by law blowjobs dont count. And he didnt have intercourse with her. Bill Clinton is a talented attorney who got an A in Hair Splitting.) America didnt see a perceived lie about a BJ to be worthy of impeachment.
Trump is different. There are real and significant crimes here. A halfway decent investigator with Trump Hospitalitys business records and Trumps dealings with foreign governments would be able to build an extremely solid influence peddling case. Plus the Russia matter. Plus obstruction. If we can build a solid case against him and the Senate acquits, there are 25 Senate Republicans and enough House Republicans to give us a veto-proof majority who will probably lose their seats.
Heres how it will go: We stood behind the president when we believed he was innocent of crimes. We can no longer do that.