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There’s a Surprisingly Plausible Path to Removing Trump From Office

Discussion in 'Current Events' started by MrTLegal, Nov 12, 2019.

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  1. cd8ed

    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Correct, so what? Why did you post it then?

    An investigation is not a coup.
    Look up the definition of the word.
     
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    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    How is casting a vote in private swamp like?
    But electing the largest number of counter lobbyists and major donors to cabinet level positions at this point than any other administration ever, not swamp like...
     
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    Secrets. The dem clown show likes secrets.
     
    Hoosier8, Nov 12, 2019
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    Yeah, that has a snowball’s chance in Hell of ever happening.

    It’s good to see the Trump haters finally reaching the “Bargaining” stage of grief though.
     
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    To show how irrelevant your point was that Trump didn't get a popular vote majority. Did you complain when Clinton didn't?

    It is when it's an investigation in search of a crime, based on hearsay. Maybe you can tell us what the suspected crime was?
     
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    I doubt that would be acceptable to the electorate, who want to know how their representatives are voting.
     
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  7. MrTLegal

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    Anywhere from 30-35 Republicans Senators would vote to remove Trump right now if they did not face a personal political backlash.
     
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    And you know that how? McConnell and Graham seem to agree on killing this impeachment farce.

    I've always said the Swamp is bi-partisan.
     
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    Bill Clinton received a "plurality" of the vote. IOW, he received more votes than any other candidate, but less than 50%. Trump placed second to Hillary Clinton in the popular vote by around 3 million votes or a couple of percentage points lower than Clinton.
     
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    I will take that bet.
     
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    If our elections were based on, and conducted on, a popular vote you might have a point. Write someone.
     
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    How confident are you that Trump would survive a removal vote in the Senate if the vote were taken in secret?
     
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    A coup is any means in which someone tries to take control of power. Deception and/or illegal means are usually the ways that coups happen. Normally when people think of "coup" or "coup de tat" they think of a violent take over of government. However a "coup" can happen even in a board room. So while its most often associated with a violent over throw of government it actually applies to many things. Of course anyone that claims this is nothing more than a power grab has to actually prove that. Otherwise its just hyperbolic trash at best.
     
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    You are serious? I thought you were serious. HAHA.
     
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    Yes, I'm sure you can prove that. :rolleyes:
     
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    Liberals pretend to care about "democracy" until they don't. For example, the California voters voted for Proposition 22 which:
    Liberals decided that citizens should not be deciding this issue and instead 9 untouchable Supreme Court Justices should be ones that decide it. This is how liberals have rammed down nearly everything against the will of the people.... by taking the decision making away from the people.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_California_Proposition_22
     
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    You go ahead.
     
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    What does that have to do with anything, when has the Senate ever voted on anything in secret let alone one of the most important votes it will ever take? Why should it be in Secret do they not represent the people who elected them and don't those people have a right to know how they would vote? Why are you afraid of a public vote?
     
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    Those are estimates based on Republican sources quoted in the article, so no, not proof.
     
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    It has to do with the topic of the thread.

    How confident are you that Trump survives removal if the vote is Secret?
     
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    You would REALLY support a secret vote to remove a duly elected President? I think it is one of most stupidly desperate proposals I have ever heard.
     
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    I'm guessing Moscow Mitch would never allow it. If nothing else, the fear that all Senators would be punished by Cult 45 over the mere suspicion that they voted to remove Dear Leader will stop them. They would all have failed the cult this way and the cult leader himself would probably lead the way on this, lobbing accusations at the entire GOP.
     
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    You do understand that impeachment was put in the Constitution by the framers to remove duly elected presidents, right?
     
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    Another wishy bone thread.
     
    icehole3, Nov 12, 2019
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    Democrats are so predictable.

    "Democracy dies in darkness" wasn't a warning, it was a game plan.
     
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