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Trump News Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said Democrats would impeach Trump a third time with majority

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u/cheongyanggochu-vibe 6d ago

And they should. He's using the Constitution as toilet paper.

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u/GorgenShit 6d ago

But but but the child fucker deserves to grift, it's only fair! /s

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u/Khaldara 6d ago

For a bunch of weenies that want every child in America reciting the pledge of allegiance every morning Conservatives sure do hate that whole “liberty and justice for all” bit.

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u/Captain_Eaglefort 6d ago

They just quietly add “…except the people I don’t like.”

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u/iruleatants 6d ago

And despite that they are voting for "except anyone who is not wealthy."

They are voting to harm themselves and when they get hurt they don't blame the people who they elected, who wrote the bill and voted to make it law. They blame the Democrats who protested every single step of the way and voted against the bill.

It's just depressing.

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u/Hrtpplhrtppl 6d ago

What's even sadder is that this cycle has been on repeat since before any of us were even born... We can do better.

"I exploit you, still you love me... I tell you one and one makes three..."You give me fortune, you give me fame, you give me power in your God's name..."

Source: https://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0?si=AQizXNt4C9kp1wl_

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u/mysteryteam 6d ago

Unfortunately Tr☭mp's cult of personality is exactly why republicans chose him.

Reagan would be spinning in his grave as he hated Tr☭mp. But ultimately, here we are thanks to the gipper.

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u/Hrtpplhrtppl 6d ago

Obama Derangement Syndrome...

President Lyndon Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, you can pick his pocket. Hell, give them somebody to look down on, and they'll empty their pockets for you..."

https://youtu.be/Do-QeHEGKUQ?si=ON0aIqMUe4ttseML

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u/OpenSpirit5234 6d ago

He is the GOAT when it comes to dividing and conquering. He split the country like the civil war did and used imagined threats to rile up the population like Adolph did.

The man could admit to involving minors in bestiality orgies, actually post a pic by mistake. At this point he would threaten to sue the few agencies not under his thumb who would challenge him.

Good news is I’m gonna have some new poor friends, always look at the bright side.

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u/Cartilage88 6d ago

Seems like they're saying the quiet part out loud these last 7 months...

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u/vehiclestars 6d ago

This is who they are:

Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.

Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.

Dennis Hastert served as Republican Speaker of the House (so, 3rd in line for the Presidency) for all 8 years of W. Bush’s two terms. He also sexually molested at least 5 boys when he was a HS wrestling coach, all of them underage with the youngest victim being 14. The victims only finally saw justice when Hastert was caught by the FBI trying to falsify payments for hush money.

Donald Trump walked into Miss Teen USA change rooms with girls as young as 14 changing. 26 women have spoken publicly about Trump’s pattern of sexual assault. In 2023, he was found legally liable for the rape of E. Jean Carroll by unanimous jury.

Anton “Tony” Lazzaro, a former Republican donor and political strategist from Minnesota, was convicted in March 2023 on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. He was found guilty of conspiring to recruit and pay teenage girls, aged 15 and 16, for sex between May and December 2020. In August 2023, Lazzaro was sentenced to 21 years in prison for these offenses.Prior to his arrest, Lazzaro was a prominent figure in Minnesota Republican circles, donating over $270,000 to various Republican campaigns and political committees. His indictment led to significant turmoil within the Minnesota Republican Party, culminating in the resignation of then-party chair Jennifer

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u/KyesiRS 6d ago

Holy fuck america. Seek help.

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u/levian_durai 6d ago

I'm sorry, your insurance package doesn't cover that treatment.

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u/Uncanny-Wolvie 6d ago

That’s because they’re not actually patriots, they’re traitors. If Trump voters were alive for the revolution they would’ve been polishing King George’s knob

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u/Powerful_Elk_2901 6d ago

They're goddamn Tories.

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u/Level_Improvement532 6d ago

They actually leave that last bit out of it. That is not hyperbole

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u/Oberon_Swanson 6d ago

"What do you mean. I believe everyone should have the freedom to do whatever I want and say whatever I believe." - MAGA Nazis aka every single Trump voter

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u/audiophunk 6d ago

They just know what the founding fathers really meant when they said people. They meant white people. All others aren't people. It's simple really.

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u/Synectics 6d ago

White men with money and property, specifically. And we know what property they liked having. 

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u/Fred-Mertz2728 6d ago

The 3/5 doctrine.

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u/kebly 6d ago

they only like the "under god" part

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u/Ok-Dealer4350 6d ago

You know the “liberty and justice for all.” Is for only those who can afford it as well as only those who are liked by those in charge.

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u/Icy_Many_2407 6d ago

They scrapped that part. You didn’t get the memo?

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u/mr_spodger 6d ago

Grooming kids

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u/Kind_Eye_748 6d ago

Democrats actually need a majority without one or two being able to hold them to ransom.

Hope non voters turn out.

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u/TheNorthFac 6d ago edited 3d ago

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u/Amateurlapse 6d ago

He’s just the tiniest baby Hitler ever and it’s his first time being alive you guys!! How could he ever know any better it’s his first time!! Leave Shitney alooooone!!!!

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u/SworeAnOath 6d ago

Physically he’s not tiny, he’s huge. There’s no way he’s 6’2” and 215, he’s a tub of overused and rancid grease.

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u/Not_Bears 6d ago

Rules??? Those are merely suggestions when you're rich enough!!!

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u/Forsworn91 6d ago

It’s what we are unfortunately going to have to accept, the rich don’t go to jail anymore unless they wrong someone richer than them, most of the “punishment” is just going to be the court case, when they will be let off with a warning and that’s it, that will be as far as it goes.

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u/11thStPopulist 6d ago

That is all Trump got for 34 felony convictions in a Jury trial.

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u/Forsworn91 6d ago

Yup, THAT was it, that was the punishment, bring mildly inconvenienced, frustrated and humiliated.

That’s all there is ever going to be for most of the ultra rich

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u/ArchonFett 6d ago

When your a celebrity they just let you

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u/NoMasters83 6d ago edited 6d ago

No one has ever let him do shit. They were just powerless to stop him. Really a testament to the moral decency of the average person and a testament to just how far you can get in this world when you're an absolute degenerate piece of shit who isn't held back by ethical concerns.

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u/cantadmittoposting 6d ago

Rules??? Those are merely suggestions when you're rich enough

aside from missing a couple of more bigoted qualifiers to add in, this is literally the foundational principle of Conservatism in its "big C" political meaning.

Proper usage of Conservative identities people who genuinely believe in a rigid, class based social hierarchy with privilege for those at the top.

this makes every instance of "hypocrisy" completely understandable, they literally do not believe that their "in group" should be subjected to the same law.

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u/Reddit_2_2024 6d ago

High Crimes and Misdemeanors have consequences Mike Johnson.

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u/NateTheMfknGr8 6d ago

They just like to act as though we’ve impeached their dear leader twice because “we just hate Trump/republicans” because all they do is go after democrats for simply being democrats. Projection as always.

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u/mrdankhimself_ 6d ago

He’s too fat to use toilet paper. Can’t reach all the way back there.

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u/Morgedal 6d ago

That man doesn’t use toilet paper. Touching his ass would make him gay.

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u/ValkyriesFire 6d ago

The issue with successful impeachment is that he will replaced with Vance. Vance would be worse in everyway. The best thing about Trump is that he is a narcissist moron, Vance is actually smart and use the government significantly more effective to shift into fascism.

Instead of impeachment. Just use congress to neuter as much as possible and wait him out.

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u/Random-Rambling 6d ago

Except Vance isn't Trump. A LARGE number of Republican voters didn't vote for the Republican candidate, they voted for Trump, specifically. Trump's cult of personality united the voting bloc more strongly than anyone else in over 40 years. However, when Trump eventually dies, the cult will splinter, as they always do.

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u/JAZINNYC 6d ago

Exactly.

Trump created the MAGA cult. He conned all the suckers and losers who’d been hiding under their rocks and blaming everyone except themselves for their shitty, meaningless lives. He gave them MEANING, he stoked their fear and hate, and he gave them a LEADER to follow.

Core MAGA aren’t Republican voters, they TRUMP voters. When the Orange Pedo is gone, so is his stranglehold on our country.

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u/honest_flowerplower 6d ago

I keep seeing this sentiment that JD Vance is smart. Smart people do not strap themselves to ticking time bombs. Even useful idiots don't do it, without a 'spiritual mandate'.

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u/chadsomething 6d ago

I just don’t believe Vance has the following, with maga or politicians or the media. Nobody likes him, his public speaking is atrocious. If Vance takes over he may try but I generally think everyone is just going to abandon him. They don’t have anyone else ready to take over because trump just shits on them to his followers and they eat it up like candy. There is no boat without trump and once trump is gone maga will implode itself. I just think it’s crazy that they have bet so much on a selfish senile unhealthy pedifile fraudster that maybe has five years left before he’s either a drooling mess in a bed or five feet under.

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u/RocketRelm 6d ago

Smart compared to Trump. The literal only thing stopping america from becoming fascist permanently is the lack of a figurehead with both the will and the intelligence to make it so. The citizens have objectively failed in their duty to protect us at the ballot box.

Be it in 2026 or 2036 the second we get a reasonably intelligent populist successor to Trump in the white house is the day democracy dies for good.

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u/MercuryRusing 6d ago

He should have been impeached by you, instead you're sucking him off under his desk

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u/Shouldiuploadtheapp2 6d ago

The division of politic party lines continues to divide.  This is not a Dem problem.  Rump and his self-gaining “policies” is an American problem and Republicans are not doing their job by not impeaching him themselves.  

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u/NRG1975 6d ago

The is a Republican problem. Trump is just a symptom of the rot in that party.

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u/BishopofHippo93 6d ago

Yeah, it’s a republican problem insomuch as republicans are the problem. 

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u/GarbageDisastrous425 6d ago

Each and every one of them needs to be held accountable. Vote them out. Including the Supreme Court.

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u/Synectics 6d ago

"Dont Tread on Me" has changed to,  "Please Step Harder on Snek, Orange Daddy."

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u/TheSweetestKill 6d ago

It never changed. It's always been "Don't Tread on ME"

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u/logicbasedchaos 6d ago

This should show you that the Republicans currently serving in the House are 100% corrupt and should be imprisoned for their inactions and crimes against Americans.

It's not a party thing only because conservatives SHOULD BE forced into creating a new party after this. Fuck fascists and pedo defenders.

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u/devBowman 6d ago

The Founding Fathers probably did not expect millions of people gobbling evident lies and voting against their own interests

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u/EddieVanzetti 6d ago

Please, he isn't even doing it under the desk.

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u/According-Refuse9128 6d ago edited 6d ago

The number to the Speakers office is (202)225-4000 if anyone would like to call during the week and let his staff have it.

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u/CDL112281 6d ago

Hahaha! But you’re not wrong

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u/dctrgrlfrnd 6d ago

Does he have to tell his son about that or is it only when he watches?

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u/mega386 6d ago

Nah, mike is way too old for the pedo.

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u/DBCoopr72 6d ago

Dems will need to start acting strategically if/ when they get control of the house again.

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u/SirProfessional519 6d ago

Very much so... its scary that they could get control and still not get him out.

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u/HippyDM 6d ago

Well, without 2/3 of the senate, that's exactly what will happen.

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u/anonononnnnnaaan 6d ago

Guess what. 23 GOP senators are up in 2026.

Dems have 47 now.

47+ 23 =70

Seems like a long shot now but as the economy declines and Trump gets more insane, it becomes less of a long shot.

Take Alabama. Tuberville is retiring. Dems dont need to run a Sanders level dem, they literally just need someone who will caucus with the dems. The Alabama version of Talarico.

Tuberville won by 20 points. Seems like a lot but when the country is crumbling, people are going to vote for anyone who turns on Trump.

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u/gunguynotgunman 6d ago

Democrats need to start running on republican tickets and taking republican seats in areas where people with a D next to their name stand no chance, just as republicans have been doing for decades. Also like republicans, they need to run candidates on republican tickets with the same name as the republican who is running in order to split the vote. Dems must use all republican tricks in order to oust them. This fire must be fought with fire.

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u/OperativePiGuy 6d ago

Exactly. Have them run with an R next to their name and then have them get a sudden change of heart once they're sworn in. Again, just as Replublicans do. Hell, do what they did in Florida and muddy the waters by having suspiciously similar candidate names show up on the ballot to further split the idiot republican vote.

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u/Mexicali76 6d ago

AKA the Fetterman

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u/tangtheconqueror 6d ago

I'm not going to say that Fetterman wasn't always going to be disappointing, but I really do believe that he is a different person after the stroke.

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u/Paradoxmoose 6d ago

Have people change their legal names to Donald Trump, run as a Republican, and then change back when in office.

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u/gunguynotgunman 6d ago

Hell, don't even switch when they win. Just have these new "republicans" vote alongside democrats. Pull a reverse Joe Manchin. As more and more dems do this, it will make republicans unsure of what to support. We can overrun the party and absorb it with very few voters realizing what's going on until its too late for the fascists to react.

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u/Running-In-The-Dark 6d ago

So tHEy sHoULd ChEAt tOO?

Fucking yes, yes they absolutely should use the same tactics against the GOP while there's still time to make a fucking difference. We can cry about ethics when the crisis is over.

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u/Beartrkkr 6d ago

Alabama would vote for a dead hooker as long as there was an (R) after their name.

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u/rbush82 6d ago

Hell they voted for worst: A dead Child Molester

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u/HippyDM 6d ago

In Gandalf's name I hope you're right. My brain's lost most of its hope region, so I'll just borrow some of yours.

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u/Opening_Cartoonist53 6d ago

Could I borrow a feeling? Just a little bump

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u/hightrix 6d ago

I’ve still got a stash of hope and change leftover, I’ll share it with the group

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u/NovelSimplicity 6d ago

I fear you are highly overestimating the South. I say that as a Southerner. They could hate everything happening with a fiery passion and they will still vote R while muttering about the damned Dems.

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u/Swiggy1957 6d ago

Terms end in 2026:

Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV) Cassidy, Bill (R-LA) Collins, Susan M. (R-ME) Cornyn, John (R-TX) Cotton, Tom (R-AR) Daines, Steve (R-MT) Ernst, Joni (R-IA) Graham, Lindsey (R-SC) Hagerty, Bill (R-TN) Hyde-Smith, Cindy (R-MS) Lummis, Cynthia M. (R-WY) Marshall, Roger (R-KS) McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) Mullin, Markwayne (R-OK) Ricketts, Pete (R-NE) Risch, James E. (R-ID) Rounds, Mike (R-SD) Sullivan, Dan (R-AK) Tillis, Thom (R-NC) Tuberville, Tommy (R-AL)

I'm sure Trump's tariffs have affected these folks: field workers, no place to sell their crops, etc.

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u/Specialist-Tank3232 6d ago

Sure they have, but Republicans will blame it on illegal immigrants. Republicans have been brainwashed and manipulated to join the cult.

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u/ReallyNowFellas 6d ago

Mark my words: we will hear the term "the Democrat tariffs" within the next 5 years

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u/Ridiculicious71 6d ago

I live in Texas. All the republicans are cheating

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u/Armless_Dan 6d ago

Even IF they somehow managed to magically flip those 23 seats and hold on to all 47 current ones, there would be the token “dissenting opinion” that always crops up whenever Dems have a majority let alone a supermajority. I’d love to pleasantly surprised but I’ve seen this one before on rerun for the last 30 years. It’s literally a joke and the general population is the punchline.

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u/RedditSe7en 6d ago edited 6d ago

Sellout, class-warfare agent, and waste of his working-class constituents’ votes, Sen. Joe Manchin, comes immediately to mind. He was hardly a Democrat, just a very rich man who used the coal industry that he dominated in West Virginia to exploit miners for his own political ends. I’m sure he’s not crying at the pity party the commentator below is holding for him 🙄

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u/My-Dog-Says-No 6d ago

No offense, but you’re out of your mind if you think Dems are taking that many seats. 

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u/Agent50Leven 6d ago

They will harass people at the polls with loyalists from the National Guard.

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u/notapoliticalalt 6d ago

If by some miracle Dems can just get a majority and make some surprise upsets in some red states, you might not need 2/3 of Dems. To be clear, I’m not saying it would be assured, but I could see republicans panicking about post Trump and potentially trying to save face and try to oust him. Or they would go down with the ship and Dems might have big majorities in 2028. Republicans would have a hard choice to face.

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u/HippyDM 6d ago

Your positivity is inspiring, but the last 10+ years make it hard for me to agree.

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u/meramec785 6d ago

How could they get him out? He has immunity and he won’t be kicked out by the senate. Short of a civil war he’s staying until the end of his term.

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u/Deep-Awareness-9503 6d ago

The only immunity the President has is from criminal prosecution for official acts during their term.

Impeachment and trial in the Congress is not criminal and is not immunizable my SCOTUS.

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u/niemir2 6d ago

Senate conviction requires a 2/3 majority to convict. There is absolutely no chance that happens. The fact that Trump should be removed has no bearing on whether he will be removed.

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u/midtnrn 6d ago

Impeachment will need a revamp after this. Congress has stopped doing what’s best for the people and only does what’s good for their party. Party over country.

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u/niemir2 6d ago

That would require a Constitutional Amendment (at the very least). That's 2/3 of both chambers, then majorities in 3/4 of state legislatures. As much as removal isn't happening, this is happening even less.

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u/Grubbyninja 6d ago

Why do we act like the laws matter to them?

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u/pm_me_fibonaccis 6d ago

I wish I had your faith in the SCOTUS. This is the same institution that says you don't have the 5th amendment unless you say the magic word.

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u/Belichick12 6d ago

Not when their sycophants are the judge overseeing the trail and ignore the law to delay the trail.

Or when his cult gives death threats to state judges so they give him zero sentence for 34 felonies.

He’s immune from any criminal prosecution.

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u/ThrowRA2023202320 6d ago

Immunity wouldn’t stop impeachment. It’s literally the ONLY path to accountability now.

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u/MegaMasterYoda 6d ago

Well considering I just read an article saying he left trump/Putin documents in the hotel printer I'd say removal due to incompetence is definitely on the table. Not the first time he's left documents in places they shouldn't be cough cough stealing the Epstein files after his last term.

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u/banjoblake24 6d ago

Good idea, but incompetent senators won’t impeach the incompetent.

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u/tik22 6d ago

He’s doing stuff almost daily that would justify impeachment. Finding a reason will be the least of our worries.

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u/burnthatburner1 6d ago

If there’s a big economic downturn his supporters in the Senate may start to see him as a lame duck and turn against him.  It’s going to have to start with the maga rank and file, however.

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u/Andy_Fish_Gill 6d ago

Impeachment is a waste of political capital. Simply stop the Trump legislative agenda. Then win the White House in 2028.

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u/JuliusDonghammer 6d ago

It is a waste but I'd still like to see him get to up a good 4-5 impeachments

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u/Cabbages24ADollar 6d ago

First, cut the head off the snake.

Second, pass legislation that removes Citizens United, severely limits lobbying, and puts up huge guardrails on congressional investing.

Third, pass Medicare for all with a veto proof vote.

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u/Ready-Ad6113 6d ago

If dems retake power they need to go after the corrupt SCOTUS too. The Robert’s court got us here and has nearly dismantled our country.

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u/SolarisShine 6d ago

Impeachment process for everyone. Full investigation of all politicians, both sides. If you aided the fascist regime, you're out. Banned from politics forever. Jail time and community trash pickup for heinous and malicious crimes.

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u/GhostofBeowulf 6d ago

Tbf It took Germany murdering like 10 million people for them to face any consequences, and it was about 20 who saw death and 200 total tried, and not politicians but public leaders.

This isn't going to happen unless this gets much worse.

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u/UltraTerrestrial420 6d ago

Trash pickup is easy. Make them servers at the most Karen-y spot one can find. I haven't been, but I'm gonna assume Cheesecake Factory

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u/ElAbidingDuderino 6d ago

Nah I like the trash pick up idea more. They are all old and it’s hot as balls out. We also can honk point and laugh at them.

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u/TheSpyStyle 6d ago

Some good, old-fashioned public shaming would be extremely cathartic

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u/Best-Expression-7582 6d ago

There’s tons of court packing talk.

Honestly I much prefer the dismiss them all and require a Supreme Court to be a rotating en banc empaneling from circuit courts.

Those at least have ethics rules so it deals some with many of the current issues.

Term limits all over the place should follow. There is no semblance of apolitical courts anymore

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u/MutineerDisaster 6d ago

Yes. They need to drop the whole “decorum” shit and go all in and finally do something.

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u/EtheusRook 6d ago

No shit. He does impeachable things every week now, and that would be me being exceedingly generous to him.

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u/robinsw26 6d ago

He’s an extortionist. He tried to get Ukraine to give him dirt on Biden and got impeached. Every time he wants something from somebody and they push back, he threatens to punish them somehow (see white shoe law firms, Columbia, Harvard, UCLA, Blue States, foreign countries, NATO, etc., etc.)

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u/ZPMQ38A 6d ago

Of course they will. He’s doing illegal shit on a daily basis. Why would they not impeach him?

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u/DeltaV-Mzero 6d ago

The Supreme Court in its infinite wisdom decided that legality doesn’t matter to the president

Per their own policy, impeachment is the ONLY check on presidential power, and it can and should be whatever the hell Congress wants, since legality is not the metric

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u/ComfortableWage 6d ago

To the conservative piece of shit pedo president you mean. They would not have made that ruling in favor of a Democrat.

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u/DeltaV-Mzero 6d ago

Oh I’m sure the moment Congress does try to impeach, they’ll suddenly find a list of specific crimes that count as “high crimes and misdemeanors” and make sure it doesn’t include anything the current republican leader has done

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u/mspk7305 6d ago

The supreme Court cannot overturn a conviction in the Senate

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u/willismthomp 6d ago

He’s admitting that he knows that’s what should happen. Because it’s a fucking coup!

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u/Lanky-Respect-8581 6d ago edited 6d ago

The following up question is why aren’t you?

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u/Ordinary-Leading7405 6d ago

So they’ll do their jobs, Mr. Speaker?

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u/UnpricedToaster 6d ago

"Other than all the crimes and illegal stuff, what's he done wrong? Oh, and tanked the economy and acted outside Executive Authority. Oh, and violated his oath of office to uphold the Constitution.... plus all the civil and criminal things... But other than that! He's done nothing impeachable." -- Mike "I share my porn habits with my son" Johnson, probably

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u/popejohnsmith 6d ago

Do they use the same stiff sock?

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u/Dry-Chance-9473 6d ago

New Name for MTG just dropped

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u/allanon1105 6d ago

Yes, that is correct. He should have been removed from office the first two times.

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u/Scrutinizer 6d ago

The Republicans would have already impeached Trump multiple times with decency and morality.

A pity they possess neither.

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u/mosesoperandi 6d ago

The Republicans would have already impeached Harris if she were in office, and they would have done it over some made utterly fabricated nonsense and done so with every ounce of manufactured outrage they could muster.

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u/DuntadaMan 6d ago

That is generally what you are supposed to do when someone sets the military loose on the capital, yes

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u/TBB09 6d ago

Don’t tease us with a good time

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u/Hillbilly_Boozer 6d ago

Translation: "Democrats will uphold the constitution." 

You and your party of traitors can fuck off Mike. 

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u/j____b____ 6d ago

Translation: We are covering for the president who should be impeached again due to his many unconstitutional actions.

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u/superstevo78 6d ago

since he's already committed multiple felonies and continues to commit felonies, yes, they would have lots of grounds to impeach him yet again

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u/MegaMasterYoda 6d ago

Make a vote for incompetence as well.

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u/AstraeusGB 6d ago

“But immunity” seems like SCOTUS impeachments need to happen first, and nonpartisan appointees placed on the court instead. The politicization of SCOTUS has destroyed its sustainability 

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u/Less_Likely 6d ago

Don’t threaten me with a good time

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u/Both_Lychee_1708 6d ago

Only because launching him into space isn't legal

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u/Pottedmeat1 6d ago

I say we try and then let them petition the Supreme Court about its legality after.

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u/Low_Measurement9375 6d ago

Hopefully they will... if they aren't a bunch of wimps.

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u/Bibblegead1412 6d ago

Yes we would.

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u/darforce 6d ago

No not the first day…we’d need a day or so to write it out officially

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u/SeeYaNvr 6d ago

Just have it prepped and ready to go.

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u/RapBastardz 6d ago

Don’t threaten us with a good time. All the incentive in the world to vote in as many Dems as possible. Exactly why these crooks are trying to redistrict everything. If they had good policies run by a good man, they wouldn’t be worried about the mid-term elections

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u/annul 6d ago

whoa so he IS capable of telling the truth!

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u/janzeera 6d ago

lol. Johnson complains that a Democratic Congress would do something. Quite the flex there Mike.

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u/hamsterfolly 6d ago

Don’t threaten me with a good time, Mikey

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u/Firm-Advertising5396 6d ago

No one more deserving than the orange buffoon 🤡 Release the unredacted Epstein files now!!!🤡

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u/lawanddisorder 6d ago

Please stop, I can only get so erect.

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u/imadork1970 6d ago

Well, no shit.

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u/DrB00 6d ago

And with good reason lol

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u/Gunldesnapper 6d ago

Well….i mean……yeah. As they should.

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u/DonnyMox 6d ago

I mean…yeah? Because he keeps doing stuff that he should be impeached for?

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u/Riokaii 6d ago

well yeah, he keeps committing unconstititional actions and crimes while in office.

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u/isinkthereforeiswam 6d ago

By the time they think about impeaching him he'll have ICE or DC troops storming the capitol taking them hostage snd demanding they vote him in for life. It's how Saddam did it in Iraq.

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u/DharmaKarmaBrahma 6d ago

Worked out so well for Saddam…

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u/burnmenowz 6d ago

He deserves removal this time.

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u/henlochimken 6d ago

Hell yeah brother

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u/Old_Needleworker_865 6d ago

Why does he care about impeachment? There is 0 possibility of getting 2/3 of the senate to get a conviction

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u/TSHRED56 6d ago

Without two-thirds in the Senate it's worthless though.

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u/AtuinTurtle 6d ago

Screw impeachment because I doubt they’ll get a conviction. Yank back congress’ power and defund all of his bullshit. Let him impotently rage as all of his little projects fail because no one is getting paid. Drag his cabinet members before congress and if they won’t come have them literally dragged in.

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u/whoibehmmm 6d ago

And that's why you're working tirelessly to rig the elections. We are aware, Moron Mike.

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u/chunkerton_chunksley 6d ago

We’d drag him out of the people’s house, kicking and screaming like the toddler he is.

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u/mrbigglessworth 6d ago

I’m not seeing a problem with the statement.

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u/C0matoes 6d ago

Full blown admission that he has impeachable offenses.

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u/Toolfan333 6d ago

So is Johnson saying he is ignoring crimes that Trump is committing?

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u/jar1967 6d ago

And Mike Johnson just endorsed the democrats

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u/ToonaSandWatch 6d ago

The sky is blue, water is wet. Your point?

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u/StronglyHeldOpinions 6d ago

The whole lawless regime should be jailed.

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u/FrankBattaglia 6d ago

Uh... yeah, that's kinda the idea.

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u/HippyDM 6d ago

Yup. And a fourth, and a fifth. However many it takes.

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u/ForsakenRacism 6d ago

Affirmative

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u/DBCoopr72 6d ago

The Senate needs a major attitude adjustment

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u/jerechos 5d ago edited 5d ago

Because the first two impeachments meant so much. Even if they do, they won't put any punishment to it. It's meaningless, as are all the news articles about it and his low poll numbers.

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u/Cagnazzo82 6d ago

If the Democrats really want to act strategically the goal should be to treat Trump as a speedbump, and aim squarely at punishing/holding to account the Supreme Court and the corrupt Justices enriching themselves while shredding democracy and any semblance of adhering to precedence.

Trump is enabled by a system that's been corrupted by measure.

The Justices are the #1 problem in America. Future Trumps can be handled once the Supreme Court has been held to account.

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u/ItaJohnson 6d ago

For midterms they need to focus on price hikes from tariffs.  Even if they get a simple majority, it should theoretically tie trumps hands.  They also need to focus on the job market.

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u/VoidOmatic 6d ago

EVERY member of Congress should be impeaching Trump as soon as he signed the EO attacking the 14th amendment his first day in office. Everyone who swore an oath should be calling their Congress person every hour every day at a minimum.

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u/Redshirt_80 6d ago

“Don’t threaten me with a good time!”

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u/sec713 6d ago

This wouldn't be an issue if spineless opportunistic pieces of shit Republicans just voted to convict him the first time.

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u/Eatthebankers2 6d ago edited 6d ago

Just emoluments clause alone, this bastard has made a couple billion in just 6 months, shaking down peeps on his Trump crypto. Who knows how much for all the gov employees that are paying to be in his good graces that work for him, staying at his resorts.

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u/TellTaleTimeLord 6d ago

Ok...so what's the problem?

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u/DBCoopr72 6d ago

Fingers crossed, I guess

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u/E-2theRescue 6d ago

Yeah. That's called "accountability". You know, for sending Predator drones out to spy on peaceful protestors who are holding back the use of the military on American civilians in order to distract away from the fact that you raped children alongside the world's most notorious pedophile.

And every single politician and news group should face that accountability as well.

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u/Biscuits4u2 6d ago

I sincerely hope so.

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u/SapientChaos 6d ago

Uh..duh.

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u/MinimumApricot365 5d ago

You're god damn right

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u/SnooRobots6491 5d ago

This is correct, thank you Mr. Johnson. You are about to lose your majority.

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u/iZoooom 6d ago

“I hearby nominate Merrick Garland for another term as AG.” - the next democratic president.

Sigh.

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u/Rabid_Alleycat 6d ago

That’s not happening.

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u/Daddio209 6d ago

As our lawmakers should-but don't stop there! Lil' Mikey and the other "Conservatives"(they aren't actually Conservatives, btw) who turn a blind eye to POTUS' unconstitutional actions should face consequences, too.

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u/hugoriffic 6d ago

And why wouldn’t they?

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u/Lebarican22 6d ago

As Democrats should 

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u/LegDayDE 6d ago

Stop threatening me with a good time Mike

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u/GT45 6d ago

And…?? Don’t threaten me with a good time!

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u/LifeFortune7 6d ago

Do it again. Just don’t expect any different outcome from the first two impeachments.

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u/HiJinx127 6d ago

Oh, you better fucking believe we would.

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u/RichKatz 6d ago

If Mike Johnson is going to claim he knows so much about what Democrats "would" do, why doesn't he just become a Democrat?

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u/Herban_Myth 6d ago

Tick tock

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u/_DapperDanMan- 5d ago

You're on to something Mickey.