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    12 days ago

    The Democrats have had an entire decade to offer some kind of meaningful opposition and didn’t bother. Why would they start now?

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      That’s incorrect. There’s a lot of obstruction from Republicans to allow Democrats to do anything since most decisions required 2/3rds vote to pass. Democrats could not convict Trump of impeachment with 57% of the vote since they needed more Republicans to push it over 2/3rds.

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      Of course they won’t, but damn they should.

      Because of Congress’ current political makeup (Republicans control the House) — that almost certainly won’t happen by Jan. 20, when Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president.

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        I was gonna say that the reaction from doing this would probably be worse than his presidency if there’s absolutely no plausible deniability, but then I thought “naw fuck it, it’s the rule of law, let’s fucking go go go”

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      We actually don’t know who controls the house, yet. Republicans need 7 more representatives, Democrats need 17, votes are still being counted.

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    Lol, as if there aren’t a million other things the fucker could be processed for. We got a…

    1. Convicted rapist (oh sorry… “responsible for” rape, not a conviction, MY BAD!?!), someone who can’t stop making sexual remarks when his daughter is next to him and was close to Epstein back in 2002, saying he was a terrific guy and even knew about his interest in women “on the young side”.

    2. Someone that has committed more acts of treason than we could know, including: giving Putin classified documents, like lists of SS agents that are now dead. The SS has tracked down a murdered people for FAR less, the fact that he isn’t on a hit list is beyond damming for the US as a “world power”.

    3. I feel like I barely even have to mention is all of his fraudulent “businesses”. I mean that’s the only thing he actually got convicted of, because it’s so blatant and easy to do.

    The fact this guy not only isn’t behind bars, but isn’t on a international wanted DEAD list, tells ya everything you need to know.

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        What makes you think Vance wouldn’t be worse? He’s knee deep in Project 2025 and seems more than willing to see that through to the end.

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          Vance doesnt have Trumps cult of personality for one, for two once the orange fuckwit dies there will almost certainly be a feeding frenzy to fill the power void. Its entirely possible he could be a lame duck by default simply because the other Republicans are stabbing each other and wont listen.

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    What a pointless article. Congress won’t, shouldn’t, and likely can’t, despite what the article says.

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      Enforcing the law isn’t fascism. Insurrectionists aren’t permitted to hold office.

      Edit to add, it’s not like President Vance would be any better.

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        Rich people faced with repercussions, or even accountability, is fascism to their supporters.

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      Can you describe how preventing trump, who participated in an insurrection, from holding office is fascist?