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regnaD kciN

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8. They only made that walk...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:03 PM

9 hrs ago

…after they had done a head count and found that Nixon didn’t even have close to enough Republican votes to stave off conviction in the Senate upon his certain impeachment by the House.

Can you imagine any scenario where Trump wouldn’t keep a core of loyalists totaling 33 Republican Senators?

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The Senators walked over to the White House... [View all] kentuck 10 hrs ago OP

Trump is not Nixon. Ms. Toad 10 hrs ago #1

Agreed. He's a different animal entirely. paleotn 7 hrs ago #16

Trump loves Trump beyond all else Grim Chieftain 7 hrs ago #17

Trump will not resign. He is making too much $$. riversedge 10 hrs ago #2

GOP Senators are probably making a great deal of money too. Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #5

Absolutely... ananda 8 hrs ago #10

Exactly. They aren't protecting Trump. They are protecting themselves. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #12

Yep. calimary 8 hrs ago #9

There are a few factors getting in the way of repeating that. yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #3

The Senators actually told Nixon oswaldactedalone 10 hrs ago #4

Good luck finding any republican kacekwl 10 hrs ago #6

Yes. Good luck in finding even one Republican that will speak up. kentuck 9 hrs ago #7

They only made that walk... regnaD kciN 9 hrs ago #8

Exactly. They had stonewalled for months. They only moved when ... Bluetus 7 hrs ago #15

There was no Metro then. That didn't start running until 1976. NT mahatmakanejeeves 8 hrs ago #11

I'm not that lucky....... joanbarnes 8 hrs ago #13

Stephen miller would step between the orange asshole and the senators Javaman 7 hrs ago #14