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2016 Postmortem

onenote

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23. You may be misreading Congressional repubs antipathy to Trump

Reply to mopinko (Reply #22)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 11:59 AM

Dec 2016

Was he the first choice of most elected repubs? Absolutely not. Maybe not even the tenth choice.

But he got more votes than all of the repub candidates for House combined. They will all be standing for re-election in two years. Any one of them that goes after Trump will face a primary opponent.

They will not rock the boat.

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Congress Must Impeach Trump On Day One...... [View all] Iamaartist Dec 2016 OP

Sadly it won't help because Pence might be worse. Hoyt Dec 2016 #1

Hoyt Iamaartist Dec 2016 #3

At least he has the big R tied to him gilpo Dec 2016 #15

please stop w this false equivalence. mopinko Dec 2016 #4

This nt Atticus Dec 2016 #7

History suggests marybourg Dec 2016 #8

this is a real problem, i agree. mopinko Dec 2016 #9

Yes, I see it that way also. marybourg Dec 2016 #12

The Dems can't even utter the word "impeachment"... First Speaker Dec 2016 #13

mopinko is correct jodymarie aimee Dec 2016 #10

Pence seems less dangerous to me with the nuclear codes, but... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #5

Don't hold your breath kudzu22 Dec 2016 #2

So let me understand this . Dems fk up their chance to not only prevent Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #6

It does seem like it might have been a useful talking point circa mid October HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #11

Yeah... Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #14

Lucovich left out two of the most important co-presidents: Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #16

If Republicans lead an effort to impeach Trump, the base will go ballistic. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #17

the trump foundation scam gives congress the fodder to do it Takket Dec 2016 #18

thug margins are not impeachment proof, imho. mopinko Dec 2016 #19

It takes 67 votes for the Senate to "convict" onenote Dec 2016 #20

i didnt say it would be easy, the thing is mopinko Dec 2016 #22

You may be misreading Congressional repubs antipathy to Trump onenote Dec 2016 #23

and i think you are assuming the old rules will apply. mopinko Dec 2016 #24

To paraphrase Morgan Freeman... Orsino Dec 2016 #21