Per NYT:
Impeachment: President Trump told House Republicans at a party retreat that they must retain control of the chamber in the midterm elections, saying he expected to face a third impeachment if Democrats retake the majority. “They’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Mr. Trump said. “I’ll get impeached.” He warned about the history of midterms going against the party that holds the White House and said trumpeting his administration’s policies was a “road map to victory.”
“They’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Mr. Trump said. “I’ll get impeached.”
Maybe. They almost certainly won’t have enough to convict you, though, can’t remove you. I do expect that you and several of your cabinet are probably going to spend the second half of your term sitting in front of House investigations, though. You’ve done probably enough things that probably warrant investigations for a dozen Presidents.
I’d also add that in 250 years, we’ve had four impeachments of Presidents:
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Andrew Johnson
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Bill Clinton
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Trump.
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Trump. Again.
Somehow, all this time, opposing parties haven’t generally gone out and impeached the President. The X factor here is you.
They will just ignore the summons. There is nothing to stop them anymore
What about Nixon?
He resigned before it could happen
He resigned before the full house could vote to impeach him, essentially accepting the inevitable.
Nixon resigned to avoid impeachment.
Why did you do that? Is it to avoid embarrassment? Are there some other penalties that come within impeachment?
Pretty much just embarrassment, although it could also be to prevent having to testify. He of course knew the kinds of things he and his goons (many of whom coincidentally also work or worked for Trump) got up to and in an impeachment a lot of that would potentially become public. He was likely done either way and at least this way nobody would ever know exactly how bad it really was.
There have been three distinct turning points for the Republican party. The first was Nixon which marked the point at which Republicans stopped trying to compete on good policy and started trying to weaponize hate and fear as well as went all in on dirty tricks. The second turning point was Reagan which was when they cemented their messaging around trickle down economics (formerly known as horse and sparrow theory) and really began pushing hard for late stage capitalism. The third was the election of Trump which is when the party abandoned all pretense of decorum and went full mask off on their greed and corruption.
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We need to stop using the term impeachment. We’ll have to depose
He’s going to do whatever he thinks he can get away with.
Like any abuser.
Just like on his vacations to Epstein’s island.
trumpeting his administration’s policies was a “road map to victory.”
In what universe?
The Naziverse
The mirror universe.
Your agonizer, please.
The billionaires’. And the fascist shits that are happy to see the world burn as long as they get to enslave brown people again.
Americans think that some day their military will protect them.
It’s almost like they forget that Ukrainians are not the only people with the ability to pilot drones.
Is there a way to remind me of this post when the midterm begins lol
You could use your brain.
