Friday wrote:wow Thad fucking necroing a thread?
that's MASSIVELY hypocritical of you considering you temp banned yyler one time
*looks around*
...okay, I don't see Bal anywhere; I think we're good.
nosimpleway wrote:Impeaching Trump keeps him from running again. I for one would like that tiny bit of security in my life.
It also fucks him out of the sort of lifelong post-presidency benefits like the pension and the Secret Service detail, which I'm also cool with.
And for all that Republicans haven't seen as much repudiation as we'd like, they
have lost the White House
and both houses of Congress because of Trump's unpopularity. Attack ads juxtaposing the attack on the Capitol with "Congressman Schmendrick* voted to let Donald Trump run for president again, just two weeks after he sent an army of white supremacists to attack the US Capitol" seem like they might hurt Congressman Schmendrick when he's up for reelection in two years. (And while the electorate tends to have a pretty short memory, I don't see this being forgotten any time soon. Especially since, as I've said, I don't see Trump going away; he's going to keep making noise and calling attention to himself, and running against Trump has worked out pretty well for the Democrats so far.)
I mean yeah don't get me wrong I've got no illusions that there are some districts, and some states, where "Congressman Schmendrick voted to let Donald Trump run for president again, just two weeks after he sent an army of white supremacists to attack the US Capitol" will be seen as a positive. Josh Hawley ain't gonna lose any sleep over it (though I think he may have -- and I'm saying
may have, I'm not taking anything for granted at this point -- torpedoed his presidential aspirations), but
the lady who just won by six votes might feel some pressure.
I'd be surprised to see Trump convicted in the Senate. I wouldn't be surprised to see Republicans lose their seats two or four years from now because they
didn't support impeachment.
So, in summary: a second impeachment (1) is unquestionably the right thing to do, (2) if successful, would prevent Trump from running for president in 2024, and also take away a bunch of his other taxpayer-funded perks, and (3) would force Republicans on record as supporting or opposing Trump at a time when either choice stands to do considerable harm to their careers, to a considerably greater degree than even the past four years.
* okay, probably something less Yiddish