(01-17-2020, 08:16 PM)Jags Wrote: Correct me if I’m wrong, but with mpeached just means charges are brought up.  It’ll take 20 or so Republicans to flip in order for him to be removed.  Never gonna happen.  It’s 110% a partisan thing. So, if I or someone in my likeness, robbed a bank, and was “proven innocent “ or acquitted, then nothing happens.  He’s still the president and more than likely a 2 term-er.  The Dems are using this to attempt to bring down his name.  Because not only do they hate the guy, they know they have no shot in November.  I’m sure the the “normal” Americans, left or right, see through it and how good Trump has actually done.  Keeping promises and doing his job as well as exposing the politics of it all.  Seriously, what
Is so bad?  I really want to know.  Because it’s pretty damn sad.  Not to mention the precedent you set for politics in our great nation.  The left ought to be ashamed of themselves.  But, of course; they aren’t.  Have some morals.



I’m glad the Rep’s have majority in the senate (and sense). Hopefully the Dems will hurt themselves so bad we have a majority in the house as well.  Then we can really make some progress.

What is so bad? Let me try to explain it, slowly.
Trump tried to use the power of the office to maintain his hold on the office.
It's fine if the President holds campaign rallies.  His opponents are allowed to do that too.
It's fine if the President meets the troops for a photo op.  His opponents can do that too.
It's not fine for him to try to twist another country's arm to get them to interfere in the election. Because his opponents can't do that - he shouldn't be able to either.

You can try to assert that his request had nothing to do with the campaign, but, the evidence so far says it did.
You can try to assert that the arm twisting was part of normal diplomacy, but, the evidence so far says it was not.  
The President will be able to submit new evidence to the Senate, but, as things stand, the evidence we have says he violated the Impoundment Control Act in order to also violate the Federal Election Campaign Act.

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