Soon, NOT impeaching will be a dereliction of that duty.
And for those wedded to the 1998 comparison of the GOP ‘paying a price’ consider this: impeachment straddled the ‘98 midterms. Election Day is 17 mos away.
Impeach now, keep 2020 pristine.
To elaborate on my saying impeaching trump in 2019 would keep 2020 “pristine”...
1st, the Johnson & Clinton impeachments were 3-4 months start to finish. The sooner it starts the sooner it ends the longer of a buffer to Election Day 2020 to cleanse the palette.
2nd, Kavanaugh: the hearing was the end of Sept. GOP was in a lather like they hadn’t been under trump. The midterms only 5 wks away. “Liberals are holding a seat hostage” would‘ve been a real motivator.
But he was confirmed, GOP anger dissipated, it wasn’t a real midterm issue.
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Doing anything last done by FDR isn’t easy. And while it’ll take time to process 2020, some results we have make a compelling argument: Joe Biden’s was the toughest of the four defeats of an incumbent seeking RE-election dating back 100 years.
@drsanjaygupta: ‘What happened is unusual: an unscheduled hospital visit for very routine testing could‘ve been done at the White House... took everyone by surprise, including much of the hospital staff.’ cnn.com/2019/11/24/hea…
“We know that Trump is 73 years old, has heart disease and is clinically obese. For any man of that age and medical history, an unexpected visit to the hospital is concerning.”
“Over the past week, I have spoken to doctors who've previously worked at the White House and those who are currently in touch with the White House. They all say that what happened last weekend is unusual.”
This can’t just be the horror of the day with a new one the day after and the day after and in a week someone jokes “I’m old enough to remember when.” It can’t be added to the pile.
It’s its own category.
And yes, I’ve been paying fucking attention.
One would normally say it will take someone being killed before something is done.
But getting someone killed is exactly its purpose. It would be their mission accomplished.
This video was shown at trump’s Miami hotel by an organization supporting trump. The weekend event was for trump supporters and attended by Don Jr and Sarah Sanders and what will certainly turn out to be many other rotten souls. nytimes.com/2019/10/13/us/…