At this point Mike pence should already have assessed if it's even possible for him to put together a 25th amendment removal. And he will have already contacted members of Congress to let them know what's happening either way.
Likewise if there's really going to be an impeachment then the house will have already figured out which draft they're going to use and gotten it into a informal committee ready for committee approval.
In other words the reality of what is about to happen has already been decided, and all we are seeing publicly is posturing.
The very strong language from Biden hints at something actually happening.
Likewise from Pelosi. And others. None of it sounds like political equivocation. I'm betting we'll get an impeachment.
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Who remembers "Stand back and stand by" back in September? Probably most of us, and it has come up a few times in recent discussions.
But I'm curious if there's not a deeper more literal connection: is there a time where he told his supporters to no longer stand by?
So I note that in his January 6th speech there were several uses of the world "stand" that could be construed as signals, directly updating his previous "stand by" order.
This implied threat has gotten a lot of attention for the treat: " And Mike Pence, I hope you're going to STAND UP for the good of our Constitution and for the good of our country."
Correct me if I'm wrong. If Congress tries it's one 25th amendment maneuver separate from the executive branch, as the amendment allows, they'd have to pass a law, which would have to go before the President, be vetoed, then pass both houses again by 2/3rd majority.
Yes?
And then, having changed the law, would need to follow the process they just legislated.
That all seems more implausible than impeachment.
Also it'd be nice if they wrote a law that wasn't full of holes for exploitation and abuse by future corrupt members of Congress.
Imagine if this was a Muslim protest that turned into a riot, which masked a highly organized and well-prepared group of terrorists who successfully infiltrated the Capital building with intent to take hostages, while insiders hindered police and national guard deployment.
All you have to do in the previous tweet is change "Muslim" to "Trumpist" and this is exactly what actually happened.
Where is the outrage?
This is in many ways worse than 9/11. Far less dead people and in some ways less dramatic. But 9/11 never put our actual functioning government in danger.
And this being done by domestic terrorists ought to be more scary, not less, than