President says we're in the middle of coup(and you'll lose your religion)

[Forcefield]

@zantax

I am suggesting it is not something that should be entered into lightly without awareness of the possible real world consequences for all of us.

Maybe its better for future presidents to understand and know that they can’t just do anything they want without consequences.

[hindsight]

Yeah… ALL the media is dishonest.

Trump never makes stuff up.

[zantax]

@Forcefield

@zantax

I am suggesting it is not something that should be entered into lightly without awareness of the possible real world consequences for all of us.

Maybe its better for future presidents to understand and know that they can’t just do anything they want without consequences.

And if he isn’t convicted, which appears to be the likely outcome, won’t future Presidents get the opposite message? I warned Democrats when they sanctioned the Obama administrations criminal investigation of their oppositions candidate it would be the new normal going forward and they wouldn’t like it and here we are.

[Camp]

The actions of the Pelosi led proceedings are suspicious and circumspect at best.

The media is giddy with dysfunction and attention.

Our politic has become a circus and all because Trump wants to follow the rules.

[Forcefield]

@zantax

And if he isn’t convicted, which appears to be the likely outcome, won’t future Presidents get the opposite message? I warned Democrats when they sanctioned the Obama administrations criminal investigation of their oppositions candidate it would be the new normal going forward and they wouldn’t like it and here we are.

IMO the conviction isn’t necessarily the most important piece. The exposure of the actions to the electorate matter. The investigations matter.

[Ex-Pat]

Some of those Senators could have been primaried, but Democratic voters wouldn’t have voted Republican out of spite.

Trump’s cult, on the other hand, might never forgive the Republican party.

[mollyBrown]

How anyone can feel proud of this self absorbed man child, I will never understand.

[madasheck]

@zantax

@Ex-Pat

They survived the impeachment of Clinton, and would have bounced back had he been convicted. Had Obama committed impeachable offenses, Democrats would have accepted it and looked to rebound. Of course, Obama wouldn’t have acted like such a fool.

Please, he committed perjury and they refused to convict, precisely because of the damage it would have done to their party because their voters did not feel that crime warranted removal from office. The same way most republican voters don’t feel Trump investigating possible crimes committed by the opposition candidate does not warrant removal because the same thing was done to their candidate the last time around.

You don’t think what Trump has done warrants removing him from office?

[toreyj01]

@Ex-Pat

Some of those Senators could have been primaried, but Democratic voters wouldn’t have voted Republican out of spite.

Trump’s cult, on the other hand, might never forgive the Republican party.

Of course they will still vote for the GOP, who else would they vote for?

[tnt]

@zantax

Oh let’s say, the murder of a US citizen without due process.

Sounds serious. I wonder why the GOP didn’t impeach him.

[tnt]

@zantax

This isn’t 1972. There is no tight monopoly on news by progressives as there was then today. No politician could stand against the big three back then, if you lost them, you were out.

Lol.

You think the GOP turned against Nixon because of network news?

[tnt]

@zantax

Please, he committed perjury and they refused to convict, precisely because of the damage it would have done to their party because their voters did not feel that crime warranted removal from office. The same way most republican voters don’t feel Trump investigating possible crimes committed by the opposition candidate does not warrant removal because the same thing was done to their candidate the last time around.

So you are arguing that by not impeaching Trump the GOP will suffer the same fate as the D’s.

[tnt]

@zantax

Please, he committed perjury and they refused to convict, precisely because of the damage it would have done to their party because their voters did not feel that crime warranted removal from office. The same way most republican voters don’t feel Trump investigating possible crimes committed by the opposition candidate does not warrant removal because the same thing was done to their candidate the last time around.

Do you really think most GOPers equate lying about oral sex to enlisting the aid of a foreign power to win an election?

[tnt]

@zantax

And if he isn’t convicted, which appears to be the likely outcome, won’t future Presidents get the opposite message? I warned Democrats when they sanctioned the Obama administrations criminal investigation of their oppositions candidate it would be the new normal going forward and they wouldn’t like it and here we are.

For like the 1,000th time…the FBI wasn’t investigating trump. They were investigating Russian infilitarion of his campaign.
Would you have preferred we ignored that altogether?

[Eclipze]

@NuffSaid

Can’t we all just hug the flag and get along?

Fixed

[Ex-Pat]

Whoever Trump tells them to vote for.

[Konssurvative1]

That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don’t know if I can do it

[sikofit]

@tnt

@zantax

Idiotic tweets. However, did anyone think he would go quietly if he were to be impeached and convicted? Seems obvious to me that he would attempt to burn the country down around our ears on his way out. A sane person might wonder, if that is worth potentially removing him from office a few months early. And more importantly, Republican Senators should be aware that if they do take that step, Trump will be sure to do everything in his power to destroy their party and would likely succeed. This isn’t 1972, you don’t have a small and tight monopoly on the tv any more. Like him or not, you should probably keep in mind the man does have millions of devoted followers who aren’t going to bow to your assessment that he needs to be removed and have their votes negated.

So you are suggesting we ignore a POTUS breaking the law because he’s really vindictive and black hearted and you’d rather not have your party disrupted?

What a brave and principled post.

Exactly what I was thinking

[ohknow35]

@mollyBrown

How anyone can feel proud of this self absorbed man child, I will never understand.

Maybe you’ll come around.

^*

[Smyrna]

@Konssurvative1

That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don’t know if I can do it

That’s alright.
Just hold on tight.
Use all your might
It’ll be be a long night.