FABULOUS idea picked up from Twitter -

[RandomAccess]

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I’ll say it again: today is a great day for @SenJohnMcCain & @JeffFlake to switch parties out of allegiance to Constitution, handing the Senate to the Democrats by Monday, and putting an immediate end to this assault on American democracy.
#theswitchthatsavesAmerica

ETA: Yeah, it's unlikely. BUT there have been things that have been "unlikely" in the past that have come about, so it's worth thinking about and even working towards IMO.

[lapfog_1]

2. Nice dream... but very unlikely

[tblue37]

4. They talk the talk, but never walk the walk. nt

[BigmanPigman]

3. Won't ever happen. They drank the Kool-aid.

[lapfog_1]

5. They are not Trumpanzees

but they still believe in "Republicanism" or "Conservatism".

OTOH they are patriots... and should Trump be impeached... I wouldn't be surprised if both of them voted to convict and remove.

Switching parties? No...

[BigmanPigman]

6. They may eventually redeem themselves by voting to impeach

but I am not holding my breath.

[lapfog_1]

7. The Senate doesn't impeach... only the House does.

The Senate holds the trial and either votes to convict and remove or not (66 needed).

This is mostly a mute question as I don't think either will be in the Senate should it be a question for them to consider.

[pnwmom]

13. If they switched parties, then the Dems would be controlling all the Committees.

And would be in a much stronger position to protect Mueller and to run REAL investigations of their own.

[BigmanPigman]

14. Only the Senate committees, right?

Don't the committees in the House have more overall control?

[pnwmom]

15. The Senate is also the body that approves new appointments by a simple majority vote.

No, I don't see how the House committees have more overall control, but they do initiate impeachment. However, the Senate committees can develop evidence that is used for impeachment.

[lapfog_1]

18. A interim DAG can be named by Trump all by himself

so there is that.

[pnwmom]

19. We would STILL have a lot more power if we had control of the Senate

than now when we don't control a single branch of government.

We would STILL be controlling all the Committees in the Senate, and how they conduct their investigations, and what information is released.

[Nevernose]

8. The original Tea Partier?

The original Tea Partier? Ten years ago on DU we thought guys like Jeff Flake would be the death of the GOP, that conservatives couldn’t sink any lower.

Jeff Flake’s continuing political existence proves that there is nothing short of outright fascism that will mollify the conservative base. And if anyone thinks there’s the slightest chance he’ll do the right thing, ever, then have I got a fabulous bridge to sell you. If they weren’t stupid, cowardly, greedy, and/or ignorant, then they wouldn’t have been Republicans in the first place.

[VOX]

9. In 2017, Flake voted three times to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

And THAT is all one actually needs to know about him.

[tazkcmo]

20. Flake is an asshole

And McCain is a hypocrit of the highest order due to his conservatism while feeding at the government trough since he was conceived.

This word "patriot" is used so often now that it has lost any real meaning. I am a Desert Storm (Oil War I) vet and do not consider myself a patriot. I served to feed my family and was against that war.

[Renew Deal]

10. They don't even need to switch parties.

They just need to vote for Schumer as majority leader.

[Nevernose]

11. Ouch

n/t

[pnwmom]

12. And independent SUSAN COLLINS can stop caucusing with them. n/t

[kchamberlin25]

16. moot point

(sorry, grammar Nazi)

[RandomAccess]

21. I don't get your point

Are YOU the grammar nazi here? If so -- what??? Or what's a moot point?

[yuiyoshida]

17. Fox News would remove their

Coffee Privileges while visiting the studio.

[Wounded Bear]

22. More likely Manchin and Moore would flip to R...

sadly.