Would impeachment and conviction be successful if the Democrats control Congress after midterms?

[still_one]

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[htuttle]

1. Both houses?

Yes.

If only the House?

Don't know.

[mainstreetonce]

3. Impeachment

Not conviction

[still_one]

5. If Democrats were able to take the majority in both houses, it is unlikely they would have the 2/3

majority required in the Senate for conviction, and I don't know if they can do a rule change for impeachment like they did with judicial appointments

[zipplewrath]

9. They can't

It'd take a constitutional amendment. And even I wouldn't vote for it.

[still_one]

11. That is what I thought, and I agree that it would be a disastrous amendment if such a thing passed

[beachbum bob]

2. with out 67 votes in the senate, I would say much more important to use trump's criminality and

republicans defending that criminality for 2020 and 2022 MAJOR campaign issue. Make it point every day....start all the congressional hearings and investigations after new congress is sworn in January 2019. Start looking at the ties of dark money to GOP and have investigations into russian and republican collisions

grind trump and his brand into the ground so anything name trump is the same as being named hitler

[still_one]

14. I think realistically your assessment is the best approach

[beachbum bob]

19. Why give GOP a rally issue? We can torment them for years about corruption, supporting corruption,

let them defend corruption

[still_one]

20. you are right Bob

[lagomorph777]

22. Grind the entire corrupt Russiapublican Party into the ground for decades.

One after another their corruption is catching up to them. Many will fall because of Mariia Butina and her #NRAROUBLES.

[NCTraveler]

4. I think impeachment would be a possibility.

Conviction? No.

That is from where we stand today. Impeachment would include investigations. Who knows after that.

[still_one]

6. Could the majority party in the Senate to a rule change where a 2/3 majority wasn't required for

conviction like was done for judicial appointments?

[Lee-Lee]

8. No. It is in the Constitution

It would take an amendment to change the 2/3 required for conviction.

[NCTraveler]

13. I hope not.

Investigations need to happen.

[kentuck]

7. It is not a given that voting against impeachment is a positive advantage

it could hurt a candidate to not vote for impeachment.

[still_one]

16. or very likely it won't have any effect, unless there are enough independents, and anti-trump

republicans who want trump removed

[unblock]

10. Somehow we have to have the cooperation of 17 or so republican senators

That's a very tall order these days.

It still basically requires fox news abandoning Donnie.

[still_one]

12. you nailed it. That is the hard reality. 2020 is the only way he will be removed I think

[dawg]

15. The barrier in the Senate would still be too high. Best, instead, to use the power ...

of the Congress to enforce various measures that would make Trump's life miserable. Force him to visit his properties on his own dime, for instance. Hold Congressional investigations for everything the Trump organization does that might be a potential conflict of interest. Subpoena his tax returns. Block his appointments.

[still_one]

17. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[LiberalFighter]

18. Define conviction.

Would it be a conviction if DT leaves office and then convicted?

Would it be a conviction if Republicans go down in the elections because of the impeachment?

[still_one]

21. Conveiction in the OPs context meant as a result of impeachment.

[Johonny]

23. It seems impossible for the evidence not to be overwhelming for impeachment

If 2/3 of the senators didn't remove him, the house would not stop. They'd impeach him over and over, they are going to broaden the field. His business years, his fake university, his shady deals with China, Russia, Saudi Arabia.

then you have people like Price that clearly violated the law while in his cabinet. All the cabinet positions are likely committing crimes. It won't stop and it will be absolute poison by 2020. No, I'd think they'd gladly toss Trumpy out on his * and get Pence in the White House.

Watergate was a shit show. An everyday shit show that the TV couldn't get enough of. The 24/7 news shows will be airing it live every day. All his personal laundry will be aired. All the mistresses, all the beauty Pageant women he fondled, all the dirt, every day, for years if 2/3 don't convict. No, they'll convict him. They won't stand for another Watergate.