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"These are hollow little men who find it impossible to put country above partisan loyalty and ambition. "
WAPO OP Ed by Jennifer Rubin
Were passing the tipping point on impeachment September 22, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/22/passing-tipping-point-impeachment/
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Given all that, impeachment may look very different. A single article of impeachment based on an incontrovertible abuse of power would make Democrats job much easier. The difficultly that at-risk Republicans face in explaining to voters why they countenance such conduct begins to outweigh any downside for Democrats in pursuing impeachment, even if the eventual outcome is acquittal in the Senate.
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I do not expect enough Republicans will vote to remove Trump under any circumstances. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and others have proved time and again that their fear of Trump and his base outweighs any assault on our democracy no matter how devastating. These are hollow little men who find it impossible to put country above partisan loyalty and ambition. They will come up with whatever justification is necessary to avoid crossing Trump, even at the expense of allowing the most egregious High Crime and Misdemeanor in our history to go unpunished.
However, the political downside for Democrats will be small, and, it is always possible, the media might actually inform the public, the public might actually grasp the severity of the conduct and the Republicans on the ballot might actually pay a steep price for betraying our democracy.
The House needs to move swiftly, with singular purpose, on this discrete event. If so, doing the right thing may coincide with doing the politically smart thing.
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Thank you, Jennifer Rubin. I agree.
Control-Z
(15,681 posts)Thanks for posting it, lindysalsagal!
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,039 posts)They certainly are. Full of noise, too.