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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse leadership: by time it comes to floor, no question of 218-vote majority to impeach
John Harwood@JohnJHarwood
where House Dems are tonight on Trump impeachment
top pollster Garin: dam has pretty much burst
senior Dem aide: could do it quickly or slowly. highly doubt any GOP votes
member of House leadership: by time it comes to floor, no question of 218-vote majority to impeach
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House leadership: by time it comes to floor, no question of 218-vote majority to impeach (Original Post)
Tactical Peek
Sep 2019
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regnaD kciN
(26,035 posts)1. Interesting. How many decades from now will that be?
Qutzupalotl
(14,230 posts)2. Non-blue-checkmark account claims Pelosi already has the votes:
Link to tweet
Also, some other news that was shared with me earlier:
Internal House whip counts show Pelosi now has the votes for impeachment.
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Posted for comparison. Hoping this is true.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)3. That's good, but I don't see the Senate having enough votes for removal...
I'm all for impeachment, but I want the process to get tRump out of the WH.
Qutzupalotl
(14,230 posts)4. Agreed, that is a harder sell.
Theres maybe a 5% chance that there are 20 Republican Senators with a functioning conscience. Then again, when the full story is told, it may be more damning than we can see now.
But whether or not the Senate removes, it is important to say for posterity that bribery and extortion are wrong.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)5. Agreed, being on the right side of history is important. n/t