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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWith Parnas Putting Both Trump & Pence In Play....
the Repugs have got to act fast to avoid losing the Presidency to a President Pelosi. They need to march in to the WH and get Trump to resign. Get Pence installed as President and have him appoint another VP immediately.
If they hesitate - both Trump & Pence are toast and Pelosi steps in.
Alliepoo
(2,221 posts)President Pelosi sounds very good to me. So, heres to hesitation!
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)We said "Just wait for Mueller!" for a long time and we got nothing. Trump owns the AG and Senate. There's not much time left until the election. McConnell will say, "Let's wait for the American people to decide," exactly as he did when he stole that SCOTUS seat.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)It is nothing but a fantasy.
3Hotdogs
(12,391 posts)Since 2016, dozens of posts on why Orange Anus would be gone in weeks or sooner. Also dozens of reasons attributed to dementia.
How many times did we read the same stuff about Bush. Bush is still walking around, free, collecting his pension.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Because a lot more is coming out, and Rudy will go the way of Micheal Cohen and flip on trump , maybe sooner than they think , and implicate many of them. Rudy will turn on trump I think to save his own neck. When Hyde is investigated it'll be even worse for trump and others if they are exposed they illegally was spying on her, especially using illegal wiretapping, and was using corrupted foreign intel to be able to deny it if it was discovered. They better hurry as this moves faster every day exposing more. Hyde needs to appear before the House ASAP under oath , and for the public to see and hear. Then others Parnas implicated to corroborate his claims. The republicans in Congress have to know now , its over and they have no choice but to dump trump now. trump will soon be attacking parnas , then threatening him, and make up false and misleading accusations against him like he does when exposed. The House should ask that he appear before them now to under oath say he didn't know this was going on, or wasn't behind this.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)From his text messages it seems that he was there but these days he could be doing his double-naught spy work from home using his chat application. He may just be a perpetually drunk, stay-at-home wanna-be spy.
I hope confirmation is available soon. If he was in Ukraine doing things he could be in very hot water.
kozar
(2,118 posts)That Trump will resign. be forced out,,whatever... however, both Trump and Pence being gone and Pres Pelosi? That is not even close to any dreams I dream,,won't happen.
Koz
Trueblue Texan
(2,430 posts)...a nightmare for Rethugs. They could put the pressure on for resignation.
Mme. Defarge
(8,034 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,182 posts)Do what you can. Call your Senators, talk to friends and coworkers, write your letters, volunteer for your county Democratic Committee, get involved!
Most likely here is Trump is acquitted but public opinion turns sharply against Republicans. Trump's only way to save himself and his corrupt party is to cancel the next election. Our best chance to save this country is to put pressure on the Senate is to hold a full and unfettered trial and to convict Trump.
Get involved! Every action, every week, every small contribution you can make in time or dollars helps to build the case. Do it today!
groundloop
(11,519 posts)I was curious how the appointment of a new VP worked so looked it up. 25th Amendment says that a new VP is nominated by the President and must be confirmed by both houses of Congress.
One side of my brain hopes that the House would do some payback and not approve anyone along the lines of Moscow Mitch's "let the voters decide" bullshit when he stole a Supreme Court seat.
The other side of my brain hopes that the House would be adults and look at the qualifications of whomever was nominated.
And actually I don't see it ever coming to this because Moscow Mitch would never allow his boys to vote for removing Pence.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)A potus can't "appoint" a vp. They nominate one, but it takes hearings and votes in both houses to confirm one. It can be fast, or......
If they nominate someone toxic, like hailey, the hearings will stretch out most of the summer in the house. Given the current gop, all they have are toxic choices. And whoever becomes the nominee in 2020 will be stuck under a cloud.
Nope, no vp swap is going to happen. Trump isn't going to resign. He won't be removed.
Rapture wouldn't even help because surely he and his coven would be left behind.