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Trump Threatens to Impeach Mitch McConnell
November 3, 2022 at 2:01 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 23 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/11/03/trump-threatens-to-impeach-mitch-mcconnell/
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Donald Trump said that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) should be impeached if he backs a plan for the debt ceiling to be eliminated over fears that House Republicans could cause the U.S. to default on the nations credit, The Hill reports.
Members of the Senate and House cannot be impeached, though both chambers can remove a lawmaker with a two-thirds vote. The president is not involved in that process.
While thats not going to happen, lawmakers are bracing for a bruising fight over the debt ceiling a prospect thats alarming administration officials, Democrats in Congress and some investors who fear a stalemate that could roil financial markets at a precarious time for the global economy, the New York Times reports.
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(82,849 posts)I yearn for the day when our faultless bulldogs of the Fourth Estate figure that out at last.
Ray Bruns
(4,098 posts)Emile
(22,789 posts)of the house if they win the majority.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Yet more Trump failure. What a loser.