Former Democratic Leader Daschle Warns Against Trump Impeachment
Source: Bloomberg
Daschle, who led Senate Democrats the last time the chamber was evenly divided, was joined by Trent Lott, who led Senate Republicans at the time, in urging Congress instead to formally censure the president. The two men were also their parties Senate leaders during President Bill Clintons 1999 impeachment trial.
Daschle called impeachment at a moment that party control of the Senate is so tenuous a mistake, saying it would first galvanize Trumps supporters and then delay work on crucial issues. Incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has favored proceeding, even with the coming 50-50 split in the chamber.
An impeachment mechanism is just not the right course at all if they want to hold the president accountable, Daschle said at a forum Monday with Lott held by the Bipartsian Policy Center.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-11/former-democratic-leader-daschle-warns-against-trump-impeachment
NRaleighLiberal
(60,016 posts)AZ8theist
(5,479 posts)Sorry, but TREASON, INSURRECTION and GENOCIDE cannot be excused because of a future agenda.
There is no more pressing agenda than accountability for the crimes committed by Doturd, his family and his enablers in Congress and elsewhere.
AZ8theist
(5,479 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)with the Green Party when Daschle ran things. As I've gotten older I've chalked it up to naive youth and optimism, but it's also easy to forget just how weak Democrats were back then, thanks in no small part to "leaders" like Daschle. The party today is so much better.
sandensea
(21,643 posts)I always liked Tom - but he was definitely an authoritarian's idea of an "opposition" leader.
Just ask Dubya!
Jazzgirl
(3,744 posts)He is so wishy-washy. I think he's a puke!
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)DEMOCRATS IN DISARRAY !
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KPN
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Daschles ...
groundloop
(11,520 posts)Especially with Majority Leader Schumer running things.
Or as President Biden said, do Senate business in the mornings and deal with impeachment trial in the afternoons for as long as it takes (shouldn't take long).
brooklynite
(94,644 posts)Salviati
(6,008 posts)and all the world can see who are the patriots, and who stands with the seditious insurrectionists.
Gore1FL
(21,134 posts)Sometimes you have to put people on record. If we don't fight now, they will only come back stronger. The United States is worth fighting for.
SunSeeker
(51,583 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,466 posts)and whatever happens as a result, is irrevocably on the GOP.
It is one thing to talk about backing Trump, and another to nail your colors to his orange ass.
BarbD
(1,193 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,785 posts)EarlG
(21,957 posts)I guess Sen. Daschle hasnt been paying much attention to politics for the last decade or so.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Daschle is making boo-coo bucks as a lobbyist now.
Times change,we are dealing with a Narcissistic Sociopath. Who poisoned the well of trust and contaminated the GOP to the extent that it needs to be throttled to a Minority for several decades.
Daschle should be reminded of his lack of Democratic Party building in his Home State. Went from most registered voters to less than fifty per cent of the high water mark as of this election cycle .
Orrex
(63,217 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)maybe he needs a refresher course in current events. The Trump supporters would be 'galvanized'. I wonder what he thinks they are now.
choie
(4,111 posts)just let him walk? This was a fucking insurrection at the behest of the president, Tom. Go back to the 1990's, Tom. Bipartisan Policy Center with Trent Lott my ass.
BusyBeingBest
(8,058 posts)the only real mechanism we have to deal with this criminal. Censuring? LOL, he'll wear that as a badge of honor. And how could his supporters possibly be galvanized MORE by another impeachment? They attacked the US Capitol on Trump's behalf, for fuck's sake!
Lock him up.
(6,937 posts)What Tom and the likes don't realize is, when we organize correctly, motivate our base to vote, there are a lot more of us than there are of them only-in-it-for-the-money Repukes!
RobinA
(9,894 posts)Trump is gone. It serves no practical purpose. Actually, it's a childish political stunt. Kind of a version of stealing the lectern. If this were year two of Trump it would be purposeful, but it's not. It's a show of power with no point to it.
BusyBeingBest
(8,058 posts)It's not a political tactic being deployed. Republicans made a mockery/stunt of the process with Bill Clinton, but Trump's impeachment(s) properly reclaim the purpose. It's our only redress against a lawless President. The time frame does not matter, what matters is that the process WILL be conducted and recorded in Congress, and 100 years from now, people will learn from the history that Donald Trump led a disgraceful uprising against his own country and government AND faced proper judgment for it.
Phoenix61
(17,008 posts)a lot of the new young voters. These are kids whove practiced active shooter drills their entire academic career. They want a party that is willing to hold people responsible when they make bad choices. This is not the time to play it safe.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,138 posts)are all but a lost thing. We have spent many decades and much money to create many ways to dodge both. I have always said that the 80s were the 'it's all about me!' decade, and the 90s were the 'it wasn't me!' decade, due mostly to the fact that in the former, people were all about self-importance, yet when the chickens came to roost in the decade of litigation, suddenly no one did anything wrong to anyone regardless of facts and/or reality. The fact that those seditionists were allowed to leave the Capitol buildings tells me what I need to know. The fact that, had those same people been any color other than glowing white, there would have been such a police presence and way more action on the part of law enforcement than there was against those same glowing white people also tells me plenty. Those who truly bear responsibility for this horror need to be smacked down HARD. But, I am not holding my breath...
Joinfortmill
(14,443 posts)still_one
(92,292 posts)and the Democratic caucus are united on this. Until those responsible for the trump insurrection are held accountable we cannot go forward
Gore1FL
(21,134 posts)This article reminds me how aggravatingly weak I thought our responses to everything were during his tenure.
Turin_C3PO
(14,016 posts)The DLC, while their hearts were in the right place, made the Democratic Party very weak for a while. Im glad that era seems to have passed.
walkingman
(7,641 posts)our Democracy.
diva77
(7,649 posts)since the Nixon years. Time for Dems to address this. There is no way out but through.
tirebiter
(2,538 posts)... Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says President Donald Trump's behavior gave House Democrats no choice but to move toward impeaching him a second time after the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol.
What he did was certainly impeachable," Reid told The Associated Press in an interview Monday. He said the president's actions inciting a mob that ransacked the Capitol is "about as close to criminal as anything I can imagine, what he's done.
The House is scheduled to begin debating a resolution Wednesday that charges the president with incitement of insurrection. Before the debate, Democrats are first calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke constitutional authority under the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office before Jan. 20, when Democrat Joe Biden is to be inaugurated.
House Democrats plan to move quickly on the articles but delay a Senate trial for 100 days, which Reid said would allow them to first take action on Biden administration nominees and another round of coronavirus relief legislation...
Zorro
(15,745 posts)It's time to play hardball with the Republicans, something you never learned to do.
Forget about offending the Republican base. Support the Democratic base instead.
There should be no compromise with the enemies of American democracy.
PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)Youd still be in the Senate, instead of sitting at home in South Dakota, with Kristi Noem as Governor.
Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)He knows how to kiss every ass.
orangecrush
(19,586 posts)THEY WERE GOING TO MURDER EVERYBODY, AND TRUMP CREATED IT.
THEY ARE ALL GOING TO JAIL.
THEY WILL BE "GALVANIZED" TOGETHER IN PRISON.
GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK.
dalton99a
(81,543 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,644 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,581 posts)You're out, Tom.
Gore1FL
(21,134 posts)I remember him and Gephardt running to the White House to see who could be first to cave on Iraq.
That was a sad time.
We need to hold people accountable.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)pffft.
Lock him up.
(6,937 posts)badboy67
(460 posts)TeamPooka
(24,236 posts)SunSeeker
(51,583 posts)Congress can walk and chew gum at the same time. They can pass Bidens agenda in the morning and hold impeachment hearings in the afternoon. They did it with Nixon's impeachment. They just need to get rid of the filibuster in the Senate.
NO MORE APPEASEMENT!!
live love laugh
(13,123 posts)William Seger
(10,779 posts)... he will spend the next four years "galvanizing" his fascist cult with lies.
Roy Rolling
(6,925 posts)Remember all those powerful statements he made just last week about Trump calling Georgias SOS to find 11,800 votes somewhere? Right, there werent any. Hes been silent for years.
Nobody called for an appeaser now, so his skills arent needed.
rpannier
(24,330 posts)The Bipartisan Policy Center... ie Democrats agree with 90% of what Republikkans think so they aren't viewed as radicals
somaticexperiencing
(313 posts)There is no unity with traitors.
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quakerboy
(13,920 posts)you think these people are gonna be more galvanized than trying to physically overthrow the government?
Go back and enjoy retirement.
yuiyoshida
(41,833 posts)FUCK THE Republican complaints..
wishstar
(5,271 posts)instead of promoting for Dems to back down to appease the Trump's insane mob.
cstanleytech
(26,303 posts)the Senate Democrats drag the trial out until after Trumps out of office.
samsingh
(17,599 posts)and was far too afraid to stand up for anything.
IsItJustMe
(7,012 posts)in every way he could when he was in there. Those days have to over, or we will have no America left.
Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)tonekat
(1,816 posts)...of HHS because he didn't pay his taxes.
He needs to remain in the background.
backroadblast
(76 posts)if he were facing down an angry mob, i'm sure he'd let em in to sing kumbaya
WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)KayF
(1,345 posts)him and Joe Lieberman.