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friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts) Sat Jan 9, 2021, 04:39 PM Jan 2021

MSNBC: For Republican senators, impeaching Trump may be as simple as not showing up

Kudos to Rachel Maddow for bringing this up:

Rachel Maddow points out that while it's unlikely that two thirds of the full Senate would vote to convict Donald Trump of the sedition that led to the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the rule only requires two thirds of the senators present. So if some Republicans didn't show up to defend Trump...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/for-republican-senators-impeaching-trump-may-be-as-simple-as-not-showing-up-99183685871

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MSNBC: For Republican senators, impeaching Trump may be as simple as not showing up (Original Post) friendly_iconoclast Jan 2021 OP

i thought that was great!! samnsara Jan 2021 #1

She is very smart. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #2

BY the way... Laurence Tribe Zoonart Jan 2021 #4

I saw that and applauded Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #6

I believe that this is what will happen. Zoonart Jan 2021 #3

Voting to acquit means they are, at best, an accessory after the fact to,... friendly_iconoclast Jan 2021 #8

If Pelosi serves the Senate with articles of impeachment Chainfire Jan 2021 #5

Gee, boss, I really wanted to be there, but the kids were throwing up and the car wouldn't start... Girard442 Jan 2021 #7

samnsara

(17,625 posts)

1. i thought that was great!!

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Sat Jan 9, 2021, 04:40 PM

Jan 2021

Ferrets are Cool

(21,109 posts)

2. She is very smart.

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Sat Jan 9, 2021, 04:43 PM

Jan 2021

Zoonart

(11,875 posts)

4. BY the way... Laurence Tribe

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 9, 2021, 04:46 PM

Jan 2021

confirmed her reading of the law on Last Word with LO'D

Ferrets are Cool

(21,109 posts)

6. I saw that and applauded

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 9, 2021, 04:48 PM

Jan 2021

Zoonart

(11,875 posts)

3. I believe that this is what will happen.

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Sat Jan 9, 2021, 04:45 PM

Jan 2021

It is the only easy off ramp left to them. They can claim that their abstinence from the vote, by not showing up, is an act of conscience, and it can cut both ways for them.

They did not want to have to cast a vote against the President..or perhaps they did not want to cast a vote for the President.

Win-Win

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)

8. Voting to acquit means they are, at best, an accessory after the fact to,...

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 9, 2021, 05:06 PM

Jan 2021

or were actually in on, this violent insurrection.

I think this is an idea that needs to spread very far and very fast...

Chainfire

(17,587 posts)

5. If Pelosi serves the Senate with articles of impeachment

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Sat Jan 9, 2021, 04:47 PM

Jan 2021

It doesn't matter what hook or crook they use to either not raise a quorum, not vote or not convict, it will be on their plate. The country will know that the Republicans still support an insurrectionist President and are unwilling to remove a madman. There is no where for them to hide.

One step at the time. Present the article.

Girard442

(6,082 posts)

7. Gee, boss, I really wanted to be there, but the kids were throwing up and the car wouldn't start...