Texas
Related: About this forumCruz incorrectly tells listeners that it takes the Senate vote to impeach Obama
when it is a vote from the House. Cruz uses them and plays on their low information. How sheep-like are his followers.
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/08/ted-cruz-obamacare-impeachment-senate-democrats/68544/
There is an audio link if you care to hear Cruz.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)with conviction, which is done by the Senate. Bill Clinton, for example, was impeached but not convicted. Cruz, a Harvard Law grad, ought to know better, and almost certainly does.
niyad
(113,027 posts)has one from them, too. if I were a harvard alum, I would be embarrassed.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)The term "impeachment" is not well-understood by the general public; they think it means kicking a president out of office (notwithstanding Clinton's acquittal not all that long ago). He is using the term to get his knuckledragger base all wound up, but he knows what it means.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)Javaman
(62,497 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)And a Teabagger, which means he knows even less than average.