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24. The Ballot or the Bullet,

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Sun Jun 6, 2021, 10:27 PM

Jun 2021

Their choice.

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If we lose control of Congress in these upcoming midterms, do not assume that there will [View all] Atticus Jun 2021 OP

The 67 votes in the Senate hurdle won't let them remove Biden or Harris. Pobeka Jun 2021 #1

67 Senators (2/3) NT. andym Jun 2021 #2

Yep, corrected, thanks. n/t Pobeka Jun 2021 #3

You are correct. My bad as to conviction. I was thinking of the 60 vote threshold for Atticus Jun 2021 #16

They can't get to 60 either FBaggins Jun 2021 #22

Understood. I was incorrectly assuming that they could get rid of the "60 vote threshhold" Atticus Jun 2021 #25

" Intercranial flatulence." Thanks for making me laugh. Pobeka Jun 2021 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author Atticus Jun 2021 #17

They can also refuse to confirm the 2024 election results Silent3 Jun 2021 #26

Exactly.. mountain grammy Jun 2021 #32

He prefers bipartisanship... Lancero Jun 2021 #38

K&R, there are still people who think you're being hyperbolic despite the evidence that is in front uponit7771 Jun 2021 #4

Does this assume Mad_Machine76 Jun 2021 #5

I think the courts are our best Mr.Bill Jun 2021 #6

6-3 Roberts SCROTUS? FoxNewsSucks Jun 2021 #10

They all came through against Mr.Bill Jun 2021 #11

That was such pure bullshit, there was no way to uphold any of it FoxNewsSucks Jun 2021 #13

I'm betting they also hate the idea Mr.Bill Jun 2021 #15

Well, I sure hope you're right FoxNewsSucks Jun 2021 #18

Yea i dont see the courts upholding that either onetexan Jun 2021 #33

The DOJ and the House may want to consider getting their acts together. Crunchy Frog Jun 2021 #7

I'm still waiting for the DOJ gab13by13 Jun 2021 #19

The Trump side only has to win one election to end the American experiment. SledDriver Jun 2021 #8

It does? Mad_Machine76 Jun 2021 #12

Biden wouldn't be convicted. Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #9

Why do you think the GQP will follow the Constitution? gab13by13 Jun 2021 #20

If they tried to say Biden Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #35

While I know that we are treading into dangerous waters with Trumpism infecting the GOP writ large Mad_Machine76 Jun 2021 #14

Not according to the top lawyer gab13by13 Jun 2021 #21

As Max Boot just said on CNN as I type this at 9:09 p.m. in Illinois, it is "very possible" Atticus Jun 2021 #23

The Ballot or the Bullet, Dan Jun 2021 #24

The Hartford Convention of 1814. roamer65 Jun 2021 #27

And yet I keep seeing someone post with certainty the # of seats we will pick up in 2022. live love laugh Jun 2021 #28

Shit Atticus I didn't think of this which is entirely plausible. Rs will Pepsidog Jun 2021 #29

Will they put their pants on backwards? twodogsbarking Jun 2021 #30

"All our chips are on the table" Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #31

It is more likely that in the 2024 election republican legislatures override the voters. Voltaire2 Jun 2021 #36

I'm not as concerned about congressional Republicans as I am the states. RegularJam Jun 2021 #37

I think there's a problem with both the states and a Trumpy Congress. You are correct that the Atticus Jun 2021 #39

Here is where you really lose me. RegularJam Jun 2021 #40

Where you "really lose me" is your apparent belief that nothing different is happening; nothing Atticus Jun 2021 #41

Women didn't have the right to vote. RegularJam Jun 2021 #42

I'm sure you believe your comparisons apt. I don't. nt Atticus Jun 2021 #43

I believe my comparisons are worse than what we are currently facing. RegularJam Jun 2021 #44