The Republican controlled House will definetly impeach Joe Biden

[Cyrano]

Why? Well, any insane reason will do. Because he traded a major criminal to Russia for some girl basketball player. Because he's left our southern border "wide open" to all of those brown people. Because Biden "stole the 2020 election" from "Dear Leader." Or just because they can. Of course, they know their impeachment will go nowhere in the Senate. They'll probably spend the next two years impeaching him over and over again, just because they can. It will be Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi redux. (And Gym Jordan and Marjorie Taylor Greene will probably be leading the investigations.)

And, of course, they'll try to make Hunter Biden's laptop the equivalent of the stolen secret and top secret documents found at Mar-a-lago. Hunter Biden's laptop will be one of the lead stories on Fox "news" almost every night for the next two years.

And let's not forget unfinished business like putting Hillary in jail. This will be among their top priorities. Plus, they'd like to see Dr. Fauci in the cell next to hers.

Never mind the out-of-reach prices at the supermarket or used car dealer. Never mind investing in education, health care, or the general well being of the American people. None of that matters matters to them. They're out for revenge. They're out for blood.

The elected Republican Party, and those bug-shit insane enough to vote for them, are mentally fucked up beyond repair. And they're doing their best to make America fucked up beyond repair. What do you suppose our country will look like two years from now?

[Elessar Zappa]

1. Let them go ahead.

It’ll just turn people against them. People are going to be so sick of fake investigations that the Democrats are almost a sure thing to win back the House in ‘24.

[Ray Bruns]

24. Agreed. The more they follow their conspiracy theories, the more people will tune them out.

[Mad_Machine76]

2. They'll impeach Biden (at least) thrice

in order to ensure that Trump is no longer the most impeached President in the history of the country.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. This is my prediction, this is about retaliation nothing else.

[lame54]

63. 3x will do it

[Irish_Dem]

3. The GOP has been at war with Dems and America for some time now.

Once we wrap our heads around that fact, we can act accordingly.

[Pathwalker]

33. Ever since Nixon was impeached. They lost their minds back then,

and now they don't know where to find them.

[geardaddy]

34. Nixon resigned before he could be impeached. n/t

[Pathwalker]

37. The Republicans swore revenge and they meant it.

They have gone scorched earth ever since.

[moose65]

36. Nixon wasn't impeached

He saw the writing on the wall and resigned.

[ananda]

5. Bring it on! They're going down in flames.

Right now, Reeps are their own worst nightmare.

[Cyrano]

8. That's what the industrialists and super wealthy in Germany thought about Hitler

They thought he would rid them of the communists, the unionists, the undesirables, and they could go on conducting business as usual. Somehow, it didn't quite work out that way.

[Kaleva]

16. Hitler had to kill the leadership of the Brownshirts first

I just don't see Trump authorizing the murder of MTG, Bannon, Flynn and many others.

[Cyrano]

42. He'd "disappear" Ivanka in a second if it got him another penny or another worshiper

[ananda]

52. I meant that it would make the Reeps look bad, not Biden.

...

[tavernier]

6. They are making themselves irrelevant to most of the country.

What is it about Republicans that they don’t know how to be embarrassed? Any other person walking around with a big L on their forehead just knows to quit

[Emile]

7. The withdrawal from Afghanistan that Trump ordered?

[tritsofme]

9. They might try, but I'm not so sure they'll have the votes.

Their majority hinges on members who won Biden districts, they might not be willing to sign up for this sort of kamikaze mission.

If they had a larger majority, I have no doubt Biden would be impeached at least three times.

[Cosmocat]

25. They have no choice (in their demented minds)

They have to impeach him cause they told the base they would do it, and the base will demand it.

They could give a shit less about anyone is a close district - and if the break ranks they will be run out like those who voted for 45s impeachment were, cause even if they voted 99.9% of the with their craziness, it would make them RINOs.

[tritsofme]

29. It only takes 4 defectors. Party discipline hasn't exactly been a feature

of recent GOP House majorities, and they’ve never dealt with one this narrow.

[Cosmocat]

51. I get it's a really small.margin

But this isn't normal times and this isn't a rationale party.

They made those who voted to impeach 45s lives hell, and they all fear for their lives.

They will make them make the choice.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

30. I see it the same way.

Here in California we have a number of Republican House members who know their odds of being reelected would be shredded if they supported impeachments. Same in NY and other places.

With a larger majority, perhaps. But it would be asking Reps in swing districts to commit political suicide to flatter the ego of Donald J Trump--someone for whom they have no fealty.

[TigressDem]

10. While the DOJ prosecutes all involved in Jan 6th....

So hopefully every one of them that aided and abetted the REAL attempt to STEAL 2020 will lose their place and we can get someone instead who will actually DO the work people elect them to do.

[Chainfire]

11. I don't believe that they will be happy until they impeach him three times

The historical record will have a lot to say about it.

[liberal N proud]

12. Just to vindicate and get revenge

That’s the only treason they need

[Cyrano]

19. Post your ideas, tg. Ignore those who mock you.

Yeah, even here on DU, there are many who will laugh at a post, or belittle the concepts of an original poster. There are probably about a quarter of a million people on DU. Unfortunately, some enjoy ridiculing or scoffing at posts with which they don't agree. I've had it happen to me when I put up a post that's "out of the mainstream."

Put your ideas out there. Ignore those who would spit on your beliefs/ideas. Respond to and encourage those whose replies are thoughtful.

[Cosmocat]

28. It isn't going to be good

for sure ...

Not much changed in the overall dynamics a month ago - it has not been a full on drop off the cliff into totarianism over the last four centuries. This was just them falling a little short of the mark this time. The country overall still continues to relentless indulge them, and to allow them to continue to destroy our norms and standards.

[markodochartaigh]

40. I would also like to hear your ideas.

I started on DU almost a decade ago, posted twice, and received very rude responses by people who had been on the site a long time. I left then, finally coming back a few months ago with a different username because I can't remember my old details. I will give you one of my futuristic takes: Most of the energy released from the burning of fossil fuels goes into heating the atmosphere, ocean, and land. Only about five percent goes into melting ice. Due to the latent heat of fusion of water it takes a large amount of energy to actually melt the ice. Some areas, New Orleans, Miami, Kolkata, Mumbai, Shanghai, the North China Plain, etc. are absolutely in danger due to sea level rise. But the people in any area more than a few of meters in elevation are not in danger due to sea level rise. By the time that sea level has risen a few meters enough energy will have been emitted to warm the atmosphere enough to have caused serial cereal harvest failures. Far more people will die from starvation and its sequalae than will die from sea level rise. Scientists are making progress toward heat resistant RuBisCo and RuBisCo activase, but I don't think that progress will come quickly enough.

[Lunabell]

14. He'd better not pick his nose!

Impeach!! Impeach!!

[Hortensis]

15. This is the game now. So, as said, bring it on.

For over 30 years the GOP and other political players been pursuing this "the allegation IS the crime" strategy against the Democratic Party.

Maybe keep count of how many wins they get in court this time? In over 25 years of "investigations" of Hillary and Bill, not one crime that could and should be prosecuted was found and pursued. Zero. (The GOP's Lewinsky perjury trap was a special case created by the GOP.)

During the 2016 Democratic primaries, the LW populist campaign filed a whole bunch of lawsuits alleging state Democratic parties were stealing the primary elections, and they loudly claimed it happened in many others but didn't follow through on their threats to take them to court. I didn't think to keep count until it was too late, either the lawsuits actually filed in court or the ones they were "considering," but together almost every state whose voters chose the other candidate. Although none of these allegations were ever dropped ("zero" ), we all know how many of the suits filed were also not dropped after the press moved on and before actual, you know, evidence had to be produced: Zero.

So, since that's the game, and since the MSM don't keep count of all the phony investigations, allegations and lawsuits against Democrats/Democratic Party that fail to be valid, it might be worth doing for ourselves this time. Even fun. It'll be zero for them, but out of how many?

[Cyrano]

21. Their investigations help drive their propaganda

Far too many people buy the snake oil they're selling and vote accordingly.

One extreme example is the Repulican/QAnon lie that Hillary was running a child sex-abuse ring in the basement of a pizzeria in Washington DC. One nut who believed it went into the pizza parlor (that didn't have a basement) with an AR 15. Fortunately, no one was killed. But the never-ending propaganda and outright lies of the Republican Party are a clear and present danger. And it also influences how some people vote.

[Hortensis]

35. Absolutely. Vote AND donate accordingly. Dangerously efffective rackets.

And with social media weaponized to produce donations EVERY time someone from the right or illiberal left phony-charges or even calls for investigations of Democrats to believers trained to regard opposition as wisdom,, donations get a bump. The noisier, and more outrageous, the allegations, the Bigger the Money.

The wildly successful "rigged elections" deceit narratives have become huge cash cows that will produce for all anti-Democratic factions with just occasional repriming for years, decades even.

But constant poisonous propaganda dribbles, top of the pack constantly sneaking in allegations against Democrats by calling us "congress" and false-identifying us with Republicans, also work appallingly well.

That's the game. People's heads are the ball to be kicked through the goal posts.

[betsuni]

55. "sneaking in allegations against Democrats by calling us "congress" and false-identifying us

with Republicans ... ."

Just saw one: "The billionaire class? Doing phenomenally well. Huge corporations? Enjoying record profits. The working class? Falling further and further behind. Yes, it's time Congress prioritized the needs of the people."

Both sides. Same old Democrats-are-ignoring-the-working-class-beholden-blah-blah-blah. Not helpful.

[Hortensis]

56. That constant dribble of vote-discouraging poison.

The dribblers would never admit that what they crave is the identity and power of Democratic Party progressives. Democrats are the ONLY ones who've ever been ABLE to prioritize the people against the enormous opposition of the billionaires and the GOP that serves them.

And of little factions whose primary political reason for existence is opposition itself.

[world wide wally]

17. Has anyone heard of even ONE Republican plan on what do do besides

impeach and investigate?
I haven't.
It's all about the revenge. ALL about that.

[Kaleva]

18. 2022 should have taught them indies didn't vote for Crazy.

[Cyrano]

39. In Georgia, 1.7 Million people voted for the crazy

Hershel Walker lost, but it was far too close. The only lesson the Republicans took away is that they had to find a way to suppress more (black) voters.

[RobinA]

20. I Suspect

every President from here on out will be impeached if there is a House of the opposite party. The door was opened with Clinton, then the retaliation with Trump. Now it'll just be constant.

[Elessar Zappa]

23. Trump wasn't impeached

in retaliation for Clinton. He was impeached because he’s a criminal. And Dems won’t impeach unless there’s a valid reason.

[OMGWTF]

45. THIS! THIS! THIS!

[HubertHeaver]

50. No, it was Nixon that opened the impeachment door.

Clinton's impeachment was the revenge investigations finally finding something th hang it on.

[Meowmee]

59. Not retaliation

Dump is a career criminal who committed numerous crimes while in office. Including malfeasance during the pandemic which murdered millions of people, inciting an insurrection and attempted coup, and the theft and possible sale of classified documents.

[Bettie]

22. I kind of expect it to happen

monthly, because they want to do anything but their actual jobs.

They just want to fling poo.

[Cyrano]

26. Yep. TFG unlocked the primate door at the zoo and the shit is flying everywhere.

[Walleye]

27. As Liz Cheney said, these are not serious people

Fortunately they’re so fucking incompetent they will probably just step on their own dicks

[Tribetime]

31. Please proceed that will backfire like crazy

[Bev54]

32. I am not convinced they will have the numbers in the house to even impeach let alone not

in the senate to convict. There are some repubs in close districts that may well not want to put their next election at risk for a completely bogus political stunt.

[Trenzalore]

38. Chuck Schumer can give them an hour to present their case and proceed with a vote if he wants

[tritsofme]

43. Why bother? Tee up a pre-trial motion to dismiss and get back to confirming judges.

[tiredtoo]

41. This is so sad

Hopefully some sane republicans will recognize the idiocy of this action.

[niyad]

58. "sane republicans"??? are there any, at least any in positions of power?

[Snackshack]

44. Hmmmm

One of their member openly fantasized about assaulting the capitol and how well she would have done it and... been armed...


So How DO YOU think the next 2 yrs are going to be?


How the Dems lost the house i will never understand. I don't think the GOP could have picked a worst roster if it wanted. Between Boebert, Greene, Gosar, Geatz, Jordan there is so much material there any campaign manager worth their salt could have run just devastating campaigns against these people and pretty much the rest of the GOP house.

I remember when Gary Hart simply had a woman who was not his wife sit on his lap and Republicans were able to use that so effectively he had to drop out of the race president (it didn't help that he dared the media to find something,... they did) and that was when there was only 3 news shows on TV, not the endless methods that exist now to get a perception to stick.

These 5 above lied about a virus that has killed over 1 million Americans. Agreed with the events of Jan 6th and so much more.

[panader0]

48. I believe the woman did more than sit on Gary Hart's lap.

There was some 'Monkey Business' going on. (the name of the yacht they were on).

[Orrex]

46. I made this same observation some while ago

link

I was thankfully (it seems) wrong about their pick as House Speaker, but I also predicted that they'd go for three impeachments to "prove" that Biden is worse than Trump.

Hats off to gab13by13 for calling the Senate correctly though, when the media in general (including NPR) were declaring both the House and Senate in favor of Republicans starting on the afternoon of Biden's inauguration.

[ancianita]

47. They've got NOTHING that passes evidentiary standards. OR ethical standards.

This is their own abuse of power for no other purpose than to stir up political culture war battles.

[ShazzieB]

49. And the Democratic controlled Senate will acquit him.

If thats what the Repugs want to waste their time on, well...

[hadEnuf]

53. The Republican party no longer serves any useful purpose regarding the governing of this country.

They are nothing more than a hate-filled, vengeful mob of fascists, neo-Nazis, violent insurrectionists, Confederates, militias bent on wreaking havoc & violence, propagandists, outright criminals and individuals who want to literally destroy the democratic process as it now stands.

I would like to hear at least one redeeming quality that is left within the Republican party. ONE. I honestly cannot think of one because there are little redeeming qualities left, if any.

The "old" Republican party is gone. Many do not yet realize it yet, but it has been consumed by the monster of its own creation. The moderates or liberals within the former party are not going to come to rescue it. They will either go along or be run out.
The monster has now become too powerful.

Trying to negotiate or be bipartisan with this monster-party is a fool's game. They have absolutely no intention of doing anything of the sort. There may be a few who will vote sanely now and again, but it only seems to happen when they have a partisan interest in the legislation. Otherwise, if they actually do stand-up or vote for what is right, they are eviscerated and practically drummed out of the party.

What is the point of treating these people like they are members of a party that no longer exists? They have now turned into a monstrosity that just bears the Republican name. We need to start dealing with them as they really are, not how they were.

[mcar]

54. I don't think they have the votes

4 Rs vote no and they fail.

[Demsrule86]

57. A badge of honor among those losers.

[Dysfunctional]

60. Impeachment has become irrelevant.

[Voltaire2]

61. 3 times. So DFG is not the most impeached president.